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Just awesome. Dune II was a big part of my childhood. :)
Brings back memories.
Awesome. I'm not so excited about the tiny 320x200 viewport though. Why not zoom it to fit the browser window? Strangely, they seem to have managed to disable the browser's built-in zooming. So yeah, fun, but squinty.
It amazing/annoying how different the UI is from the modern games. For example to move a unit you must click the "move" button and the click the place where you want to go. There are a million of details that make modern games easier to play.
I played this game a lot a few years ago :). It amazing/annoying how different the UI is from the modern games. For example to move a unit you must click the "move" button and the click the place where you want to go. There are a million of details that make modern games easier to play.
I'm sure this site will be taken offline for copyright infringement almost immediately, but it really is a decent recreation of the original. It's also historically significant: Dune II is to the real-time strategy genre what Wolfenstein 3D is to the first-person-shooter: not necessary the very first example ever, but the first to achieve notable popularity, and the progenitor of most of the following examples.
For me, it's also the predecessor to tower defense games.
I played this game a lot a few years ago :). It amazing/annoying how different the UI is from the modern games. For example to move a unit you must click the "move" button and the click the place where you want to go. There are a million of details that make modern games easier to play.
In the DOS version you could also use 'm' on the keyboard
I played this game a lot a few years ago :). It amazing/annoying how different the UI is from the modern games. For example to move a unit you must click the "move" button and the click the place where you want to go. There are a million of details that make modern games easier to play.
Just awesome. Dune II was a big part of my childhood. :)