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Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2010-10-17

Stats

15,043

Conversions

Acorn Archimedes
PC (DOS)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Voice acting
Voice acting
Music & SFX
Music & SFX, Voice acting
Audio direction
Game design
Game design
Story

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

- 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).

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1993
Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, French, German
5
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1995
Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, French, German
5
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1997
Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, French, German
5
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] 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.

[3] Game features multitasking (> 1Mb ram required), VGA screenmodes (configured using Preferences IControls), and savegame support.

[4] Distributed in Italy by Leader.

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.

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Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

U.S. Release (front)

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U.S. Release (back)

Box scan ECS no. 3

German Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 4

German Release (back)

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Budget Release (front)

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Budget Release (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS
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U.S. Release

Disk scan ECS no. 2

European Release

Disk scan ECS no. 3

European Release [alt]

Disk scan ECS no. 4

Budget Release

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual Cover (English)

ECS no. 2

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 49, 8/1993, Page 9)

ECS no. 3

Italian Advert

ECS no. 4

German Advert (Amiga Joker 7/1993, Page 17)

ECS no. 5

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 66, 12/1994, Page 21) [Budget, Hit Squad]

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UK Advert (CU Amiga 1/1995, Page 13) [Budget, Hit Squad]

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UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 68, 2/1995, Page 73) [Budget, Hit Squad]

Manual info

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Addendum (English)

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Manual (German)

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Quickstart (German)

ECS no. 5

Manual (French) [Source: Retro Commodore]

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Manual (English) [Budget Release]

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Manual (German) [Budget Release] [Source: Retro Commodore]

ECS / OCS

When you get to the stage where you have no cash left and there is no spice to be collected, send your harvester to the enemy camp. It will be destroyed, another one will replace it and you’ll receive seven credits. You can repeat this as many times as you like.

To harvest spice in no time at all click on a harvester who is harvesting spice and keep clicking on him. The percentage of spice harvested goes up for each click on the harvestor. This saves both time and money.

Acorn Archimedes
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PC (DOS)
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US Version

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

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Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amazing Computing for the Commodore Amiga
Amazing Computing Vol 9 No 5 (May 1994)
Jeff James
2
Amiga Action
47 (Aug 1993)
88%
Paul Roundell
Nic Moran
2
Amiga Computing
64 (Sep 1993)
81%
Dave Cusick
2
Amiga Down Under
4 (Sep - Oct 1993)
7/10
Dudley Storey III
1
Amiga Force
8 (Aug 1993)
87%
Phil King
Ian Osborne
0
Amiga Force
10 (Oct 1993)
89%
Ian Osborne
Roundup
1
Amiga Format
50 (Sep 1993)
90%
Andy Nuttall
2
Amiga Format
68 (Feb 1995)
91%
Stephen Bradley
Re-release
1
Amiga Format
104 (Dec 1997)
94%
Andy Smith
Re-release
1
Amiga Joker
May 1993
80%
Carsten Borgmeier
1
Amiga Magazine
26 (Mar - Apr 1994)
9/10
Lawrence van Rijn
0
Amiga Power
28 (Aug 1993)
91%
Mark Winstanley
2
Amiga Power
45 (Jan 1995)
90%
Paul Mellerick
Re-release
1
Amiga Style
6 (Nov 1993)
100%
Pavle Vukadinovic
0
Amiga User International
Vol 7 No 8 (Sep 1993)
94%
1
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 10 No 10 (Oct 1993)
80%
Mark Harris
1
Computer + Video Games
142 (Sep 1993)
89%
Paul Rand
Steve Keen
2
CU Amiga
Jul 1993
85%
Tony Gill
3
CU Amiga
Mar 1995
89%
Re-release
1
CU Amiga
Nov 1997
92%
Andrew Korn
Re-release
1
Datormagazin
No 14 (Aug 1993)
93%
Göran Fröjdh
0
The One
58 (Jul 1993)
90%
Simon Byron
4
The One
78 (Mar 1995)
89%
Andy Nuttall
Re-release
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
41 (Feb 1993)
Nick Merritt
Preview (in-depth)
2
Amiga Power
18 (Oct 1992)
Preview
2
Amiga Power
22 (Feb 1993)
Mark Winstanley
Preview (in-depth)
2
CU Amiga
May 1993
Preview
1
The One
52 (Jan 1993)
Simon Byron
Preview (in-depth)
3

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 87%

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