Trivia
The game even spawned a line of action figures from Davidson, including a Terran Marine, Zerg Hydralisk, and Protoss Zealot.
Contributed by
Maw (827) on Jan 21, 2007.
In addition to StarCraft Adventures, a pen-and-paper RPG supplement for Alternity, and some unusual short stories published in Amazing Stories magazine (Revelations (1999), by Chris Metzen and Samuel Moore in issue 596, and Hybrid (2000) by Micky Neilson in issue 601), its rich sci-fi campaign setting has resulted in several StarCraft novels being published through Pocket Books:
- Uprising (2000), by Micky Neilson (an e-book prequel);
- Liberty's Crusade (2001), by Jeff Grubb;
- Shadow of the Xel'Naga (2001), by Gabriel Mesta;
- Speed of Darkness (2002), by Tracy Hickman;
- Queen of Blades (2006), by Aaron Rosenberg; and
- Ghost: Nova (not yet in 2006), by Keith R.A. DeCandido.
StarCraft was ranked # 7 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Mar 19, 2005.
Starcraft contains many references to popular movies or books.
For example, in the map editor players can choose a Terran Wraith hero called Tom Kazansky. Lt Tom Kazansky played by Val Kilmer is one of main characters in the movie Top Gun. There is also a Terran Firebat called Guy Montag. It is a reference to Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451. Zerg hero Yggdrasil is named after a computer in the Japanese anime movie Oh My Goddess.
Contributed by
Ajan (260) on Aug 03, 2004.
Every unit in game has some secret speeches. They are activated by clicking on this unit several times. They are usually trivial and funny yet some of them are particularly interesting. Protoss Observer transmits the voice of Adria the Witch and Griswold the Blacksmith from Diablo.
Contributed by
Ajan (260) on Aug 03, 2004.
Starcraft is very well known for its amazing UMS (Use Maps Settings) maps and their great quality.
Over the years, one map has taken a 'cult' status and is being played daily on Battlenet by a huge amount of people.
"Observer Madness", a fairly simple concept, but extremely hard to master!
The "dodgers" as they call themselves, are all gathering in 2 Battlenet channels, one "Observer" on US-East server and one "a2848" on Asia server.
They even made a shrine for the map here: http://kickme.to/ob-mad
There are said to be over 50 known versions to Observer Madness! and more are being made on regular basis.
The "Medieval Man" cheat code found in StarCraft is an obvious homage to WarCraft II, where a song named "I'm a Medieval Man" was composed to celebrate the game's release.
Contributed by
Maw (827) on Jul 25, 2004.
Starcraft is the first computer game to have ever physically made it into space. It was sent aboard Shuttle mission STS-96 on May 27, 1999 by Mission Specialist Daniel T. Barry , who is also a Starcraft fan.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Aug 17, 2003.
If you extract the StarDat file, you find evidence of units found in Brood War that weren't used in the original game, and some indication that the Terran Marines were supposed to be able to throw grenades as well. This lead to many accusations toward Blizzard that they held back these units so they could release them in an expansion and make more money.
Contributed by
kbmb (399) on Jun 14, 2002.
Blizzard released the "StarCraft" widescreen DVD which consists of cinematics from both StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War, digitally remastered for enhanced picture quality.
The DVD features:
36 minutes of cinema-quality digital animation
Exclusive director's commentary
Original development artwork and never-before-seen storyboards from the Blizzard Film Department
Cinematic trailers for StarCraft, Brood War, Diablo II, the Diablo II Expansion Set, and Warcraft III
And you can find it on Blizzard's store for $14.95 only.
Contributed by
MAT (35262) on May 30, 2002.
'Starcraft' was named the #6 game of the Top 50 Games of all time, by the editors of PC Gamer magazine in the October 2001 issue.
StarCraft was voted #98 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Jul 28, 2001.
Origin Award Winner for Best Strategy Computer Game for 1998.
In the 200th aniversary issue of Computer Gaming World, this game was voted the sixth best game of all time by the readers. The staff proclaimed it the fourth best.
Starcraft was voted #2 overall in PCGamer Magazine's Readers All-Time Top 50 Games Poll (April 2000 issue).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Jan 21, 2001.
This game is a member of Computer Gaming World's Hall of Fame.
Even through its way too garbled, upon repeated selection the terran Goliath pilot says some lines from Robocop's ED-209 (which points the similarities in the unit's design and Robocop's ED) .
Contributed by
Zovni (9138) on Nov 28, 2000.
The cheat code "there is no cow level" actually refers to the diablo rumour which stated that you could access a secret level through a cow, the inclusion of this code was the most explicit claim made by Blizzard in deny of this rumour (though to this day there are people that claim such level exists).
Contributed by
Zovni (9138) on Nov 28, 2000.
A group named Operation C.W.A.L.(Can't Wait Any Longer) emerged on the Starcraft Pilot's Lounge Forum in Late 1997. This group filled the forum with stories of the fight between Blizzard and themselves to gain the release of StarCraft. Blizzard enjoyed the fan interaction so much then thanked Operation C.W.A.L. in the manual and used their name in a cheat.
Contributed by
enigma (2) on Jun 20, 2000.
StarCraft has become a national phenomenia in Korea. The game has become so popular there, that it is found on bags of food items (such as potato chips), sticker sheets, backpacks, phone cards, and even in Korean music videos! Korea makes up the largest portion of Battle.net players in the world, surpassing even the United States!
Contributed by
Warlock (307) on Jun 12, 2000.
The original rating given to StarCraft was a Mature rating. This was shown on the three collector's edition boxes. However, the game's rating was later moved down to Teen, which is what is now found on all the normal boxes.
Contributed by
Warlock (307) on Jun 12, 2000.
Blizzard originally released the game in three collector's boxes. Each featured one of the three races in the game: Terran, Protoss, or Zerg. The non-collector's box art now used is the same as the box art for the Protoss box.
Contributed by
Warlock (307) on Jun 12, 2000.
Blizzard originally intended to reuse the WarCraft II engine for StarCraft. In fact, they had a nearly completed version with the engine during E3 in 1996. Blizzard has also planned this to be their first game to support Battle.net, their free multiplayer service. However, due to criticism of the game at E3 (most called it "Orcs in Space"), Blizzard decided to start over and completely redesign the game and engine. It took two years, but StarCraft became one of their biggest sellers.
Contributed by
Warlock (307) on Jun 12, 2000.
The dropship pilot's responses are modeled after the lines from the dropship pilot in the movie "Aliens".
Starcraft still sells in the top 10, 2 years after its relese.
The Terran Dropship, in beta stages, had to land, to pickup/dropoff.
