StarCraft: Ghost (partially found build of cancelled sci-fi stealth-action game; 2006)

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Xbox cover art of the game.

Status: Partially Found

StarCraft: Ghost is a third-person shooter game featuring stealth and action mechanics set in StarCraft universe which was mainly developed by Blizzard Entertainment and co-developed by Nihilistic Software and Swingin' Ape Studios for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube consoles.

Gameplay

You play as a female character Nova. Nova can use stealth to silently takedown enemies like Zergs and Terazine guards as well using a vast arsenal of different weapons such as assault and sniper rifles, grenades, shotguns, and flamethrowers and also using traps to get rid of the enemies. Player can also drag bodies of the dead enemies to hide them while being in stealth mode, search dead bodies for extra ammo and other resources, as well riding many different vehicles on some missions, perform hacking sequences to gain access to some of the information or just progress further down into the level, using Nova's cloaking ability, thermal goggles and EMP device which can be used for many advantages on certain part of the levels or over enemies.

Availability and Origin

Originally on the 16th of February 2020 archive.org user eientei95 uploaded a 2003 build of the StarCraft: Ghost[1]claiming to be found on the debug Xbox console that they bought and decided to share it providing a Google Drive link to the build itself[2]. Currently all of the download links are non-working or taken down either by a uploader themself or due to a legal or any other reasons. On the same day NeoGAF forums user Stranno[3], made a post about a leaked 2003 build of the StarCraft: Ghost game which included some screenshots of the game explaining while also providing some features list and some technical information on how to run it for example and many other details. With that post there was also included a 40 minute gameplay footage which was posted on YouTube showing 2-6 levels of the game, excluding the first level called "Sabotage". However, on the 17th of February YouTube user Ocled uploaded a 7 minute gameplay which shows the first level of the StarCraft: Ghost in that video.

List of All Available Levels in the 2003 Build of StarCraft: Ghost

  • Level 1: Sabotage
  • Level 2: Scattered Forces
  • Level 3: Zergling Rush
  • Level 4: Canyon Advance
  • Level 5: The Fujita Pinnacle
  • Level 6: Pinnacle Hangar

Gallery

7 minute gameplay of the first 2 levels in StarCraft: Ghost. Courtesy of YouTube user Ocled.

Gameplay playthrough of the first 5 levels using a 2003 build of the StarCraft: Ghost. Courtesy of YouTube user Stranno.


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