If you appreciate the work done within the wiki, please consider supporting The Cutting Room Floor on Patreon. Thanks for all your support!

Proto:StarCraft (PC)/StarCraft beta 12.24.97 D

From The Cutting Room Floor
Jump to navigation Jump to search

This is a sub-page of Proto:StarCraft (PC).

So very stubbly.
This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion.
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article?
This cactus is UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This article is a work in progress.
...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.
StarcraftBTTitle.PNG

StarCraft is a really, really successful PC real-time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. This prototype is dated about four months before the final release and contains an assortment of differences. The prototype's version is beta 12.24.97 D, and it was the first Battle.net prototype sent to testers.

Hmmm...
To do:
Delve into this and uncover all the juicy stuff.

Sub-Pages

MusicIcon.png
Unused Audio
Even more unused audio!


Wire3.png
Unused Graphics
A lot has been unearthed.


SCdebug.png
Debug Mode
The internal debug mode still remains in this build.


SCcargoship.png
Unused Units
Starcraft's development was in full swing and there's a lot of differences from existing units, as well as units that were cut entirely.

General Differences

StarCraft StarEdit Error.PNG

  • The beta's map editor (Staredit) is not included in the beta and would have been received through a patch, however as we have no beta patches we cannot access it.
  • The map format is different from the final one and incompatible with the final map editor.
  • The beta had an observer mode which was removed from the final game, each game has two observer slots, and upon losing a game, a player could originally become an observer.
  • The beta has a cut voice chat mode which was removed from the final.


Gameplay Differences

Hmmm...
To do:
Get the Beta working and fill this in.

Download Link

https://archive.org/details/star-craft-beta