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How Do I Play Two-Player Starcraft?

The single-player campaign of the game Starcraft offers countless hours of real-time strategy fun and excitement. If you ever begin to tire of the single-player missions, however, you can play online with a friend over your Internet connection. This is done via Battle.net, which is Blizzard Entertainment's official online portal for Starcraft and other games, like World of Warcraft and Warcraft 3.

Things You'll Need

Starcraft CD-ROM

Instructions

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  Insert your Starcraft CD-ROM into your computer. Click "Play" to load the game's main menu.
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  Select the type of game you want to play. (This applies only to people who have both Starcraft and the expansion pack, Brood War, installed on the same computer.) Click "Starcraft" to play a two-player game using the original game. Click "Starcraft: Brood War" to play a two-player game using the expansion pack.
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  Click "Multiplayer." From the menu that appears, click "Battle.net."
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  Select the "Create Game" option if you want to set up a new game to play. You can choose what map the game is played on and specify the rules, including how long the game will last. When a second player joins your game, click "Start Game" to play.
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  Click "Join Game" to join a game someone else has set up. Browse through the list of available "lobbies" on the left side of the screen until you find the one you want to play. The lobby information will contain the size of the game and what map the game is using. Once you join the lobby, wait for whoever created the specific game to click "Start Game." The main game will then load.

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