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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
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Developers
Blizzard Entertainment
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS November 23, 1994
Mac OS (Classic) November 23, 1994
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans guide on StrategyWiki
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans on Wikipedia
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Warcraft
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans 1994
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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 2002
World of Warcraft 2004
Hearthstone 2014
Warcraft III: Reforged 2020

Key points

The CD-ROM version is updated to the latest version and has the DRM removed

General information

Developer site
Wowpedia - A huge wiki for everything Warcraft universe related.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
 Some versions prompt for words from the manual.[1]
DOS
Mac OS

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches for the DOS and Mac OS versions are available on Battle.net's support section.

AutoHotkey script for better mouse controls

Enables WarCraft II-like controls: lasso-selecting units with the left mouse button and giving orders with the right mouse button (or middle mouse button for peasants/peons).

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
2
Online play
2 Via DOSBox IPX tunneling.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 3.2 MS-DOS 6.2
Processor (CPU) IBM 386/20 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 MB 95 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA graphics card
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 7.1
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68030 PowerPC
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 MB 95 MB
Video card (GPU) 256-colour system

References