Dune 2000

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Dune 2000
Dune2000 logo v2.png
Studio United StatesUnited States Westwood Studios Intelligent Games
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Publisher United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virgin Interactive (1998) Electronic Arts (since 1999)
United StatesUnited States
Erstveröffent-
lichung
September 1998
platform PC ( Windows ), PlayStation
genre Real time strategy game
Subject Dune
Game mode Single player , multiplayer
control Mouse , keyboard
system advantages
preconditions
medium CD-ROM
language German
Current version 1.06
Age rating
USK released from 12
PEGI recommended for ages 12+

Dune 2000 is a real-time strategy game for the PC and PlayStation , which is based on the science fiction novel Dune - The Desert Planet by Frank Herbert and has the visual style of the movie The Desert Planet by David Lynch . It was developed in 1998 by Westwood Studios and distributed first by Virgin Interactive and later by Electronic Arts . The game is a modernized remake of Dune II - Battle for Arrakis from 1992. The sequel Emperor: Battle for Dune was released in 2001.

action

The Padishah emperor of the whole known universe, Frederick IV, calls in 10191 a competition on Dune (also called Arrakis), in which the aim is to get the great noble houses to mine Spice . There are no set territories or rules in this contest. So the Atreides , Harkonnen and Ordos compete against each other to secure the valuable spice deposits. Frederick IV already believes himself to be the victor, because no matter how it turns out, the promotion of Spice, which is indispensable for the entire empire, does not come to a standstill. He also plays off his political rivals against each other.

Gameplay

Game mechanics

The player has the overall goal of conquering the entire desert planet on behalf of one of the three noble houses (Atreides, Harkonnen, Ordos) in several missions and thereby gaining suzerainty over the valuable spice deposits.

During the missions, the player must use mobile harvest factories to mine the spice , which is then converted into money (Solaris) in refineries. He needs this to expand his bases and to set up an army. With a few exceptions, the aim of the missions is to destroy all enemy facilities and units. The player has to explore the mission map, which is hidden by the fog of war , in order to locate spice deposits and the bases of his opponents.

At the beginning of a mission, the player only starts with one building, the building yard, and a limited amount of money, which enables him to build further buildings or units. Furthermore, the player must provide enough energy to maintain the functions of his buildings. In addition to the opponent, the player must also expect attacks by the sandworms typical of the game world . The mission ends as soon as the enemy units and buildings have been destroyed.

Factions

House Atreides

The Atreides house comes from the Caladan water world and is run by a duke . The Atreides troops are loyal to their duke. Noree Moneo is the mentor of the House of Atreides and advises the ducal troops on Arrakis. The strengths of the Atreides lie in their ornithopters , with which they have the undisputed sovereignty of the air, and their sound tanks . The Duke seeks a military alliance with the Fremen of Dune in order to destroy the common enemy.

House of Harkonnen

House Harkonnen is headed by a baron and is based on Giedi Prime . The politics and approach of the Harkonnen are always brutal and aggressive, even within the house there is aggressiveness and intrigue. In the Harkonnen military, you can only get a promotion if you kill your superior and acquire his rank. The mentate of the Harkonnen is Hayt De Vries, an advisor made from body parts who was bred in the meat tanks of the Tleilaxu . The strength of the Harkonnen lies in their plasma tanks and nuclear weapons.

Ordos house

The Ordos House is a wealthy noble house, made up of merchants, and comes from the ice planet Sigma Draconis IV. The Ordos are wealthy and trade and smuggle forbidden technologies and weapons. Due to their enormous wealth, the house became paranoid and suspects spies and agents of the other high houses everywhere. The Ordos troops are made up of mercenaries whose morals are very questionable. The Ordos' strengths lie in their sneakiness and speed. So they rely on saboteurs and fast armed trikes ( raiders ).

The Ordos house does not appear in the Dune novels by Frank Herbert, but is featured in the Dune Encyclopedia by Dr. Willis E. McNelly from 1984 mentioned.

Development history

Dune 2000 was developed by Intelligent Games and published in 1998 by Westwood Studios for Microsoft Windows . The game is a modernized new edition of Dune II - Kampf um Arrakis from 1992. Frank Klepacki composed the background music for the game . The publisher was Virgin Interactive , later Electronic Arts . In 1999 the game was also ported to the PlayStation .

With the patch 1.06, all three noble houses will each receive a new unit. The Atreides can then grenadiers , the Harkonnen Sardaukar train and the Ordos Stealth - trikes build. It also contains ten other multiplayer maps.

In 1998, Desert - For Dune 2000 was an expansion of the Rom Point company licensed by Westwood Studios . It offers a complete solution, tips and save states of all missions of all campaigns of the three high houses. The expansion does not contain any new missions, campaigns or units.

The sequel Emperor: Battle for Dune was released in 2001.

Open source new editions

After official support (or support ) ended, a number of unofficial improvements were developed and distributed by the fan community. For example, there are unofficial patches that allow the game to be played with the enlarged screen resolutions that are common today , as was the case with the red alert . The game displays are not only enlarged ( scaled ), but the section of the game is adapted to the resolution. There are also unofficial fixes for remaining bugs as well as the lack of UDP support in the game.

Over time, some so-called modifications , such as new campaigns or variations of the characters, were developed. There are extensions to be able to compete with up to six players against each other. And with OpenRA , an open source game engine was also published - initially for the red alert - and later with extensions for Dune 2000, among others.

Press review

Reviews in PC game magazines:

Web links

Commons : Dune Universe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. FED2k: Dune 2000
  2. DUNE 2000 for the Playstation Goes Gold ( Memento from June 8, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. a b http://dune2k.com/Duniverse/Games/Dune2000/Downloads/Patches Modification to enable 6 players (English)
  4. Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Patch for D2k of the player data for high resolutions @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / d2kplus.com
  5. Sub Houses Fix Patch ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / d2kplus.com
  6. Dune 2000 Lan Patch (IPX to UDP) ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / d2kplus.com
  7. about (English) - OpenRA developer site; u. a. with a picture for ' Dune 2000 '; accessed on May 11, 2016
  8. Dune 2000 (PC) - test, download, system requirements, release date, demo - GameStar. In: gamestar.de. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
  9. Alexander Geltenpoth: Desert Games . In: PC Action . No. 8/98 . Computec Media , August 1998, p. 64–73 ( archive.org [accessed August 12, 2019]).