Dune

"Dune is a 1992 video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name."

Cryo Interactive·Virgin Games·The Hit Squad·Virgin Interactive Entertainment·Sold Out Software· March 14, 1992· Main Game

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66 ratings

Dune is a 1992 video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name. Developed by Cryo Interactive, is the first of the Dune computer games. Dune blended adventure with economic and military strategy, and is considered by many the most immersive Dune computer game. Loosely following the story of the novel, the game casts the player as Paul Atreides, with the ultimate goal of driving the Harkonnen from Planet Dune, while managing spice extraction, military, and later, ecology through the native Fremen tribes. As the player progresses, his troops are equipped with weapons from "crysknives" to atomics, tap into Paul's latent psychic powers, and get acquainted with such characters from the book as Chani and Liet-Kynes.

Released 14 March 1992 for Amiga, DOS and Sega CD by Cryo Interactive, published by Virgin Games and The Hit Squad. Rated 6 by USK, E by ESRB. About 13 hours to beat, 22 hours for everything.

Story

Dune, a blazing hot deserted planet deep into the solar system, populated by a fierce tribal race called the Fremen and giant sandworms. A planet that is the source of the most precious substance in the Universe - spice.

It is here that Paul Atreides must face up to his fate. His Imperial family has been granted the lucrative rights to mine the spice by the Emperor, knowing that it will involve them in a fight to the death with their sworn enemies the brutal Harkonnen, who have enslaved the Fremen to mine spice for themselves.