Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

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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
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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.

Promotional material

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
91 №32, p106/107/108/109
88 №146, p84
92 №44
85 №31, p128/129
80 №16, p52/53
83 №9, p16/17
92 №2, p72/73
93 №15, p128-130[1]
95 №42, p78/79/80
93 №1, p120/121[2]
90 №50, p56/57
90 №28, p32/33/34
90 №15, p62/63
91 №28, p10
Sega Mega Drive
90
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
98
[3]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
92
[4]
Console Mania (IT)
91
[5]
Consoles + (FR)
91
[6]
Cool Gamer (RU)
90
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
88
[8]
Digitiser (UK)
86
[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
90
[11]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
87
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[13]
Gamers (DE)
80
[14]
GamesMaster (UK)
92
[15]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
86
[16]
Hyper (AU)
89
[17]
Joypad (FR) PAL
85
[18]
Joypad (HU)
95
[19]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
80
[20]
Mega (UK) PAL
80
[21]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
83
[22]
Mega Force (FR)
92
[23]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[24]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
92
[25]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
93
[26]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
91
[27]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
93
[1]
Player One (FR)
95
[28]
Play Time (DE)
85
[29]
Power Up! (UK)
86
[30]
Power Unlimited (NL)
77
[31]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
93
[2]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
90
[32]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[33]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
90
[34]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
82
[35]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
91
[36]
Todo Sega (ES)
92
[37]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
86
[38]
Video Games (DE) PAL
84
[39]
Video Games (DE) PAL
83
[40]
Sega Mega Drive
88
Based on
40 reviews

Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

Mega Drive, US
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, DE
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU

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  4. Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1994-12-05), page 30
  5. Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  6. Consoles +, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
  7. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 69
  8. Computer & Video Games, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-15), page 84
  9. Digitiser (UK) (1994-06-07)
  10. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
  11. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
  12. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 52
  13. GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 83
  14. Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 22
  15. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 8" (1993-10-28, 24:00) (+7:53)
  16. Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
  17. Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 47
  18. Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 128
  19. Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 16
  20. MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 48
  21. Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 52
  22. Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 16
  23. Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 62
  24. Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 100
  25. Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 72
  26. Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  27. MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 68
  28. Player One, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
  29. Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 128
  30. Power Up!, "Saturday, June 11, 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 1
  31. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 32
  32. Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 56
  33. Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 32
  34. Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 62
  35. Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 46
  36. Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10
  37. Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  38. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 12
  39. Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 97
  40. Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 88