<s>
Dune	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1992	O
adventure	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
based	O
upon	O
Frank	O
Herbert	O
's	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
blends	O
adventure	O
with	O
economic	O
and	O
military	O
strategy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loosely	O
following	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
casts	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
Paul	O
Atreides	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
ultimate	O
goal	O
of	O
driving	O
the	O
Harkonnen	O
from	O
Planet	O
Dune	B-Application
,	O
while	O
managing	O
spice	O
extraction	O
,	O
military	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
ecology	O
through	O
the	O
native	O
Fremen	O
tribes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
floppy	B-Device
games	O
to	O
be	O
converted	O
to	O
CD	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
footage	O
of	O
the	O
David	O
Lynch	O
film	O
,	O
voice-acting	O
for	O
all	O
speaking	O
roles	O
,	O
and	O
highly	O
improved	O
,	O
3D-rendered	O
traveling	O
and	O
location	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
,	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
graphics	O
and	O
the	O
extras	O
of	O
the	O
PC-CD	O
version	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
/	O
Mega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
track	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Stéphane	O
Picq	O
and	O
Philip	O
Ulrich	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Cryo	O
(	O
formerly	O
Exxos	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
album	O
Dune	B-Application
:	O
Spice	O
Opera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
is	O
mostly	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
Dune	B-Application
novel	O
:	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
Paul	O
Atreides	O
,	O
son	O
of	O
Duke	O
Leto	O
Atreides	O
and	O
Lady	O
Jessica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
seen	O
always	O
through	O
the	O
eyes	O
of	O
Paul	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
mix	O
between	O
real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
and	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
strategy	B-Application
component	O
,	O
dialog	O
between	O
characters	O
and	O
a	O
linear	O
plotline	O
give	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
depth	O
than	O
most	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
two	O
interwoven	O
gameplay	O
layers	O
:	O
an	O
adventure	O
layer	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
top-down	O
strategy	B-Application
layer	O
more	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
4X	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
strategy	B-Application
layer	O
shows	O
the	O
entire	O
planet	O
Arrakis	O
and	O
allows	O
surveying	O
(	O
and	O
later	O
controlling	O
)	O
Paul	O
's	O
assets	O
in	O
the	O
Spice-mining	O
effort	O
and	O
the	O
fight	O
against	O
the	O
Harkonnen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
Paul	O
at	O
the	O
Arrakeen	O
palace	O
,	O
his	O
family	O
's	O
new	O
residence	O
on	O
Dune	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversations	O
in	O
Dune	B-Application
are	O
interactive	O
to	O
a	O
limited	O
degree	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
able	O
to	O
occasionally	O
select	O
responses	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
advance	O
the	O
plot	O
–	O
but	O
most	O
dialogue	O
options	O
simply	O
command	O
the	O
other	O
character	O
to	O
divulge	O
pertinent	O
strategic	O
information	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
carry	O
out	O
some	O
relevant	O
action	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
tribe	O
has	O
been	O
recruited	O
,	O
the	O
strategy	B-Application
layer	O
becomes	O
unlocked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
received	O
in	O
a	O
communications	O
room	O
at	O
the	O
palace	O
and	O
must	O
be	O
fulfilled	O
within	O
a	O
certain	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
otherwise	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
end	O
with	O
the	O
Emperor	O
invading	O
Dune	B-Application
and	O
destroying	O
the	O
Atreides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternative	O
(	O
or	O
complementary	O
)	O
option	O
to	O
direct	O
combat	O
is	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
terraforming	O
project	O
on	O
Dune	B-Application
,	O
setting	O
certain	O
tribes	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
ecology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bulbs	O
will	O
grow	O
into	O
vegetation	O
(	O
seen	O
growing	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
strategy	B-Application
and	O
adventure	O
layers	O
)	O
and	O
will	O
expand	O
northwards	O
over	O
time	O
from	O
the	O
location	O
where	O
they	O
are	O
planted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ultimate	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
destroy	O
all	O
or	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Harkonnen	O
fortresses	O
,	O
coming	O
within	O
striking	O
distance	O
of	O
the	O
Harkonnen	O
palace	O
,	O
Arrakeen	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
near	O
the	O
north	O
pole	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martin	O
Alper	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
Mastertronic	O
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
fascinated	O
by	O
the	O
novel	O
Dune	B-Application
and	O
had	O
been	O
trying	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
interactive	O
adaptation	O
rights	O
since	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
that	O
Dino	O
De	O
Laurentiis	O
,	O
the	O
producer	O
of	O
David	O
Lynch	O
's	O
film	O
Dune	B-Application
,	O
held	O
the	O
adaptation	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lefranc	O
was	O
an	O
admirer	O
of	O
Ulrich	O
's	O
team	O
,	O
especially	O
for	O
its	O
recent	O
release	O
of	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
,	O
for	O
which	O
Ulrich	O
was	O
scenario	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
Alper	O
proposed	O
to	O
Herbulot	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
adapting	O
the	O
Dune	B-Application
novel	O
to	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
format	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
held	O
those	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Americans	O
at	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
French	O
aesthetic	O
"	O
and	O
too-prominent	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
were	O
not	O
convinced	O
that	O
the	O
proposed	O
mixture	O
of	O
adventure	O
and	O
strategy	B-Application
gameplay	O
elements	O
would	O
succeed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alper	O
entrusted	O
the	O
electronic	O
adaptation	O
rights	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
to	O
an	O
American	O
studio	O
,	O
Westwood	O
Studios	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
meeting	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
VGA	B-Protocol
256	O
color	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
Gulf	B-Application
War	I-Application
seemed	O
to	O
echo	O
the	O
themes	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
and	O
Ulrich	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
integrate	O
images	O
recalling	O
the	O
night	O
bombing	O
of	O
Baghdad	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Management	O
now	O
realized	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
in	O
France	O
was	O
still	O
being	O
funded	O
,	O
while	O
Sega	O
had	O
not	O
obtained	O
the	O
Dune	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alper	O
and	O
Bishop	O
were	O
excited	O
by	O
the	O
early	O
prototypes	O
and	O
they	O
reversed	O
their	O
cancellation	O
decision	O
,	O
despite	O
still	O
having	O
another	O
Dune	B-Application
project	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1991	O
,	O
he	O
signed	O
the	O
game	O
Dune	B-Application
and	O
a	O
second	O
game	O
,	O
KGB	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Ulrich	O
had	O
proposed	O
to	O
him	O
at	O
the	O
European	O
Computer	O
Trade	O
Show	O
in	O
London	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
September	O
,	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
USA	O
signed	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Sega	O
for	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
for	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cryo	O
's	O
Dune	B-Application
arrived	O
in	O
stores	O
before	O
Westwood	O
's	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
eventually	O
renamed	O
Dune	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
cost	O
3	O
million	O
francs	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
800,000	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
Cryo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cryo	O
planned	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ports	O
,	O
to	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
CD32	B-Device
,	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
and	O
possibly	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
and	O
Master	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
games	O
to	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
CD	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
Mega-CD	I-Device
version	O
had	O
graphics	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
's	O
,	O
but	O
offered	O
the	O
extras	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	O
CD-ROM	O
version	O
:	O
snippets	O
from	O
Lynch	O
's	O
film	O
,	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
new	O
travelling	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
10	O
in	O
their	O
Top	O
Mega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
cover	O
printed	O
on	O
a	O
sleeve	O
and	O
then	O
slipped	O
over	O
a	O
pre-printed	O
,	O
Virgin	O
Games-branded	O
contents	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
:	O
Spice	O
Opera	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Records	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
20,000	O
units	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cryo	O
Interactive	O
's	O
Philippe	O
Ulrich	O
later	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
"	O
bet	O
a	O
lot	O
on	O
the	O
explosion	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
the	O
CD-ROM	O
"	O
with	O
Dune	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
hit	O
status	O
was	O
heavily	O
responsible	O
for	O
Cryo	O
's	O
quick	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
strategic	O
aspects	O
it	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
those	O
who	O
enjoyed	O
both	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
and	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
gave	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
an	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
involving	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
praising	O
the	O
digitized	O
graphics	O
and	O
flight	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
software	O
company	O
Westwood	O
Studios	O
produced	O
a	O
rival	O
Dune	B-Application
game	O
also	O
for	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
,	O
Dune	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Building	I-Application
of	I-Application
a	I-Application
Dynasty	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Westwood	O
later	O
produced	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
Dune	B-Application
2000	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
and	O
Emperor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
for	I-Application
Dune	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cryo	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
Dune	B-Application
universe	O
in	O
2001	O
with	O
Frank	B-Application
Herbert	I-Application
's	I-Application
Dune	I-Application
,	O
the	O
financial	O
failure	O
of	O
which	O
bankrupted	O
Cryo	O
Interactive	O
,	O
causing	O
the	O
nearly	O
finished	O
Dune	B-Application
Generations	I-Application
to	O
never	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
