No cracks, keygens or unofficial patches needed. The only cons is that you need to copy the installer file, that is almost 600 MB long. (But who cares about half a GB nowadays?)
These are 3 easy steps to do it:
- Install StarCraft Patch 1.15.2.
It is officially available at the "Starcraft Patch Information" page. Just download the executable and run it. - Copy the installer executable to the game's folder and rename it.
On Windows: Copy "INSTALL.EXE" from the StarCraft CD to the folder where you've installed the game and rename it as "StarCraft.mpq". (You may need to disable file extension hiding in Folder options.) Same for StarCraft: Brood War: Copy this game's "INSTALL.EXE" to the folder where you've installed it and rename it as "BroodWar.mpq".
On Mac: Copy "StarCraft Archive" from the StarCraft CD to your StarCraft folder. For StarCraft: Brood War: You may also copy "Brood War Archive" to the same folder. - Enjoy playing StarCraft without CD!
This information was very useful to me while trying to bring back good old times of RTS gaming after many years of dull university life. Hehehe...

