Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis ECS/OCS

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Year of the first release 1993 License Commercial Number of disks (or CD) 5 Publisher Virgin - Worldwide Number max of players 1 Budget publisher Acid (Guildhall) - Worldwide Hit Squad - Platinum Edition (Ocean) - Worldwide Simultaneous max players 1 Developer Westwood Language English French German Artists Coder : Bob Koon (Robert Koon) Coder : Bobby Earl Coder : Denzil E. Long Jr. Coder : Joe Bostic Coder : Mark McCubbin Coder : Rob Povey Coder : Scott K. Bowen Graphician : Sandy Dobbs Musician : Dwight Okahara Musician : Frank Klepacki Musician : Glenn Sperry Musician : Julie Stainer Musician : Paul S. Mudra Misc : Aaron E. Powell Misc : Donna J. Bundy Misc : Joe Bostic Misc : Rick Gush Language in manual Hardware ECS OCS Amiga original game no Have cheatcode yes Have SPS release yes WHD install yes WHD information Author CFOU! Updated   2010-10-17 14:04:35 HD install yes HD notes - HD installer is contained on disk 1. - At least 1.5Mb ram is required to play the HD version (launch "DuneII"), except on 1Mb A500+/A600 machines (launch "Dune600" instead). Genre Category Strategy Subcategory Strategy - Real-Time Dimension 2D Origin Film Quickmatch Dune 2 / Command & Conquer Theme Futuristic Theme Science Fiction Theme War - Futuristic Viewpoint Sideways Viewpoint Top Down Conversion hardware Acorn Archimedes PC (DOS) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Conversion notes Based on 1992 Westwood/Virgin PC release. PC versions: MCGA/VGA N.B. Released simply as DUNE: THE BATTLE FOR ARRAKIS on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. Classic compilation Relationship is a sequel to Dune

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:   [1] Licensed game based on David Lynch's 1984 movie Dune, an adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic sci-fi novel of the same name (see HERE). [2] Game design by Aaron E. Powell and Joseph Bostic. Coding by Joseph Bostic, Denzil E. Long Jr., Scott K. Bowen, Rob Povey, Mark McCubbin and Bob Koon. Graphics & animation by Sandy Dobbs. Audio direction by Paul Mudra; music & sound by Frank Klepacki and Dwight Okahara; digitised voices by Frank Klepacki, Glenn Sperry and Julie Stainer. Game story & text written by Donna J. Bundy and Rick Gush. [3] DUNE II, perhaps inaccurately, is widely considered to be the first contemporary real-time strategy (RTS) game ever released, and pioneered many concepts and conventions of the RTS genre. [4] Game features multitasking (> 1Mb ram required), VGA screenmodes (configured using Preferences IControls), and savegame support.

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