High resolution patch at the bottom of the page, as well as here.

Build your units and collect the melange. For those on newer (XP or higher) systems an updated version is available as the Gruntmods Edition offers higher resolution gameplay as well as online or LAN play at. For those trying to boot a disc onto a system from Windows 95 through XP it is recommended that you download the ISO and use a burner to create a disc. Overall the game is great for fans of Dune and RTS games. The grunts and responses from infantry to the tank units provide reinforcement to the gameplay. Server Monitoring: We have implemented file. Often considered the grand-daddy of all RTS games, Dune 2000 is an updated version of the 1992 classic Dune 2, Some would argue that Dune 2 is one of the most influential strategy games ever made. The music provides a quality orchestral sound to the epic battles. Dune 2000 is a real-time strategy game that dwells an the universe of Frank Herberts Dune series. John Rhys-Davies from the show Sliders and Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy offers a decent performance despite the CD-quality video. The characters speak directly to the camera to you as the military commander, and are a nice touch given the quality of the costumes. The stand-out feature of this game are the somewhat dated, but entertaining full motion video cut scenes. The colorful sprites and backgrounds allow for tons of enemies on screen. The mission tasks allow you to have different goals such as harvesting enough spice or the RTS staple mission 'destroy everything.' There are different difficulty levels that allow newcomers and veterans of the genre alike. The gameplay lets you play as the three major factions of the first book.

Westwood Studios created that game as well as the ever-popular Command and Conquer series.ĭune 2000 takes place in the ever-expansive Dune universe written by Frank Herbert and son Brian. This game is a reimagining of the seminal RTS Dune II.

The game is set to run as administrator, so that's not the problem, and the rest of the game works perfectlyĪny advice for this situation would be very appreciated.Dune 2000 is a real time strategy game developed by Intelligent Games and released by Westwood Studios in 1998. Think I can just play through without them, or would it detract from the experience? Pretty strange!Īnyways, I've seen the opening cutscenes on YouTube and all that, but I don't know how integral they are to the rest of the game. Most curiously, if I alt-tab out of Septerra Core while the cutscenes are playing, I'll see a brief flash of video, but then the program simply freezes up. The only thing that seems to make any difference at all is changing the compatibility to XP or lower, which makes the cutscenes play, but only with a blank black screen. I've tried playing with compatibility, installing codec packs, reinstalling Quicktime, and all that. Hello, I've been reading around the other threads in this forum with issues similar to mine when the movies weren't playing at all for this game.

Gruntmods dune 2000 movie issue