StarCraft: Ghost (partially found build of cancelled sci-fi stealth-action game; 2006)
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
In the singleplayer campaign of StarCraft: Ghost you play as a female character Nova. Nova can use stealth to silently takedown enemies, like Zergs and Terran guards as well using a vast arsenal of different weapons such as assault and sniper rifles, grenades, shotguns, and flamethrowers and also use 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 user eientei95 uploaded a 2003 build of the StarCraft: Ghost[1]claiming to be found on the debug Xbox console that they bought presumably on auction and decided to share it providing a Google Drive link to the build itself.[2] This build can be played on devkit version of Xbox, vanilla Xbox and Xbox 360. The best experience can be achieved on the devkit 128Mb Xbox. 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
External Links
- Google Drive download link for the 2003 build of the StarCraft: Ghost. Note: Link is currently taken down and does not work. Courtesy of archive.org user eientei95.
References
- ↑ An archived file link on the archive.org for the StarCraft: Ghost 2003 build. Retrieved 16 Feb '20
- ↑ Google Drive link to the 2003 of the StarCraft: Ghost which is currently non-working. Retrieved 16 Feb '20
- ↑ NeoGAF forums post of the user Stranno about leaked 2003 build of the StarCraft: Ghost. Retrieved 16 Feb '20