Dune: The Battle for Arrakis
- Also Known As: Dune II: Battle for Arrakis, Dune 2: The Battle for Arakis
- Released in 1993 on Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)
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Controls
← → ↑ ↓ = Directions
Z = A X = B C = C
A = X S = Y D = Z
enter ↵ = Start
space = Mode
F8 = Load state
F5 = Save state
Only while game is active!
Description
Dune: The Battle for Arrakis is a Strategy game, developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive, which was released in 1993.
Plot
Emperor Frederick IV of House Corrino is desperate for the harvesting of the valuable drug melange (also known as “the spice”), found only on the planet Arrakis, to pay off all of his debt incurred on internecine wars with family members. To achieve this, he now offers the sole governorship of Arrakis to whichever of the three Houses (Atreides, Harkonnen, and Ordos) delivers the most spice for him. War begins as deputations from all three Houses arrive on Arrakis.
The player is a military commander from a House of their choice. In the first few missions the objectives are to establish successfully a base on an unoccupied territory of Arrakis, to harvest spice, and to defeat intruders. Later, when the three Houses divide Arrakis among them, the player has to assault and capture enemy territories. When the player dominates Arrakis on the world map, the two other enemy factions ally against their common enemy. The ultimate final showdown is the battle between the player's House against three enemy sides, among them Frederick's forces the Sardaukar (an unplayable elite force whose heavy infantry are particularly powerful). The introductory, mission briefing and endgame cutscenes are different for each House, in keeping with their very disparate world views.
