Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a 1994 real-time strategy video game that launched the Warcraft franchise and helped popularize the RTS genre on PC.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf RTS
real-time strategy game
video game
ageRating T for Teen (later re-releases)
audio MIDI soundtrack
award 1994 best strategy game awards from multiple publications
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Blizzard Entertainment
engine proprietary Blizzard engine
faction World of Warcraft
surface form: Humans of Azeroth

Horde
surface form: Orcish Horde
feature multiplayer mode
single-player campaign
followedBy Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
franchise Warcraft
gameMode multiplayer
single-player
gameplayElement base building
fog of war
hero-less army control
resource gathering
unit training
genre real-time strategy
hasCampaign Human campaign
Orc campaign
influenced Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
World of Warcraft
later Blizzard RTS design
initialReleaseDate 1994-11-23
multiplayerMaxPlayers 2
narrativeTheme fantasy war between humans and orcs
notableFor helping popularize real-time strategy games on PC
launching the Warcraft franchise
perspective top-down
platform MS-DOS
macOS
surface form: Mac OS
publisher Blizzard Entertainment
releaseYear 1994
resourceType gold
lumber
series Warcraft
setting Azeroth
supports local area network multiplayer
modem multiplayer
scenario editor
visualStyle 2D sprite-based graphics

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Blizzard Entertainment created Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Vivendi Games ownedFranchisePublisherOf Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
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Blizzard notableWork Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
subject surface form: Blizzard Entertainment
this entity surface form: Warcraft franchise
Blizzard developed Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
subject surface form: Blizzard Entertainment
Allen Adham notableWork Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Michael Morhaime knownFor Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
this entity surface form: Warcraft franchise
Michael Morhaime notableWork Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness follows Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Azeroth appearsIn Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Stormwind City firstAppearance Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Horde firstAppearance Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Alliance firstAppearance Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Anduin Lothar appearsIn Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
King Llane Wrynn portrayedIn Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Medivh firstAppearance Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Gul'dan appearsIn Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Garona Halforcen appearsIn Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Stuart Fenegan basedOn Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
subject surface form: Warcraft
this entity surface form: Warcraft video game series
Glenn Stafford notableWork Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
this entity surface form: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans soundtrack