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Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty 1992

Westwood Studios · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, DOS, Genesis/MegaDrive

Dune II is often considered the first mainstream modern real-time strategy game and established many conventions of the genre. Even though set in Frank Herbert's famous Dune universe, the game is only loosely connected to the plot of any of the books or the films based from them. Controlling either of the three Houses, the player must fight a number … Dune II is often considered the first mainstream modern real-time strategy game and established many conventions of the genre. Even though set in Frank Herbert's famous Dune universe, the game is only loosely connected to the plot of any of the books or the films based from them. Controlling either of the three Houses, the player must fight a number of battles against the other Houses. In the early levels, the goal is simply to earn a certain number of credits, while in the later missions, all enemies must be destroyed.

The single resource in the game is the Spice, which must be collected by harvesters. The spice is converted to credits in a refinery, which are then spent to construct additional buildings and units. There are two terrain types: buildings can only be constructed on stone, while the Spice is only found on sand. However, units moving on sand attract the large sandworms of Dune, who are virtually indestructible and can swallow even large units whole. As levels progress, new and more advanced buildings and units are made available, including structures like a radar station, a repair facility or defense turrets and, for units, various ground troops, light vehicles and tanks. Each House can construct one unique special unit, and, after building a palace improvement, can unleash a unique palace effect. Read more

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Details

Developers
Westwood Studios
Publishers
Virgin Games
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Themes
Science fiction
Franchises
Frank Herbert's Dune
Series
Dune
Also known as
Dune II: Der Kampf um Arrakis (German title) · 沙丘魔堡II :王朝的建立 (Chinese title) · Dune II: Kampf um den Wüstenplaneten (German Mega Drive/Genesis title) · Dune: The Battle for Arrakis (Mega Drive/Genesis title) · הקרב על אראקיס :II חולית (Hebrew title) · Dune II: Битва Древних Династий (Russian title) · Dune II: Battle for Arrakis (Other Alias) · Dune 2 (Abbreviation)
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Released

  1. 1992
    • Dec DOS · North America
    • DOS · Europe
  2. 1993
    • Amiga · North America, Europe
  3. 1995
    • Acorn Archimedes

Other versions 2

Mods 1