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Distribution |
Blizzard Entertainment |
Release date |
1995-12-09 |
Warcraft II is a fantasy-themed real-time strategy (RTS) game published by Blizzard Entertainment and first released for MS-DOS in 1995 and for Mac OS X in 1996. The main game, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, earned enthusiastic reviews, won most of the major PC gaming awards in 1996, and sold millions of copies. The rivalry between Blizzard's series and Westwood Studios's Command & Conquer series fueled the RTS boom of the late 1990s.
Builds
Warcraft II DOS
Tides of Darkness
Shareware
Beyond the Dark Portal
Ver.
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Lang.
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Date
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Comment
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1.2alpha
|
EN |
XXX XX 1995 |
PressAlpha
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1.00
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EN |
Nov 27 1995 |
US Retail
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1.00
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GER |
Nov 29 1995 |
German Retail
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1.00
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FR |
XXX XX 1995 |
French Retail
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1.08sh
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EN |
Jan 17 1996 |
Shareware Disc
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beta 1.02elc
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EN |
Jan XX 1996 |
Electronic Demo
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1.20span
|
EN |
Feb 05 1996 |
Split Archive Demo
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1.12p
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EN |
Apr 01 1996 |
(also called v1.1)
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1.20
|
EN |
Apr 12 1996 |
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1.20
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GER |
XXX XX 1996 |
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1.20
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FR |
XXX XX 1996 |
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1.20elc
|
EN |
XXX XX XXXX |
Electronic Demo
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1.22
|
EN |
XXX XX 1996 |
Rerelease
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1.3X
|
EN |
XXX XX 1996 |
US Expansion Retail
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1.3X
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FR |
XXX XX 1996 |
French Expansion Retail
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1.31
|
GER |
May 21 1996 |
German Expansion Retail
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1.33
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EN |
XXX XX XXXX |
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0.95 online
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EN |
Jan 21 1997 |
Engage Version
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1.40
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EN |
Jul 10 1997 |
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1.50
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EN |
XXX XX XXXX |
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Warcraft II Windows Editor
Tides of Darkness
Shareware
Beyond the Dark Portal
Ver.
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Lang.
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EXE
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Date
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Comment
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0.5 Alpha
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EN |
PE |
Aug 08 1995 |
Press Alpha
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1.0.26
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EN |
NE |
Nov 27 1995 |
Retail NewEXE
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1.0.26
|
EN |
PE |
Nov 27 1995 |
Retail PortableEXE
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1.0.26g
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GER |
NE |
Nov 29 1995 |
German Retail
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1.0.26g
|
GER |
PE |
Nov 29 1995 |
German Retail
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1.0.26f
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FR |
NE |
XXX XX XXXX |
French Retail
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1.0.26f
|
FR |
PE |
XXX XX XXXX |
French Retail
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1.0.26
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EN |
PE |
Jan 14 1996 |
Came with demos
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1.0.28
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EN |
NE |
Mar 15 1996 |
?
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1.0.28
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EN |
PE |
Mar 15 1996 |
?
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See also