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'''''Dune II: Battle for Arrakis''''', known as '''''Dune: The Battle for Arrakis''''' in the US, is a strategy game developed by [[Westwood Studios]] and published by [[Virgin Interactive]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. The game was also translated to German as '''''Dune II: Kampf um den Wüstenplaneten'''''. It was one of the first, if not first, [[Sega Mega Drive]] game to feature fully localized, spoken German language audio.
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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Dune: The Battle for Arrakis''''' in the US, is a strategy game developed by [[Westwood Studios]] and published by [[Virgin Interactive]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. The game was also translated to German as '''''Dune II: Kampf um den Wüstenplaneten'''''. It was one of the first, if not first, [[Sega Mega Drive]] game to feature fully localized, spoken German language audio.
  
 
''Battle for Arrakis'' is a complete overhaul of ''Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty'', a DOS/Amiga game released a year earlier. The Mega Drive version features streamlined controls, gameplay tweaks, new levels and an entirely new set of graphics. ''Dune II'' is considered a milestone in the real-time strategy genre, though was bettered by ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' a few years down the line.
 
''Battle for Arrakis'' is a complete overhaul of ''Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty'', a DOS/Amiga game released a year earlier. The Mega Drive version features streamlined controls, gameplay tweaks, new levels and an entirely new set of graphics. ''Dune II'' is considered a milestone in the real-time strategy genre, though was bettered by ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' a few years down the line.

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Dune II: Battle for Arrakis
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Virgin Interactive
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Simulation

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-70246
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-70246-50
Sega Mega Drive
DE 		T-70246-18
Sega Mega Drive
AU

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Dune II: Battle for Arrakis, known as Dune: The Battle for Arrakis in the US, is a strategy game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive for the Sega Mega Drive. The game was also translated to German as Dune II: Kampf um den Wüstenplaneten. It was one of the first, if not first, Sega Mega Drive game to feature fully localized, spoken German language audio.

Battle for Arrakis is a complete overhaul of Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, a DOS/Amiga game released a year earlier. The Mega Drive version features streamlined controls, gameplay tweaks, new levels and an entirely new set of graphics. Dune II is considered a milestone in the real-time strategy genre, though was bettered by Command & Conquer a few years down the line.

Three houses are available for play, each having it's own set of missions and (later on) special equipment/weaponry.

Magazine articles

Main article: Dune II: Battle for Arrakis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Mega (UK) #20: "May 1994" (1994-04-21)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
91 №32, p106/107/108/109
88 №146, p84[7]
85 №53, p82[8]
92 №44
85 №31, p128/129
80 №16, p52/53
83 №9, p16/17
92 №2, p72/73
93 №15, p128-130[3]
95 №42, p78/79/80
93 №1, p120/121[9]
90 №50, p56/57
90 №28, p32/33/34
90 №15, p62/63
91 №28, p10
Sega Mega Drive
 89
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
98
[10]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
92
[11]
Console Mania (IT)
91
[12]
Consoles + (FR)
91
[13]
Cool Gamer (RU)
90
[14]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
88
[7]
Digitiser (UK)
86
[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[16]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
90
[17]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
87
[18]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[8]
Gamers (DE)
80
[19]
GamesMaster (UK)
92
[20]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
86
[21]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[22]
Hyper (AU)
89
[23]
Joypad (FR) PAL
85
[24]
Joypad (HU)
95
[25]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
80
[26]
Mega (UK) PAL
80
[27]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
83
[28]
Mega Force (FR)
92
[29]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[30]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
92
[31]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
93
[32]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
91
[33]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
93
[3]
Player One (FR)
95
[34]
Play Time (DE)
85
[35]
Power Up! (UK)
86
[36]
Power Unlimited (NL)
77
[37]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
93
[9]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
90
[38]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[39]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
90
[40]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
82
[41]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
91
[42]
Todo Sega (ES)
92
[43]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
86
[44]
Video Games (DE) PAL
83
[45]
Video Games (DE) PAL
84
[46]
Sega Mega Drive
 88
Based on
41 reviews

Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
DuneII MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, EU
Dune2 MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, DE
Dune2 MD DE Box.jpg
Cover
DuneII MD DE Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, AU

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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 4dea40ba
MD5 d4df66f77d52718798ec07d350d3a3cd
SHA-1 0f7c1c130cb39abc97f57545933e1ef6c481783d
1MB 1994-04 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 b58ae71d
MD5 a0797d35cfb48d68ebb8b977d057ba3e
SHA-1 133cc86b43afe133fc9c9142b448340c17fa668e
1MB 1994-01 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 39790728
MD5 ddce15e5d196d785fc6430c7ac056f53
SHA-1 55996cd262df518e92271bceee4d2a657cd7e02c
1MB 1994-04 Cartridge (DE)

References

  1. ↑ File:GamePro US 054.pdf, page 224
  2. ↑ File:Mega UK 21.pdf, page 81
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf, page 128 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p128" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 61
  5. ↑ EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 53
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 79
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:CVG UK 146.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 146.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 83 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 053.pdf_p83" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:SegaMagazine UK 01.pdf, page 120 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaMagazine UK 01.pdf_p120" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 64
  11. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1994-12-05), page 30
  12. ↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  13. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
  14. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 69
  15. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-06-07)
  16. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
  17. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
  18. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 52
  19. ↑ Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 22
  20. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 8" (1993-10-28, 24:00) (+7:53)
  21. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
  22. ↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 10
  23. ↑ Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 47
  24. ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 128
  25. ↑ Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 16
  26. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 48
  27. ↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 52
  28. ↑ Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 16
  29. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 62
  30. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 100
  31. ↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 72
  32. ↑ Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  33. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 68
  34. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
  35. ↑ Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 128
  36. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, June 11, 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 1
  37. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 32
  38. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 56
  39. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 32
  40. ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 62
  41. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 46
  42. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10
  43. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  44. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 12
  45. ↑ Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 88
  46. ↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 97
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