Editing StarCraft (video game) (section)

===Multiplayer===
Multiplayer on ''StarCraft'' is powered through Blizzard Entertainment's [[Battle.net]] Internet service. Through this, a maximum of eight players can compete in a variety of game modes, including simply destroying all other players (which may be competitive, as in Ladder play, or non-ranked, as in melee play), to [[king of the hill (game)|king of the hill]] and [[capture the flag]] objective-based games. In addition, the game incorporates a variety of specialized scenarios for different types of game, such as simulating a [[American football|football]] game, using the Terran hoverbike unit to conduct a bike race, or hosting a Zerg hunting competition.<ref name="StarEdit"/> ''StarCraft'' is also one of the few games that includes a [[spawn installation]], which allows for limited multiplayer. It must be installed from a disc, and requires a [[product key]] to work just as the full version does. However, one product key can support up to eight spawned installations with access to Battle.net. Limitations of a spawned installation include the inability to play single-player missions, create multiplayer games, or use the campaign editor.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Multiplayer Games: Spawned Games|page=11|author=Underwood, Peter|author2=Roper, Bill |author3=Metzen, Chris |author4= Vaughn, Jeffrey |title=StarCraft (manual)|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|year=1999}}</ref> Newer releases of the game available through Battle.net or discs that include the Windows Vista label don't support the spawn installation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sea.battle.net/support/en/article/spawn-version|title=Spawn Version FAQ|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=August 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520193341/https://sea.battle.net/support/en/article/spawn-version|archive-date=May 20, 2013}}</ref>