

Houses Harkonnen and Atreides share the Trike, while House Ordos has an upgraded version, the Raider. However, in Dune 2000, the buildings do not deteriorate over time when built in their entirety on concrete.Īlthough each house has many common units, such as infantry, Wind Traps, and Mobile Construction Vehicles, each House also has its own set of units, such as the Atreides Sonic Tank, the Ordos Deviator and the Harkonnen Devastator. In Dune II, all buildings would deteriorate regardless, but the concrete foundations slowed the process. Like Dune II, the player may construct concrete before placing buildings.


As the units explore the map, the fog is removed for the duration of the mission, allowing the player to observe activity in those regions even if they do not have any units with line of sight to them. Like most real-time strategy games, the game map initially starts with a black fog of war covering the entire map, with an exception to units' line of sight. In-game screenshot the player's base with units is visible. Dune 2000 features an interface and gameplay similar to Command & Conquer: Red Alert, where unlike in Dune II, the player can control more than one unit at a time. The player harvests spice for 'solaris', the in-game currency, and uses the solaris to make units to supply their forces. The player commands of one of three Houses and must fight for control of the spice mélange on the planet Arrakis. The story is told with full motion video. Although Dune 2000 was originally intended to be a remake of Dune II, the plotline differs completely and makes a reference to the execution of Mentat Amon of House Ordos and the replacement of the Harkonnen Mentat from Dune II, Radnor, by Hayt De Vries. The story of the game is similar to Dune II, and is continued in Emperor: Battle for Dune. It is a partial remake of Dune II, which is loosely based on Frank Herbert's Dune universe. It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999.

Dune 2000 is a real-time strategy video game, developed by Intelligent Games and released by Westwood Studios in 1998 for Microsoft Windows.
