AUTHOR: Virgin / Cryo Interactive RELEASE: 1994 TYP: Adventure SPIELER: 1 LEVEL: - SPRACHE: Englisch WERT: 16€

Man schreibt das Jahr 10.191. Das Universum, in dem sich diese Geschichte abspielt, ist nicht das unsere, sondern die Science Fiction Galaxis aus Frank Herberts klassischen, preisgekrönten Romanen. Diese CD-Adaption bietet eine interaktive Konversationsfunktion mit über 30 Minuten Sample-Dialogen und mehr als 30 Minuten digitalisiertem Film-Material aus David Lynchs Meisterwerk.

The year is 10,191. The universe is not our own but that of an action adventure based on Frank Herbert's classic, award-winning series of Dune science-fiction novels. This CD adaptation features interactive conversations with over 30 minutes of sampled dialogue and over 30 minutes of footage digitised from the David Lynch film.

SEGA Magazin Ausgabe 2/1993: ^{[Grafik: 88% Sound: 93% Gesamt: 80%]}
Ausgezeichnete, farbenprächtige Grafiken; für ein Adventure absolut brilliant. Spielerisch teilweise etwas undurchsichtig, für Fans allerdings geradezu ideal.
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Based on the legendary Frank Herbert novel of the same name and visually inspired by the 1984 David Lynch movie, Dune is a strategy-adventure hybrid where the player takes the role of young Paul Atreides, the son of Duke Leto. The Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV has given the Atreides House the rights to manage the extraction of the most precious substance in the entire universe - the Melange, commonly known as Spice in the desolate desert planet Arrakis (Dune), the only place in the universe capable of producing the substance. While everything indicates the offer is a trap orchestrated by their enemies the Harkonnen, the Atreides family agrees on moving, as he who controls the spice, controls the universe. The player arrives in Arrakis with the mission of contacting and convincing the Fremen tribes residing in sietches (desert settlements) near the Atreides palace to harvest the spice. Harvesting is the most important part of the game, required to purchase equipment from the smugglers and appease the emperor. To speed up the process of harvesting, the player can equip the tribes with harvesters to increase production and ornis to protect them from the gigantic protectors of the planet: Shai-Hulud - the sandworms. However, the spice doesn't last forever and new sietches must be prospected before having a mining crew assigned, but the player cannot run Southwards forever, as the Harkonnen enemy controls the North of the Planet, dangerously close to the Atreides Palace. Soon after the initial batches are sent to the Empreror, the player will have to actively deal with the Harkonnen, who will try to take control of player Sietches. For those, Fremen tribes can be assigned to military training with Gurney Halleck, but before doing such work Paul must have a certain reputation, gained by the control of Arrakis. As the game advances, the player will untap Paul's latent powers, as well as meeting other characters from the Dune universe, such as Duke Leto, Jessica, Thufir Hawat, Duncan Idaho, Harah, Chani, Stilgar and Liet Kynes, the mastermind behind the ecological plans on Dune - the ultimate goal. www.Mobygames.com

Don't you hate it when the back of the box gives you no idea what sort of game lies within? The truth is that Dune is something of a mixture. The opening is probably best described as part RPG and part resource management. As Paul Atreides you must travel the planet, finding Fremen who will work for you as spice miners or armed fighters, distributing equipment and keeping everyone happy and productive. The later part of the game becomes a strategic battle against your enemies the Harkonnen for control of the planet. It isn't essential to have read the novel before playing, but it will explain a few things and allow you to skip a good section of dialogue. Graphics aren't spectacular, but then don't have to be for a game of this type, whilst the speech is clear and well acted, and the background music atmospheric without being intrusive. If you don't need rapid arcade action this underrated title is one of the best games for the Mega-CD. www.sega-mega-cd-library.co.uk