In addition to enemy incursions, the player must also deal with periodic appearances of the sandworm, invulnerable and capable of swallowing vehicles and infantry whole, as well as and harsh weather conditions that can deteriorate the structures of the player's base. The basic strategy in the game is to harvest the spice from the treacherous sand dunes, convert the spice into spendable credits via a harvester and refinery and to build military combat units with these acquired credits in order to fend off and destroy the enemy. The player takes the role of a commander of one of three interplanetary houses, the Atreides, the Harkonnen or the Ordos, with the objective of wresting control of Arrakis from the two other houses. Striking a balance between complexity and innovation, it was a huge success and laid the foundation for the coming Command and Conquer, Warcraft, and the RTS craze that endures to this day. While not the first real-time strategy game, per se (the first being The Ancient Art of War), Dune II established a format that would be followed for years to come. The Dune II interface was the basis for modern real-time strategy games.
Also worthy of mention is the audio track created by Stéphane Picq and Philip Ulrich, released by Cryo (formerly Exxos) on the now extremely rare album Dune: Spice Opera. The game was also released on Sega's Mega CD format. The CD version included footage of the David Lynch movie, and highly improved, 3D-rendered travelling and location screens.
Available for the Amiga and IBM compatibles, it was one of the first floppy games to be converted to CD format.
As you progress you equip your troops with weapons from crysknives to Atomics, tap into your latent psychic powers, and get acquainted with such characters from the book as Chani and Liet Kynes. Loosely following the story of the novel, the game puts you in the shoes of Paul Atreides, with the ultimate goal of driving the Harkonnen from Dune, while managing spice extraction, military, and later, ecology through the native Fremen tribes. The Sega Mega CD version of Dune featured various extras.ĭune blended adventure with economic and military strategy, and is considered by many the most immersive Dune computer game.
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