That’s right. Blizzard has announced free downloads of one of the most popular PC games to ever come out – StarCraft! Now known as StarCraft Re-mastered, the original StarCraft and StarCraft Brood War games can be played on PC and Mac. What’s even better – the original Battle.net multiplayer service included! You can still play StarCraft online for free with people from across the globe!
As of April 19, 2017, StarCraft and its Brood War expansion, aka the Anthology, are free to download and play from Blizzard 's website. A remastered edition of StarCraft. StarCraft: Brood War Patch 1.18 Patch Notes. StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War are now free. Follow the links here to begin installing: General. Added windowed fullscreen or windowed mode; use Alt+Enter to switch between. Added UTF-8 support. StarCraft®: Remastered upgrades the essential sci-fi strategy experience from beginning to end. Welcome back to the original game and its award-winning expansion, StarCraft: Brood War. We’ve remastered our units, buildings, and environments, improved game.
Download link: can also download the full game directly from Blizzard here: (Requires Battle.Net launcher and Blizzard ac. In the end, there’s no point in reviewing, recommending or applauding StarCraft: Brood War anymore, because everyone and their grandma knows how great the game is. However, it’s nice to see.
- Head to Blizzards page here. Download the PC or Mac versions.
- Launch the StarCraftInstaller. StarCraft will be downloaded and installed from Blizzards servers.
Note: We couldn’t find official system requirements documentation from Blizzard’s website for StarCraft & StarCraft Brood War, but the game appears to install and play well on the latest Windows and Mac OS 10.12 Operating Systems.
- On Mac, StarCraft installs in your Applications folder by default. Launch the Starcraft.app to begin playing. If you ever played the game before, get ready to be taken back! Look and feel are exactly the same!
- You can create a free Battle.net multiplayer gaming account in StarCraft.
- The look and feel of Battle.net has improved since StarCraft’s interpretation. You still keep an account record of wins, losses, and ties!
There seems to be a very good following with the original StarCraft game and the Battle.net channels are filled with active gamers today. Enjoy playing this classic again!
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About Battle.net Multiplayer for StarCraft
For Multiplayer, StarCraft Battle.net runs over UDP Port 6112. You will need to setup a port-forward rule on your router if you want to successfully host multiplayer games on Battle.net.
StarCraft Brood War Patch v1.16.1 (Windows)
This is a new minor patch for Starcraft Brood War that will allow you to play the game without the need of the game CD.
What's fixed in Patch 1.16
Feature Changes
In-game chat is now saved in replays. Note: whispers are not saved.
Hitting the Escape key while in the chat room will clear your typed text.
'/reply' (or just '/r') will send a whisper to person who most recently whispered you.
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Bug Fixes
Fixed localization issues with 'from' and 'to' in whispers.
Starcraft now only uses as much CPU as it needs to run smoothly.
Exploits
Fixed an exploit which allowed Zerg players to gain minerals through mutations.
Fixed an exploit which allowed Zerg players to recycle an upgrading building.
Fixed an exploit which allowed Zerg players to extend their creep with a drone.
Fixed an exploit which allowed Zerg players to move Drones over impassable terrain.
Fixed an exploit which allowed Terran players to drop a nuke anywhere on the map.
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Fixed an exploit which allowed players to pause the game while in the pre-game lobby.