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Dune

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Dune
Dune cover
Developers
Cryo Interactive
Publishers
Virgin Interactive
Release dates
DOS 1992
Dune on MobyGames
Dune on Wikipedia
Dune
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Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty 1992
Dune 2000 1998
Emperor: Battle for Dune 2001
Frank Herbert's Dune 2001
OpenRA (unofficial) 2010
Dune: Spice Wars 2023
Dune: Imperium 2024
Dune: Awakening TBA

General information

Dune Wiki - The Duniverse
Dune2K.com - A major Dune fansite with an active community

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Floppy release uses manual-based copy protection. CD-ROM release uses disc-check.
DOS
Although a Dune "demo" is available it is not actively playable; the executable more or less plays the first mission out it's self without your intervention much like a pre-release demonstration video.

Version differences

The CD version adds support for more sound cards, number of new rendered screens that can be seen in the introduction and some 3D animations available during ornithopter flight. There are also clips from the David Lynch's movie available in the Dune-O-Pedia book. All dialogues are fully spoken. There is also a new in-game option available from the main interface where the player can adjust sound, music and speech settings, make a selection of text language (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Fremen), choose type of music (classic or from CD in order or shuffle mode) and choose type of text presentation (in the bubbles or as subtitles).

Essential improvements

Play without a CD

Copy files to installation folder[citation needed]

Copy files DNCDPRG.EXE, DUNE.DAT and INSTALL.EXE to the harddisk installation directory (\DUNECD by default). Edit the DUNE.BAT and change the D:(CD drive letter) to C: and WRIC:\DUNECD(installation directory) to WRI.\.

Notes

The setup program gives you the option to change the directory saves are stored to. This will also move the DUNE.BAT which is used to run the game and setup it's parameters. To get around this confusion, you could also copy the DUNE.EXE off the disk and copy it to your installation directory and use it to run the game instead as it automatically searches all directories on the C: drive for the DUNE.BAT.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DUNE.BAT

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DUNE37S0?.SAV

Video settings

Game options (CD-ROM version)
Game options (CD-ROM version)

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
American or British English subtitles in CD-ROM version
French
German
Italian
CD-ROM version only
Spanish
CD-ROM version only
In the CD-ROM version a complete "Fremen" language interface can also be selected as an in-joke.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 80286
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) Unknown, only config (DUNE.BAT) and save data are stored on the harddisk. Everything else (including the executables) is read from the CD.
Video card (GPU) VGA
CD-ROM version requires an Intel 80386 20 MHz processor.

References