Warcraft I With A CGA Palette
October 26, 2011 6:00 PM | Eric Caoili

My memories of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, mostly played from a demo disc packed in free with a PC gaming rag purchased back in the day, are eclipsed by the hundreds of hours I spent with its more popular sequel, so it's difficult for me to remember what the original looked like.
I remember that its graphics weren't nearly as nice as Warcraft II's, but it also didn't look this retro. That's because these screenshots are CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) mock-ups by João Victor G. Costa, re-imagining the real-time strategy game that started it all in four colors.
Make sure to have a look at Costa's DeviantArt gallery (a bit NSFW), which also has some neat mock-ups for a modern bro-shooter take on Blizzard's Lost Vikings games, as well as some interesting pixelart for Space Invaders, Cheetahmen, Megaman X, and plenty of classic Nintendo titles.

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Warcraft 1 is a major rip-off of Dune 2. Seriously, play Dune 2 and then WC1 and you'll be shocked at just how similar the UI and mechanics are.
It's even more astonishing when you think of how different Command & Conquer 1 is from either game, since C&C was made after Dune 2 by the same team.
I don't hate Blizzard or Warcraft for that blatant formula copying, but as a fan of Dune 2 back in the day I was quite shocked that they let Blizzard get away with it.
HunterZ | October 27, 2011 3:30 PM