Ngitshele nge-StarCraft.
Context:I-StarCraft ngumdlalo wevidiyo wesikhathi sangempela owenziwe futhi wanyatheliswa yiBlizzard Entertainment yeMicrosoft Windows. Ingxenye yokuqala yochungechunge lomdlalo wevidiyo onegama elifanayo, yakhishwa ngo-1998. Inguqulo ye-Classic Mac OS yakhishwa ngo-1999, kanti inguqulo ye-Nintendo 64 eyakhiwa ngokubambisana ne-Mass Media futhi yashicilelwa yiNintendo yakhishwa ngo-2000.  I-Blizzard yaqala ukusebenza kulo mdlalo ngemuva nje kokuthi iWarcraft II, omunye umdlalo wecebo wesikhathi sangempela, ikhishwe ngo-1995. Ukuzalwa kokuqala kwaqala ngo-1996 e-Electronic Entertainment Expo, lapho kwaqhathaniswa khona kabi neWarcraft II. Ngenxa yalokho, lo msebenzi walungiswa ngokuphelele ngaphambi kokuba uvezwe emphakathini ekuqaleni kuka-1997, lapho wathola khona impendulo enhle kakhulu. I-multiplayer yalo mdlalo ithandwa kakhulu eNingizimu Korea, lapho abadlali namaqembu behlanganyela khona emincintiswaneni yobungcweti, bethola abaxhasi, futhi bancintisana emincintiswaneni ethulwa kuthelevishini.  Isethwe esikhathini esizayo esiqanjiwe phakathi nekhulu lama-25 AD engxenyeni ekude yomthala weMilky Way eyaziwa ngokuthi iKoprulu Sector, umdlalo uzungeza izinhlobo ezintathu ezihlakaniphile ezilwa nokubusa: amaTerrans angabantu abaxoshiwe eMhlabeni manje abanekhono lokuzivumelanisa nanoma yisiphi isimo; amaZerg angumjaho wezilwane zasemkhathini eziphishekela ukuphelela kofuzo futhi ezihlushwa ukufana nezinye izinhlanga; amaProtoss anguhlobo lwe-humanoid olunobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe namakhono e-psionic azama ukulondoloza impucuko yawo nefilosofi eqinile mayelana nendlela yawo yokuphila kumaZerg.  Izintatheli eziningi embonini yemidlalo yamavidiyo ziye zancoma i-StarCraft njengomunye wemidlalo yamavidiyo ebaluleke kakhulu, futhi engcono kunazo zonke. Lo mdlalo kuthiwa uphinde waphakamisa izinga lokuthuthukiswa kwemidlalo yesikhathi sangempela (RTS). Njengoba sekudayiswe amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-11 emhlabeni wonke ngoFebhuwari 2009, i-StarCraft yaba ngomunye wemidlalo ethengiswa kakhulu kumakhompyutha. Kuye kwahlonishwa ngokusungula ukusetshenziswa kwamaqembu ayingqayizivele emdlalweni we-RTS, nangokuba nendaba ephoqelelayo.  I-StarCraft iye yalungisa futhi yandisa indaba yayo ngochungechunge lwamanoveli ashicilelwe phakathi kuka-2000 no-2016, iphakethe lokukhulisa i-StarCraft: Impi Ye-Brood, kanye nezengezo ezimbili ezigunyazwe ngokusemthethweni, i-Insurrection ne-Retribution. Ukulandelana, i-StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, yakhishwa ngoJulayi 2010, kanye namaphakethe amabili wokwandiswa kanye nephakethe lomkhankaso phakathi kuka-2013 no-2016, ngenkathi kukhishwa inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yokuqala kanye nephakethe layo lokwandiswa ngo-Agasti 2017. Umdlalo wokuqala, kanye nokwandiswa, wakhululwa mahhala ngo-Ephreli 2017.
I-StarCraft ngumdlalo we-Real Time Strategy owethulwe ngo-1998 yiBlizzard Entertainment. Ngokuvamile ibhekwa njengomunye wemidlalo yama-video emikhulu kunayo yonke eyake yaba khona. Indaba isethwe ngekhulu lama-25 futhi inezinhlanga ezintathu ezilwela amandla: iTerran, iZerg, neProtoss. Kuye kwaba nokuqhubeka okukodwa nokwandiswa okuningi. Imodi yabadlali abaningi yayithandwa kakhulu, iveza imincintiswano yobungcweti.