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Frank Herbert's Dune series

Dune 2000

Real-time strategy taking place in Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe. The game is a remake of a classic RTS game "Dune 2". Player can play as a commander of one of three different factions: Harkonnen, Atreides…

1 September 1998

Dune 2000 is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Westwood Studios, released 1 September 1998 on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dune 2000 is

Dune 2000 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1998. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Real-time strategy taking place in Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe. The game is a remake of a classic RTS game "Dune 2". Player can play as a commander of one of three different factions: Harkonnen, Atreides or Ordos. Do you like the feeling you get when you have won over someone? If it was something that we had really worked hard, then the fell of victory is something precious and incalculable. The game Dune 2000 could help in giving your competitive spirit a new edge. It is an updated version of the Dune II. In this game the player would have to fight for an interesting thing; the control of the spices in the galaxy. The spices control could make you the most powerful there. The player…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Frank Herbert's Dune series

Dune 2000 is the fifth of 15 entries we hold in the Frank Herbert's Dune series. It arrived 5 years after Dune: The Battle for Arrakis. The next entry was Emperor: Battle for Dune in 2001.

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What it launched against

Dune 2000 launched on 1 September 1998, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, Future Cop: LAPD and Bloody Roar 2.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, Future Cop: LAPD, Bloody Roar 2.

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When did Dune 2000 come out?
Dune 2000 was released on 1 September 1998 for PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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