Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

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Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Virgin Interactive

Developer: Westwood Studios

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Simulation

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Release	Date	Code
US	1994-01^[1]	T-70246
EU	1994-06^[2]	T-70246-50
DE	1994	T-70246-18
AU	1994

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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

Print advert in GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #1: "July 1994" (1994-07-19)^[4]
EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)^[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in Mega (UK) #20: "May 1994" (1994-04-21)

Physical scans

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]

Hyper (AU)

89

^[22]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

85

^[23]

Joypad (HU)

95

^[24]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

80

^[25]

Mega (UK)

PAL

80

^[26]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

83

^[27]

Mega Force (FR)

92

^[28]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

83

^[29]

Mega Machines (UK)

PAL

92

^[30]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[31]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

91

^[32]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

93

^[3]

Player One (FR)

95

^[33]

Play Time (DE)

85

^[34]

Power Up! (UK)

86

^[35]

Power Unlimited (NL)

77

^[36]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

93

^[9]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

90

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[38]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

90

^[39]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

82

^[40]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

91

^[41]

Todo Sega (ES)

92

^[42]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

86

^[43]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

84

^[44]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

83

^[45]

	88
Based on 40 reviews

Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover

Mega Drive, DE
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU

Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	4dea40ba
MD5	d4df66f77d52718798ec07d350d3a3cd
SHA-1	0f7c1c130cb39abc97f57545933e1ef6c481783d

1MB

1994-04

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	b58ae71d
MD5	a0797d35cfb48d68ebb8b977d057ba3e
SHA-1	133cc86b43afe133fc9c9142b448340c17fa668e

1MB

1994-01

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	39790728
MD5	ddce15e5d196d785fc6430c7ac056f53
SHA-1	55996cd262df518e92271bceee4d2a657cd7e02c

1MB

1994-04

Cartridge (DE)

References

↑ File:GamePro US 054.pdf, page 224
↑ File:Mega UK 21.pdf, page 81
↑ ^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
↑ EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 61
↑ EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 53
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 79
↑ ^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
↑ ^8.0 ^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
↑ ^9.0 ^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
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1994-12-05), page 30
↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 69
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-06-07)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 52
↑ Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 22
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 8" (1993-10-28, 24:00) (+7:53)
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
↑ Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 47
↑ Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 128
↑ Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 16
↑ MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 48
↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 52
↑ Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 16
↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 62
↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 100
↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 72
↑ Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
↑ MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 68
↑ Player One, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
↑ Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 128
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, June 11, 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 1
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 32
↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 56
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 32
↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 62
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 46
↑ Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10
↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 12
↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 97
↑ Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 88

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p224-1] File:GamePro US 054.pdf, page 224

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p81-2] File:Mega UK 21.pdf, page 81

[:File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p128-3] 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

[:File:EGM2_US_01.pdf_p61-4] EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 61

[:File:EGM2_US_02.pdf_p53-5] EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 53

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p79-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:CVG_UK_146.pdf_p84-7] 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

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p83-8] 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

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_01.pdf_p120-9] 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

[:File:ASM_DE_1995-01.pdf_p30-11] Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1994-12-05), page 30

[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_026.pdf_p52-12] 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

[digitiser1994-06-07753-15] Digitiser (UK) (1994-06-07)

[:File:EGM_US_054.pdf_p44-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44

[17] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0703.pdf_p52-18] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-04.pdf_p22-19] Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 22

[gamesmastertv3x08753-20] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 8" (1993-10-28, 24:00) (+7:53)

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_01.pdf_p16-21] Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16

[:File:Hyper_AU_004.pdf_p47-22] Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:Joypad_FR_031.pdf_p128-23] Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 128

[24] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 16

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-04.pdf_p48-25] MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 48

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p52-26] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 52

[:File:MegaAction_UK_09.pdf_p16-27] Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 16

[28] Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 62

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-05.pdf_p100-29] Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 100

[:File:MegaMachines_UK_02.pdf_p72-30] Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 72

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0501.pdf_p46-31] Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:MegaTech_UK_25.pdf_p68-32] MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 68

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_042.pdf_p78-33] Player One, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-06.pdf_p128-34] Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 128

[35] Power Up!, "Saturday, June 11, 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 1

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_010_199405.pdf_p32-36] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 32

[:File:SegaPower_UK_50.pdf_p56-37] Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 56

[:File:SegaPro_UK_28.pdf_p32-38] Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 32

[:File:SegaZone_UK_15.pdf_p62-39] Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 62

[40] Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 46

[41] Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_11.pdf_p38-42] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 38

[43] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 12

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-06.pdf_p97-44] Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 97

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-03.pdf_p88-45] Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 88

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Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

From Sega Retro

Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References