If you’re interested in Warcraft 3 but are not as yet sure whether you want to fork out your hard earned money to get Warcraft 3, there is yet hope. You could download Warcraft 3 demo version from the Blizzard site for free.

There are obviously a few things that you will need to check out on your computer to make sure that you can do this, but after you get through that it is plain sailing, or playing as the case may be.

Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos downloadable version is available in both PC and Mac formats so to download Warcraft 3 demo you will first need to check the system requirements which Blizzard has listed, for your own computer.

Basically to download Warcraft 3 demo you will need – and these items apply to both the PC and the Mac systems – 120MB HD (that’s Hard Disk space to you and me); 128MB RAM (that’s memory); a 400MHz processor (that’s CPU speed); and also a 3D video card or better.

Additionally for a PC user to download Warcraft 3 demo, you will also need a Direct-X compatible sound card, and a Microsoft compatible mouse.

The one really large difference in the requirements lies in the Operating System required. For the PC, you will need Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. And for Mac users to download Warcraft 3 demo you will need a Macintosh OS 9.0 or higher system, or a Mac OS X 10.1.3 or higher.

If you have these then you’re good to go and all you then need to do is to download Warcraft 3 demo from the Blizzard site. Be warned though that the download itself is a whopping (approximate) 100MB in size so you will need a high speed internet connection available for your use.

Otherwise you might as well just give up right then and there as you would otherwise probably be spending most of your life waiting for the Warcraft 3 demo to finish downloading. And even that wouldn’t be enough time!

Once you finish off the download Warcraft 3 demo will then be playable on your computer. You will find that you have a two-mission tutorial which will take you through the paces of the game and introduce you to one of the main heroes of the game; and three new missions which will take you along with the Orc’s journey to get to Kalimdor.

And when you have completed these playable features in the download Warcraft 3 demo version you can then decide whether or not you want to continue playing Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos.

If this is case then you can rest assured that you won’t waste any time and that you will probably find yourself making your way on winged feet to the nearest game retailer! And all because you had the craving to download Warcraft 3 demo and play it a bit.