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There are 12 different versions of Warcraft II: Edition: 1 in 1998, 4 during 1999, there were 2 editions during 2000, and there are 5 editions from the Best Seller Series in 2001.

Support for two new game speeds (Slowest and Faster).

You can now take 1,000 screenshots instead of just 100.

All other Town Halls/Great Halls build at the normal rate.

First Town Hall/ Great Hall now build at the speed of a Farm.

New sounds have been added for Skeletons, Runes, Eye of Kilrogg, and for completed upgrades.

Death Coil will no longer damage allies.

Partially-built towers can no longer see Submarines.

Allies' towers and flying units now reveal enemy subs.

Allies can see friendly invisible units now.

Canceling Foundries no longer uses all of the oil you spent to build it.

Flying Machines, Goblin Zeppelins, Goblin Sappers, Demolition Squads now have a Patrol option.

Mining out an oil rig completely no longer returns a small amount of lumber and gold to the player.

Upper limit of 200 food for each player, like StarCraft.

Unit limit raised from 600 to 1,200 for Enhanced games.

Maintained compatibility with the DOS version of Warcraft II via local area network or modem.

Current food displayed along with gold/ oil/ lumber.

Space bar centers the map on last 8 transmissions (sequential).

Ctrl+click or double-click will select closest 9 units of that type currently on the screen.

Set maps and game parameters for Ladder Games.

Patrol command now sends units to the selected location rather than stopping after any contact.

Attack Move command will now function correctly.

Ability to choose Random starting race, resources and tileset.

Assigning and selection of Groups through # keys.

Incorporation of the 3 Pauses per player/per game rule.

Game speed is set prior to a game beginning, and cannot be changed.

Improved game set-up, game options, dropping of players and inclusion of chat.

Ability for up to eight players to compete over using 'Spawning' technology from one CD.

Other upgrades and enhancements over the original game include:

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It should be noted that the original Mac version of Warcraft II did support TCP/IP play, so the only new mulitplayer feature on the Mac side was playability on.

Warcraft II: Edition added support for. Many players used the paid-for program Kali, which emulated an IPX network over the internet, and allowed people to play it easily online. The original version of Warcraft II supported online play, but only through IPX protocol, and not the TCP/IP protocol which became standard after its release. Unlike the original version which was meant to be run on a 486 processor and running on a modern processor the screen scroll speed was too fast. A fix for newer processors was included so regardless of how fast your processor was, the screen scroll speed was consistent. The game was also ported to be natively supported under Windows, unlike the original game which ran under DOS. Features from StarCraft, such as right-click commands for units, hotkeyed control groups, and queuing multiple units for production, were implemented. The game features many upgrades and enhancements over the original version. The game can also be bundled with Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. It features a 'classic' mode, with support and LAN multiplayer, and a mode that supports increased resolutions. On March 28th 2019, a digital rerelease of the game was unveiled on GOG.com.

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This is essentially the same as Warcraft II, but it allows for usage on, and, unlike its offline counterparts, does require a CD Key to install. Warcraft II: Edition is an -enabled version of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, with the expansion Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal built in.

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