Yes, the title's a bad pun...
With all the talk about Burning Crusade, I figured it was someone relavent to reminisce the old game. Looking for something the other day I ran across this gem:
http://www.blizzard.com/wow/townhall/
It's like the current burning crusade page... but for warcraft 1.0...
Not only that, but it was already outdated by the time open beta came out. Definately an interesting read through. There's a few things in particular that are interesting to see:
Old style screenshots!
They all seem to use older models of the characters, with humans being the most significant
Old spells!
Each class lists 2 or 3 spells that class had at the time. A few of those spells these classes no longer have, some were given to other classes, some removed totally, and others (Defensive Stance) completely reworked.
Mounts!
Tauren mounts ftw.
Dungeons!
There's 3 listed world dungeons... The Deadmines (presumably because it's the first most will encounter), Scarlet Monastary, and quite an interesting choice for the 3rd...
Death!
The death/resurrection system and penalties is vastly different than what it is today.
Major Cities!
I'm still amazed at everything they planned to implement in cities at one point. Some of the stuff I really wish they had.