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Contents 1 Inclusion in Blizzard Entertainment footer 2 Links/sources 3 Blizzard? 4 Sys Req's 5 StarCraft: Retribution 6 Release date 7 Improved AI? 8 New Stuff 9 Citation needed?

[edit] Inclusion in Blizzard Entertainment footer

I really don't think this belongs in the footer box at the bottom of other Blizzard game articles - it's not even found on Blizzard's page. It's a third party lacklustre expansion, not unlike D!Zone and the like for Doom. I am going to cut it from those things along with Insurrection unless someone has a good reason they should stay. Deusfaux 23:31, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links/sources

There any links or sources for this? I'm a pretty big Starcraft fan, and this is the first I've heard of this. Kuralyov 23:41, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I don't think they can be bought anymore (perhaps not even eBay). You should be able to find them on the ed2k network. Tzarius 03:23, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Please do not suggest such things here. Please remember that this is still copyrighted material. Thank you. --- Randilyn 10:49, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blizzard?

so did blizzard make starcraft: retribution? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tzarious (talk • contribs) 23:23, May 10, 2005 (UTC).

No. The article says so. Blizzard only authorized it. Please sign entries with four Tildes (~). Zirka 07:29, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sys Req's

Has anyone been able to find any paperwork on this? I'm higly speculative that the game requires a Pentium III to run, even though a minimum of 16 MB of RAM and 50 MB of HDD space will do the trick. Further doubt is cast when the article mentions that the game engine isn't changed, and the expansion only adds campaign and multi-player maps. I plan to edit the article to reflect that. Zirka 07:29, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

The system requirements are exactly the same as the original StarCraft, except that 50 megs of additional disk space is required. This can probably be actively seen on the high resolution box shots over at MobyGames, although I haven't taken the time to check them myself. --- Randilyn 10:49, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] StarCraft: Retribution

The name of the expansion pack is Retribution, not StarCraft: Retribution. StarCraft: Retribution is only an informal name used by review sites, etc. when talking about the game. Nowhere is it ever stated that the game uses Blizzard's StarCraft trademark in the name, except for the presense of the logo on the box shot, in which case it doesn't even appear before Retribution in the title, but rather afterwards, and as more of an addendum to the title. Retribution (StarCraft) is probably more correct. --- Randilyn 10:55, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Furthermore, it would seem that the (formally) accepted full title for the game is Retribution: Authorized Add-On for StarCraft, which matches the box art exactly. I've fixed the article to reflect this, but only in one occurence, as any more would be superfluous. --- Randilyn 12:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Release date

All evidence (including the MobyGames page) seems to point to this actually being released in 1998, not 2001. This makes since primarily because it does not use any of the Brood War content, which was either still under development at the time, or had just hit the shelves. Further evidence is provided by the fact that the game was developed by Stardock back when they were still known as Stardock Systems, which was long before they became known as just Stardock (considering that there were other name change(s), such as Stardock.net, during that time). I'm changing the release date until someone presents evidence that the game was in fact released in 2001. --- Randilyn 12:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Improved AI?

I am a seasoned StarCraft modder (modification builder) for many years and I know for a fact that you cannot improve the StarCraft AI beyond the basic trigger abilities of StarEdit without a game data (MPQ) patch. I also noticed on certain game review sites that people complained of missing music and cinematics. These also require game data patches. Is it possible that they were accidentally just playing the missions from the game using the Single Player Custom Game feature, and the CD actually came with a game data patch, or is this all hogwash? If it is, then the improved AI claim needs to be removed, or, at the very least, cited. --- Randilyn 12:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Stuff

Are there any new units?

[edit] Citation needed?

"Argus crystals are used by Dark Templar as a powerup[citation needed]." Can't someone simply play the game and see if that's true?