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Dune (1992)

Cryo Interactive

Amiga · DOS · Sega CD

3.63 from 71 ratings

150 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 26 backlogged · 31 wish listed

How long? Main story 9h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Dune is a 1992 video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name. Developed by Cryo Interactive, is the first of the Dune computer games. Dune blended adventure with economic and military strategy, and is considered by many the most immersive Dune computer game. Loosely following the story of the novel, the game casts the player … Read more
Dune is a 1992 video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name. Developed by Cryo Interactive, is the first of the Dune computer games. Dune blended adventure with economic and military strategy, and is considered by many the most immersive Dune computer game. Loosely following the story of the novel, the game casts the player as Paul Atreides, with the ultimate goal of driving the Harkonnen from Planet Dune, while managing spice extraction, military, and later, ecology through the native Fremen tribes. As the player progresses, his troops are equipped with weapons from "crysknives" to atomics, tap into Paul's latent psychic powers, and get acquainted with such characters from the book as Chani and Liet-Kynes. Read less
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Details

Developers
Cryo Interactive
Publishers
Sold Out Software, The Hit Squad, Virgin Games, Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Themes
Science fiction
Franchises
Frank Herbert's Dune
Series
Dune
Event
Summer CES 1994

Release dates

  • Mar 14, 1992 (Full Release) (Europe) Amiga
  • 1992 (Full Release) (North_America) Amiga, DOS
  • 1992 (Full Release) (Europe) DOS
  • Dec 1993 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega CD
  • 1993 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega CD
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Rating distribution

5 stars
16
4 stars
24
3 stars
23
2 stars
5
1 star
3
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Review scoopings 3/5 · Mar 13, 2025

A Must-Play For Dune And Strategy Game Fans. But Strategy Games Exhaust Me After A While

Preliminary: This looks high quality for 1992, but I hope the strategy elements don't outweigh the straightforward fun adventure elements that I am seeing in these gameplay videos.

Impressive Look, basic auto-save feature way ahead of time, huge scope. So many interesting ideas and as someone who has read the first novel and seen the Lynch and Villeneuve movies, I …

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Preliminary: This looks high quality for 1992, but I hope the strategy elements don't outweigh the straightforward fun adventure elements that I am seeing in these gameplay videos.

Impressive Look, basic auto-save feature way ahead of time, huge scope. So many interesting ideas and as someone who has read the first novel and seen the Lynch and Villeneuve movies, I am impressed with how much this interacts with the novel's concepts. Main negative is overwhelming and don't see myself pushing through ti all, but very impressive. Even after reading the manual I can't figure out how to get the music on lol, but once I do, if the music is good, it'll be worth pushing through. No matter what I do, even having found ways to edit the BAT file, the music options are grayed out >.< I had to manually install the game and re-configure the sound settings etc etc but I got sound! And it seems worth it so far! (To note, I am playing the non-voiced, floppy, original version not voiced CD version)

Well shoot this will be quite the commitment but seems worth it. Amazing Look and Sound, and based on a novel and films I love.

Day 1

It continues to be beautiful and engaging, even with the Strategy elements. Frequent sunsets and sunrises? Count me in for that aspect of the Look :-p

Day 2

I'm beginning to burn out on the strategy elements. It's still waymore than I've engaged with a strategy game so far, but meh. I wish you could tell sietches what equipment to look for and where.

Yea sure enough more and more it became a game of diplomacy and strategy and, indeed, Spice acquisition. Which certainly is fitting, but not what I look for. Would have loved to get to after the attack/death of the Duke and the rise etc, but this may be one I find more fun watching playthroughs of than actually playing all the way through.

Look: 8.5/10 Excellent

Sound: 8/10

Play: 7.5/10 Boosted it .5 since it's the most I've engaged with a strategy-heavy game so far.

Feel: 8/10

Attachment: 7.5/10 Again, it's one I wont forget and will watch playthroughs of, and have a desire to play all the way through, but not sure that I see myself doing so.

Overall: 7.9/10

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