Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (1992) is a real time strategy (rts), strategy video game developed by Westwood Studios, available on Acorn Archimedes, Genesis/MegaDrive, DOS, Amiga. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 90/100 on IGDB.

What is Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty about?

Dune II is often considered the first mainstream modern real-time strategy game and established many conventions of the genre. Even though set in Frank Herbert's famous Dune universe, the game is only loosely connected to the plot of any of the books or the films based from them. Controlling either of the three Houses, the player must fight a number of battles against the other Houses. In the early levels, the goal is simply to earn a certain number of credits, while in the later missions, all enemies must be destroyed.

The single resource in the game is the Spice, which must be collected by harvesters. The spice is converted to credits in a refinery, which are then spent to construct additional buildings and units. There are two terrain types: buildings can only be constructed on stone, while the Spice is only found on sand. However, units moving on sand attract the large sandworms of

Key details

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty was released in 1992 and supports single player. Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Genesis/MegaDrive, DOS, Amiga. Developer: Westwood Studios.

Should you play Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty?

With a 90/100 aggregate score, Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty ranks among the best-reviewed games in its genre and is widely considered a must-play.