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[Icewolf]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Sep 15 2007, 01:17 PM) [snapback]311052[/snapback]</div>

How do you make i that far? I mean, how to make ornithtoptor factories before the opposition nukes you? I have tried everything (not that creative, coz I am old!!) to get past the level where ornithopters are available and get nuked every time...[/b]

I think you should focus on defending and not on building the hi-tech-facilty...

[Mousazz]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fanton @ Sep 27 2005, 02:19 AM) [snapback]161777[/snapback]</div>

I think that the beauty of this game is that there are so many things you CAN'T do. For example selecting multiple units. It is annoying in the beginning, but once you start selecting units manually it comes naturally. Things that come easy are nice in the beginning but then you get bored fast. Dune 2 is a very very good game.
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Yeah, you're right, though it depends on the player. If he wants MASS ACTION strategy games, then this one is useless and practically stupid ( :angry: stupid people). However, if you like a game where you control EVERY SINGLE UNIT specifically (place them where you want, shoot with them what you want...) , i'll agree with you (man, those people who think otherwise sux <_< ).

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Squad leader @ Aug 5 2007, 06:21 AM) [snapback]302865[/snapback]</div>

This game seems almost exactly like C&C. I don't know who riped off who though but in either case the things that you rarely see in Dune 2 are in C&C red alert.

1. There is a monster (red alert has tornado) that can INSTANLY KILL YOUR MEN!
2. There is a ballistic missle that can inflict heavy damage (all sides have it. But in C&C regular NOD is the only one to have that. Ion cannon doesn't count)
3. Annoting infantry can be ran over (Via tank crushes some guy)
4. Your units automatically attack when a hoostile target enters attack range (unpatched) and just sit there. Regardless if they are being shot.
5. Infantry can't hit an air target even though they have rifles that could posibly be shot in the air
6. terrain has no value in both games. high or low.
7. both require harvesting of some sort of material
8. And no this is not a rip off of another game because THEY ARE MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY!

And funny story about dos box. All the games run fine. It's just dos box that doesn't work.
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well, i have c&c red alert 2, and i must say, it's different than dune 2. maybe red alert 1 or original c&c are copies of dune 2, but red alert 2 is different. also, i advise you to read c&c manual, one of the questions will be:
Q: Is this dune 3?
A: no, althrough it's his precedesor, bla bla bla...
read the manual!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fanton @ Sep 27 2005, 02:19 AM) [snapback]161777[/snapback]</div>

You can banish worms by killing them. You don't actually kill a worm, it only goes away reappearing after some time. When it comes back, it will be faster and meaner. If you do that so many times, the worm becomes extra fast. On the other hand, you can feed the worm cheap units. After a worm consumes a couple of units it will create a bump of spice. Shoot that and you have more spice. It's called spice boom (the announcer says "spice boom located").
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yeah, one time, in that mission where you get siege tanks, i was playing with harkonnen and, guess what, then i was in the end of the mission, i noticed-NO WORMS. as someone posted, harkonnens and ordoses kill worms then they see them. and little after little, BOTH worms were gone

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Feb 6 2006, 08:10 PM) [snapback]204053[/snapback]</div>

I think the game can be modded - somehow - because there was a modded version released called "super dune II"
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yeah, i tried downloading it, buggy (at least mentat screen).

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gamefreak @ Feb 8 2006, 11:06 AM) [snapback]204788[/snapback]</div>

Rocket- or machinegun-turrets, what else?
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walls? :bleh:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(melthas @ Aug 9 2006, 04:55 AM) [snapback]247435[/snapback]</div>

The patches on abandonia removes the bugs and freezes. Most importantly it removes the radar and the starport freezes k:

I use starport for purchasing powerful units in emergencies, or i just use it to get over max. unit limit. In emergencies the prices are affordable because I buy just as much as enough. On the other hand, reaching max. unit limit means that you already have enough units for defense so you can always wait for prices to fall.
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one time, i tried building over limit with starport, but it's useless for harkonnen. i should've used only siege and rocket tanks, not some quads or trikes (i'm (sort of) an idiot :w00t: ) or combat tanks (phew, no troopers). so, for every fanatic who has a harko mania, DON'T use starport.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JIX @ Sep 13 2006, 02:11 PM) [snapback]254751[/snapback]</div>

thanks alot man i will try it out now.
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yeah, but sometomes, even with manual i can't answer first question correctly. but don't worry, it takes 2-3 times for game to crash.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kristian @ Sep 17 2006, 12:36 PM) [snapback]255540[/snapback]</div>

Don't know if any of you have these problems but after first level I get the "information is lagging, you have to type what these three buildings/machines are to prove your innocent"

Although I type in the correct names I always get kicked off after the third one.... any ideas ?
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no no, not bulding or machine name, but questions mentat gives you (whats vehicles speed, buildings armament...). hope it helps

[gregor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Sep 15 2007, 11:17 AM) [snapback]311052[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 20 2007, 10:28 PM) [snapback]287762[/snapback]

[font=Trebuchet Ms] what I do is I make multiple hi-tech factories and send in swarms of Ornithopters. From Scarrior the III
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How do you make i that far? I mean, how to make ornithtoptor factories before the opposition nukes you? I have tried everything (not that creative, coz I am old!!) to get past the level where ornithopters are available and get nuked every time...
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well just in case you are still stuck. it pays off to save often so when it says nuklear warhead approaching you can crank up the game speed and nuke has bigger chance to miss you base entirelly.

if not reload before it was fired and try again. it doesn't always hit the same place.

[Mousazz]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Sep 20 2006, 10:54 PM) [snapback]256330[/snapback]</div>

In the previous version, the enemy moved slower if you didn't look at them. Don't know if this was fixed in the update. But you really didn't need more than 3 rocket turrets along with the siege tanks.
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i thought that this game could not sustain 12 vehicles moving forward on screen and would slow down... but maybe i'm wrong. maybe you're right

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gregor @ Sep 27 2007, 10:19 AM) [snapback]313395[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Sep 15 2007, 11:17 AM) [snapback]311052[/snapback]

How do you make i that far? I mean, how to make ornithtoptor factories before the opposition nukes you? I have tried everything (not that creative, coz I am old!!) to get past the level where ornithopters are available and get nuked every time...
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well just in case you are still stuck. it pays off to save often so when it says nuklear warhead approaching you can crank up the game speed and nuke has bigger chance to miss you base entirelly.

if not reload before it was fired and try again. it doesn't always hit the same place.
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thanks, but someone already wrote that.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DJMadMax @ Oct 22 2006, 11:57 PM) [snapback]262930[/snapback]</div>

This game is just so ubercool!!! And im extremely proud of having an original cd copy of this game! Its just the best game westwood studios ever made and infact its the best realtime strategic game ever!

Best regards,
DJMadMax
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yeah, you can really pwn dude!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Oct 23 2006, 09:46 PM) [snapback]263127[/snapback]</div>

Now this is one of those games that brings me back to my childhood!

I started playing it couple a days ago again. Thanks to "Dune" TV series shown here. I simply rewoked.... Then I found Abandonia.com and found that I am far from being the only person playing "shitty old games" instead of the latest State-of-art Half Life, Warcrafts, ....

Also for the first time ever, I advanced to Level 4 in Dune2!!! :brain: Back in 1993 and 1994 I was only 10/11 years-old and it was way to hard for me.
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these aren't "shitty old games", these are good games comparing to "shitty new games" ! warcraft 3, aoe 3, aom are just plain old stupid.
i love this game

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(narkooegle @ Oct 24 2006, 08:08 PM) [snapback]263332[/snapback]</div>

I dont know if this have been asked before, but what is the difference between the two versions of dune 2??

Im from Europe, and the version i played back in the early 90ties, were called "Dune 2: The Building of A Dynasty", while this version is called: "Dune 2: the battle for arrakis".

What is the difference betwen the versions?


Was "Dune 2: The Building of A Dynasty" a European-version, while "Dune 2: the battle for arrakis" was a version for USA??

Or was "Dune 2: The Building of A Dynasty" the beta-version of "Dune 2: the battle for arrakis"?
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no i think "building of a dynasty" was USA version, while "the battle for arrakis"-europe version.
I'M NOT SURE, so don't get me wrong.

[Mousazz]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Dec 12 2006, 01:40 AM) [snapback]271337[/snapback]</div>

The 3 houses have 3 diferent endings, all occuring in the imperial throne room:
The Atreides' Mentat considers the emperor guilty of treason and arrests him
The Harkonnen's Mentat also considers the emperor guilty and he's vaporized in his throne by a trooper
The Ordos's Mentat finds the emperor guilty and a green, four-legged animal rsembling a mixture of lizzard and dog is unleashed against the emperor
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not unleashed, loosened, prepared to be unleashed if emperor did something wrong and resisted. no, really, whats the use of an emperor's corpse?
also, a bit of advise: to see all the endings WITHOUT playing the game, watch youtube

hello
well I have a problem, what do I have to answer when they ask me what unit is this and so one.
this is on the begining of the second level.

[Dave]

It's the copy protection, you need the manual to pass it
Look into Extras section: Dune2

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Squad leader @ Aug 5 2007, 04:21 AM) [snapback]302865[/snapback]</div>

• There is a monster (red alert has tornado) that can INSTANLY KILL YOUR MEN!

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Actually, that's the Chrono Vortex, which is a side effect of using the Chronosphere too much.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Squad leader @ Aug 5 2007, 04:21 AM) [snapback]302865[/snapback]</div>

• terrain has no value in both games. high or low.

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Not really true... in Dune 2, the rocks are higher, and only infantry can climb on them.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mousazz @ Sep 27 2007, 08:32 AM) [snapback]313396[/snapback]</div>

no i think "building of a dynasty" was USA version, while "the battle for arrakis"-europe version.
I'M NOT SURE, so don't get me wrong.
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PC version was Building of a Dynasty. The console versions (well, at least the SEGA Megadrive version) were called "the battle for arrakis".

hey everyone

I have an annoying problem with dune 2. It won't even start up under DOSbox 0.72. Using a launcher after the start only a black window appears and disappears within the next two seconds. No error message displayed, nothing. I have no idea what's wrong, seems to work fine with everyone else here (read through the whole thread)

Anyone has a good idea on what to do? Already tried different settings like less/more RAM, different graphics, disabled xms etc. etc.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Nov 10 2007, 06:31 PM) [snapback]318867[/snapback]</div>

hey everyone

I have an annoying problem with dune 2. It won't even start up under DOSbox 0.72. Using a launcher after the start only a black window appears and disappears within the next two seconds. No error message displayed, nothing. I have no idea what's wrong, seems to work fine with everyone else here (read through the whole thread)

Anyone has a good idea on what to do? Already tried different settings like less/more RAM, different graphics, disabled xms etc. etc.
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Try running the setup file, and vote no on extended memory. I haven't tried using DOSBox though, as it works fine with my XP