Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first game in the Warcraft series developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The Orcish hordes are summoned through the dark portal to the peaceful human Kingdom of Azeroth. When the…

23 November 1994

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Fantasy

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Blizzard Entertainment, released 23 November 1994 on DOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-9800 Series. The main story takes about 15.7 hrs to finish.

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What Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1994. It is available on DOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-9800 Series.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first game in the Warcraft series developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The Orcish hordes are summoned through the dark portal to the peaceful human Kingdom of Azeroth. When the two races meet each other, a terrible war ensues. Only one race can dominate the land. Players can choose to play as either the Humans or the Orcs. There are 12 scenarios for each race with mostly a single objective: destroy the enemy. As with most RTS games of the same era, a lot of time is spent collecting resources and building structures to make/upgrade different types of units.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.