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Set in the 26th century, the game revolves around three species fighting for dominance in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy: the Terrans, humans exiled from Earth skilled at adapting to any situation; the Zerg, a race of insectoids in pursuit of genetic perfection obsessed with assimilating other races; and the Protoss, a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities attempting to preserve their civilization and strict philosophical way of living from the Zerg.

The game itself is split into three episodes, one for the player to command each race. In the first segment of the game, the player and Jim Raynor are attempting to control the colony of Mar Sara in the wake of the Zerg attacks on other Terran worlds. The second campaign reveals that Kerrigan was not killed by the Zerg, but rather is captured and infested in an effort to incorporate her psionic traits into the Zerg gene pool. The final episode of the game sees Aldaris and the Protoss government branding Tassadar a traitor and a heretic for conspiring with the dark templar. The player initially serves Aldaris in defending Aiur from the Zerg invasion, but while on a mission to arrest Tassadar, the player joins him instead.

Heart of the Swarm starts at a research facility run by Crown Prince Valerian Mengsk, who is performing tests on Sarah Kerrigan to determine how much of her skill at controlling Zerg remains from her time as the Queen of Blades. Jim Raynor is desperate to get Kerrigan away, and shortly after the last round of tests, the facility is attack by Dominion forces. Jim and Sarah embrace breifly before being separated, and Captain Horner is driven off as Sarah returns to the surface to wait for Jim, before learning via a newscast that he was captured and executed by the Dominion. Enraged, Sarah returns to the Char, discovering her command leviathan. After overpowering splintered swarms on Char, Sarah is visited by Zeratul, who tells her to travel to Zerus, the original homeworld of the Zerg, where the primal zerg are in a constantly evolving state. Sarah, initially reluctant, is convinced after Zeratul tells her that it will give her the power she wants to kill Mengsk. Sarah awakens the oldest living zerg, The Ancient One, and learns that Amon, a fallen Xel'naga, stole a large portion of the zerg from Zerus and created the Overmind from them. Sarah enters a chrysalis in the first zerg spawning pool and emerges, transformed into the primal Queen of Blades. After absorbing various essences on Zerus, and allying with Alexei Stukov, Kerrigan assaults a Dominion research station to face the hybrid. The scientist leader, Dr. Narud, is later revealed to be a ancient shapeshifter who seeks to resurrect Amon. After being defeated by Kerrigan, Mengsk informers her that Raynor is still alive and Mengsk uses him to threaten Kerrigan. Nevertheless, Kerrigan manages to rescue Raynor from a prison ship while refueling on a station. Prince Valerian understands that his father is beyond redemption, and along with Raynor's Raiders, supports Kerrigan's full invasion on Korhal. After disabling the air defense on the surface and destroying the psi disrupter, Kerrigan finally reaches the palace of Mengsk. Kerrigan and her allies succeed in breaching the palace. Kerrigan confronts Mengsk in his office and is temporarily weakened by the Xel'naga artifact until Raynor's intervention. Kerrigan then annihilates Mengsk with her powers, thanking Raynor before heading back to the leviathan. In the final scene, the camera pans around space and galaxy while Kerrigan narrates about that she must face her true enemy, fully embracing her role as the Zerg Swarm.

Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoid genetic assimilators; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. Wings of Liberty focuses on the Terrans, while the expansions Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void will focus on the Zerg and Protoss, respectively. The game is set four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. The game includes both new and returning characters and locations from the original game.

Sanvein is a fast-paced top down shooter where time is of the essence and every moment counts. The main computer of the self-sufficient space colony Utopia, called St. Schutz, has gone haywire. The goal of the game is to escape from Utopia. The game plays very differently from a normal space shooter. Each "floor" is made up of a series of interconnected rooms, and the player can choose any room adjacent to one they've cleared. For each adjacent room the player has cleared, their firepower in that room will be greater. Each floor has a number of boss rooms with a much larger and more dangerous enemy, each of which must be cleared to complete the floor. There is also a stronger power weapon which will recharge after use. All the while, a strict timer is counting down. When the player gets hit, instead of dying or taking damage, they lose time on the timer. The only way to get more time is to defeat a boss, so the player must balance between clearing rooms for greater firepower, and clearing bosses for more time.

Starflight is a space exploration, trading, and combat video game developed by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM compatible and Tandy systems, it was later released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh and Commodore 64. A fully revamped version of the game was developed for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1991. Set in the year 4620, the game puts players in the role of a starship captain sent to explore the galaxy. There is no set path, allowing players to switch freely between mining, ship-to-ship combat, and alien diplomacy. The broader plot of the game emerges slowly, as the player discovers that an ancient race of beings is causing stars to flare and destroy all living creatures. The game has been widely praised by both contemporary and modern critics, and is one of the earliest instances of a sandbox game. It led to the development of a sequel, Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula, and influenced the design of numerous other games for decades after its release.

As Colonel O'Neil, a variety of objectives must be met starting with the recovery of supplies and the finding of other teammates, including civilian archaeologist Daniel Jackson. Once regrouped, O'Neil must lead the attack on the god, Ra and escape back to Earth before the power of the nuclear bomb can be unleashed on this new world. The game is a side-scroller platform adventure. The player controls O'Neil on a variety of objectives and is armed with a rifle weapon and grenades. Embarking through desert, caverns and nomad towns... eventually to the palace of Ra.