Dune II / 2012-08-26 15:07:54

Dune II is one of the first real-time strategy game released. Whether you choose to play as a general in the House Atreides, House Ordos, or House Harkonnen, your objective is to conquer the planet of Arakis through nine battles against the other houses and, eventually, the Emperor Frederick IV of House Corrino himself.

There are nine battles to fight for each House before winning Dune II. After playing for some times, the typical strategies of the computer become quite obvious and only the ninth battle is really difficult, not because of strategy so much but because of the missiles that may randomly destroy your base.

Below are some strategies and hints to help win Dune II as well as downloads with all the battles available for the different houses, enjoy!

 

Strategies

When playing House Atreides, I met some challenges:

  • Battle 6 against House Harkonnen, I realised after some explorations that they have two construction yards, one in the north-east and another in the north-west;
  • Battle 7 again House Ordos, I faced waves of Ornithopteres at the (very) beginning of the battle... my advice: build lots of rocket turrets!

I found that playing as House Ordos did not bring any additional challenges (maybe even less...) than playing House Atreides.

 

Downloads

The following downloads are ADF (Amiga Disk File) containing the nine battles saved at their very beginning plus a couple of saved games just before winning for each houses.

  • Atreides;
  • Ordos;
  • Harkonnen.