Dune 2000
- Dune 2000 (1999 on PlayStation)
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Dune 2000 is a remake of the classic Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, updated for Windows. In this real-time strategy game, you can play one of the three houses: the noble Atreides, the insidious Ordos, or the evil Harkonnen. Each has different sets of units and tactics while maintaining an overall balance. The Atreides have air superiority and rely on their honor and alliance with planet natives, the Fremen. The Ordos rely on guerrilla tactics and superior technology, as well as mercenaries. The Harkonnen just go brutal, with no care for lives of their own troops or destruction, as long as they are victorious.
Unlike the original, the cutscenes happen after every mission, with a live-cast this time, like already seen in Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer franchise. A 16-bit colour mode is the default setting, setting the game's graphics on par with the Command & Conquer games that came before it, while an 8-bit colour mode is available as an option in the game's settings.
Everything from the original is back: sandworms, the spice, the Fremen, the known structures and the map of the planet, and even the intro cinematic is an enhanced live-action/CGI version of the original one.
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- חולית 2000 - Hebrew spelling
- 듄 2000 - Korean spelling
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Critics
Average score: 68% (based on 31 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 85 ratings with 10 reviews)
The Good
The game is so much fun the graphics are good for that type of game
I like ecpiecially(EXCUSE THE SPELLING) well evrything about the game.
the missions are more than just blasting the heck out of everything you see.
The music is mostly great.I like the movies in it.
The Bad
good question.
The Bottom Line
A game to play.
Windows · by James ruwan (2) · 2003
The Good
- Good scenario
- Remake of the first real RTS Game
- Interesting Units
The Bad
- Poor Graphics and Sound
- AI is poor
The Bottom Line
In Fact, Dune 2000 is a solid, nice game. But to be a real good game in the Year 2000 it should have included more than just an update to the original Dune2 of 1993
Windows · by Daniel Martin (12) · 2001
a shame, considering its from 1998
The Good
Its easy to get into gameplay, graphics are nice and useable. Keeping an Overview is not difficult. Interface is okay.
The Bad
This game was released at roughly the same time as Starcraft and thats why it sucks. Making a game about Dune without incorporating the depth of the novels and the movie is idiotic. Compare it to Starcraft: There you cant wait to go on to the next mission because you want to know what happens next. The storyline is absolutely captivating. Dune 2000 is just lame. Graphics are not bad but definitely out of date, sounds are not bad, but dont create much atmosphere. As a RTS it was already out-dated, as a Dune-game its worse than the dos-version from 1992 (which is still great today).
The Bottom Line
If you need a windows version of the dos-RTS, buy this. If you are looking for a classic RTS, take Starcraft instead.
Windows · by Tomthesecond (26) · 2006
Trivia
Continuity
There are references to Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, of which Dune 2000 is a remake: the manual says that the mentat Ammon of House Ordos was executed. Ammon was the mentat who assisted the player in the Ordos campaign in Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty. This makes Dune 2000 seem like a sequel and not just a remake.
Fremen language
There is some Fremen language heard in the videos. For example in the Atreides campaign, when Noree Moneo gives coffee to Kari, he says "Subakh ul kuhar" (Are you well?). When he mentions the Fremen hostages, Kari says "Tahadi al-burhan! Taqwa!" (Ultimate challenge! Price of freedom!).
Frank Herbert created Fremen words as corrupted versions of modern Arabic, showing how they will evolve in the future. For example "subakh ul kuhar" is from modern Egyptian "Sabah El Kheir".
German version
In the German version, death cries were removed and the blood which shows up after killing an infantryman was colored black.
Online servers
The game's online servers were migrated from the official Westwood Online infrastructure to the community-run XWIS (XCC WOL IRC Server), under approval and sponsorship from EA's German office on 20 October 2005. The Westwood Online domains have acted as a redirect to XWIS services since then, requiring no additional steps from the user to access the servers short of registering an account.
Sequel
The game Emperor: Battle for Dune is a direct sequel to Dune 2000. The beginning of Emperor: Battle for Dune shows the Ordos ending sequence from Dune 2000. This the first game by Westwood Studios in which the victory of the evil side is made part of the canon.
Universe errors
Although the game is based on the Dune universe and follows its background, the scenario doesn't fit in the timeline established by the novels. For example, there was no emperor Frederick IV, and Arrakis was not the place of war between rival powers. The Atreides campaign mentions Duke Leto, indicating that the timeframe is that of the original Dune novel. In Leto's time, the emperor was Shaddam IV.
While the House Ordos is inspired from the Dune Encyclopedia, their insignia seen in the game is not the one shown there, but the insignia of House Wallach.
In the Atreides cutscene where the Fremen Kari is introduced, Noree Moneo tells the player: "She's Naib... Fremen Death Commando". In Herbert's novels however, the Death Commandos are called Fedaykin, not Naib. A Naib is the leader of a sietch and is typically male.
Information also contributed by Boston Low.
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Game added by Brian Hirt.
Additional contributors: MAT, Jeanne, Henry Aloni, Alaka, Crawly, Cantillon, Patrick Bregger, lilalurl, Plok, trembyle.
Game added October 28, 1999. Last modified January 6, 2025.