The first "official" portable-adjacent version was for the Nintendo 64. It included the full base game and Brood War expansion, though it was notoriously difficult to play without a mouse.
For years, the open-source engine Stratagus powered a project called "StarCraft Portable." This required you to copy the original game files from your PC to your phone. The engine then rebuilt the game with a custom touch interface (tap to select, double-tap to move). It was buggy but beloved. starcraft portable
To understand the difficulty of porting StarCraft to portable systems, one must first identify the game’s core technical load: The first "official" portable-adjacent version was for the