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Contents 1 Warcraft copied Warhammer 40,000 2 Images 3 Warcraft Universe 4 Is it really the second RTS-game? 5 Windows version? 6 Warcraft--Firelord 7 Vandalism 8 Mac Version 9 other games 10 release history 11 Differences of the counterparts 12 Non-Warcraft:Orcs and Humans content 13 Article title 14 Units and Structures 15 Grimtotem 16 Warcraft redirect

[edit] Warcraft copied Warhammer 40,000

This fact or controversy, whichever it is, should be mentioned in this article.

You must mean Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Warhammer 40k is much more akin to StarCraft. There have always been assumptions that Warcraft is Warhammer, and Starcraft is Warhammer 40k, but I don't think there was ever any proof. Most discussions about this topic was closed on the Games Workshop forums from moderators, and I think Blizzard never stated anything regarding the issue. Aetherfukz 23:16, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Are those screenshots from the original game? They sure don't look like it. If they are from W3, they should say so in the captions. —Frecklefoot 15:26, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It seems they are official screenshots from World of Warcraft: #134 and #132. Svk 15:38, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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"Bill Roper, the game designer and self-proclaimed "closet actor," provided all the voices for this game and the sequel Warcraft II. " - actually, he didn't. Chris Metzen did some of them too. Ausir

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I'm moving the WoW image and the board game based on War 3 to their respective articles. Also restructured content a bit to a new "Sequels" section to further show that this article is primarly about Warcraft I and not the other games. I think we should link to those instead of adding their content right into this article. Jugalator 22:00, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Warcraft Universe

I think we should write an all-inclusive article about the Warcraft Universe, I think it deserves the same treatment as Lord of the Rings does. I can help with most of it since I am familiar with the game and its storyline. If you are willing to help, please do so. UED77 19:35, 2004 Jun 30 (UTC)

Please sign your posts with 3 tildes, ~~~, or 4 ~~~~. Both methods automatically sign your name. The latter method inserts a time stamp and is the preferred method. :-)

Alright UED77 19:35, 2004 Jun 30 (UTC)

For your Warcraft Universe article you want to write, first create a link in the article—actually in all the Warcraft articles—and insert your article there. Don't worry if all you have is a stub—all articles have to start somewhere. —Frecklefoot 16:32, May 24, 2004 (UTC)

As for why Warcraft Universe is better than Azeroth as the main article, there's also another reason - Draenor is also part of the Warcraft Universe. Ausir 20:55, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. The Warcraft Universe page helps disambiuate the issue. --Omni gamer 04:08, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Is it really the second RTS-game?

This article suggests Herzog Twei as the first modern RTS rather than Dune 2. http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3134179

Identifying Herzog Zwei as an RTS in the vein of Dune and Warcraft is incorrect. While it did have strategic elements mixed with action elements, those factors alone does not make a game an RTS by contemporary definition. The RTS mold that Warcraft and Dune began and was later molded and perfected by the Command & Conquer Series and later Warcraft and Starcraft games has little to nothing to do with the gameplay outlined in Herzog Zwei.69.160.148.217 11:47, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Windows version?

I don't think there was ever a "Windows" version. Blizzard's website for WarCraft doesn't mention any "Windows" requirements and the downloadable demo there is DOS based. Also, I own a WarCraft CD that came in the "Battlechest" with the DOS versions of WarCraft II and Beyond the Dark Portal and it is also DOS based. I don't think that a Windows port ever existed (certainly it would have been included in the Battlechest with WC2) so, why is a "Windows" version mentioned here? I think that should be removed unless I'm wrong. Hexadecimal82 03:06, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

MobyGames says that the BatteNet edition is Windows. The regular one it lists only as DOS (though it may be missing any Windows version). — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:54, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

There is no BattleNet edition of WarCraft that I'm aware of. There is a BattleNet edition for WarCraft II which is a Windows Port of WarCraft II but I'm talking about WarCraft: Orcs and Humans, not WarCraft II. --Hexadecimal82 17:38, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Okay, my bad. :-( — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:27, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Warcraft--Firelord

Can someone look at Warcraft--Firelord and decide what to do with it? Thanks. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 05:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Seems to be some periodic vandalism here. CompIsMyRx 22:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mac Version

If I recall correctly, the Mac version was more than just a straight port - Macs never had 320x240 resolution (I think it was some odd number close to 640x480...), so many "ports" had their art assets completely redone (Blackthorne, Flashback, Prince of Persia...). My memory's a little hazy, but I think this was the case with Warcraft, and if someone can confirm this then it probably deserves a mention (as well as a couple of screenshots, if you've still got it). --LuminaryJanitor 12:20, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] other games

Why are the other games not listed as spinoffs?

[edit] release history

I reverted this since I think it's too much detail and doesn't really contain any useful information for most people. Please discuss here if you feel this really should be in the article -- Hirudo 17:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Differences of the counterparts

The text says: "With the exception of some spells, each unit is exactly the same as its counterpart"

This is not the only difference - the shooting ranges of archers and catapults are different thant the ranges of orkish counterparts. -- Pavel Jelinek, pjel@centrum.cz

[edit] Non-Warcraft:Orcs and Humans content

A lot of the content on this page, particularly in the Movie section and below, doesn't concern Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.

Someone more energetic than me should ensure that the content is moved, if appropriate, to the correct section, and removed from the "Warcraft" article.

I'd rather say, that Warcraft: Orcs and Humans got its own article and this article was formed as a general article for the Warcraft Brand/Products (Cloud02 20:08, 9 September 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Article title

Is there any logic behind naming this article "Warcraft" instead of "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans"? As that is the official title of the game, I believe this article should be moved to Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. If there is no opposition, I will do it myself. JimmyBlackwing 08:32, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

• Due to lack of response, I have made the move. JimmyBlackwing 22:48, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Units and Structures

Why was the list of units and structures taken out?? - mikelr

[edit] Grimtotem

Grimtotem should not redirect here. If anything, it should redirect to the tauren page. 204.69.40.13 13:44, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warcraft redirect

'Warcraft' should redirect to some sort of diambiguation page instead of this page; like how the 'Diablo' page is the disambiguation page and 'Diablo (computer game)' is the page for the actual game. --Elyas Machera 01:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)