<s>
Dune	B-Application
II	O
:	O
The	O
Building	O
of	O
a	O
Dynasty	O
(	O
titled	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
:	O
Battle	O
for	O
Arrakis	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Dune	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Battle	O
for	O
Arrakis	O
for	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
port	O
respectively	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
Dune	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Westwood	O
Studios	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
in	O
December	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
David	O
Lynch	O
's	O
1984	O
film	O
Dune	B-Application
,	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Frank	O
Herbert	O
's	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
the	O
first	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
(	O
RTS	O
)	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
established	O
the	O
format	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
followed	O
for	O
years	O
to	O
come	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
is	O
the	O
archetypal	O
real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Striking	O
a	O
balance	O
between	O
complexity	O
and	O
innovation	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
huge	O
success	O
and	O
laid	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
Warcraft	B-Application
,	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
,	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
,	O
StarCraft	B-Application
and	O
many	O
other	O
RTS	O
games	O
that	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
House	O
Ordos	O
is	O
not	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
Dune	B-Application
novels	O
and	O
is	O
mentioned	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
non-canon	O
The	O
Dune	B-Application
Encyclopedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
strategy	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
harvest	O
spice	O
from	O
the	O
treacherous	O
sand	O
dunes	B-Application
using	O
a	O
harvester	O
vehicle	O
,	O
convert	O
the	O
spice	O
into	O
credits	O
via	O
a	O
refinery	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
build	O
military	O
units	O
with	O
these	O
acquired	O
credits	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fend	O
off	O
and	O
destroy	O
the	O
enemy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
later	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Warcraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tides	I-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
,	O
the	O
fog	O
of	O
war	O
is	O
lifted	O
forever	O
with	O
initial	O
exploration	O
;	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
become	O
dark	O
once	O
more	O
when	O
units	O
leave	O
the	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
key	O
elements	O
that	O
first	O
appeared	O
in	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
and	O
later	O
appear	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
RTS	O
games	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AI	B-Application
of	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
used	O
in	O
RTS	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
better	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
Herzog	B-Application
Zwei	I-Application
,	O
it	O
has	O
various	O
drawbacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
engine	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
in	O
fact	O
capable	O
of	O
more	O
advanced	O
strategy	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
a	O
large	O
part	O
of	O
these	O
capabilities	O
is	O
unused	O
due	O
to	O
consistently	O
repeated	O
errors	O
in	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
mission	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
vice	O
president	O
Stephen	O
Clarke-Willson	O
in	O
1998	B-Application
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
began	O
when	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
planned	O
to	O
cancel	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Cryo	O
Interactive	O
's	O
adventure	O
game	O
Dune	B-Application
,	O
after	O
which	O
he	O
was	O
given	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
figuring	O
out	O
what	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
the	O
Dune	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
reading	O
the	O
original	O
Dune	B-Application
novel	O
,	O
he	O
decided	O
that	O
"	O
from	O
a	O
gaming	O
point-of-view	O
the	O
real	O
stress	O
was	O
the	O
battle	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
spice	O
"	O
,	O
so	O
a	O
resource-based	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
around	O
this	O
time	O
that	O
employee	O
Graeme	O
Devine	O
(	O
who	O
later	O
founded	O
Trilobyte	O
)	O
introduced	O
to	O
everyone	O
at	O
the	O
Virgin	O
office	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
/	I-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
console	B-Device
called	O
Herzog	B-Application
Zwei	I-Application
(	O
1989	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
,	O
everyone	O
liked	O
it	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
fast	O
action	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virgin	O
staff	O
,	O
including	O
Clarke-Willson	O
and	O
Seth	O
Mendelsohn	O
(	O
who	O
later	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Ultima	O
series	O
)	O
,	O
then	O
went	O
to	O
Westwood	O
Studios	O
to	O
talk	O
about	O
making	O
a	O
Dune	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Clarke-Willson	O
,	O
"	O
Westwood	O
agreed	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
resource	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Dune	B-Application
,	O
and	O
agreed	O
to	O
look	O
at	O
Herzog	B-Application
Zwei	I-Application
for	O
design	O
ideas	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
later	O
turned	O
out	O
that	O
Cryo	O
's	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
was	O
not	O
cancelled	O
,	O
and	O
Westwood	O
's	O
real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
was	O
called	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Westwood	O
Studios	O
co-founder	O
and	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
producer	O
Brett	O
Sperry	O
said	O
in	O
2008	O
that	O
conceptualization	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
when	O
Virgin	O
president	O
Martin	O
Alper	O
approached	O
him	O
with	O
the	O
offer	O
of	O
using	O
their	O
Dune	B-Application
license	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
understanding	O
that	O
Cryo	O
's	O
Dune	B-Application
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
design	O
,	O
Sperry	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
was	O
partly	O
from	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
partly	O
from	O
my	O
work	O
on	O
Eye	B-Application
Of	I-Application
The	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
and	O
the	O
final	O
and	O
perhaps	O
most	O
crucial	O
part	O
came	O
from	O
an	O
argument	O
I	O
once	O
had	O
with	O
Chuck	O
Kroegel	O
,	O
then	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
Inc	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crux	O
of	O
my	O
argument	O
with	O
Chuck	O
was	O
that	O
wargames	B-Application
sucked	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
innovation	O
and	O
poor	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
I	O
took	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
personal	O
challenge	O
and	O
figured	O
how	O
to	O
harness	O
realtime	O
dynamics	O
with	O
great	O
game	O
controls	O
into	O
a	O
fast-paced	O
wargame	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
"	O
Herzog	B-Application
Zwei	I-Application
was	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
other	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
was	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
software	O
interface	B-Application
"	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
design/interface	O
dynamics	O
of	O
mouse	O
clicking	O
and	O
selecting	O
desktop	O
items	O
"	O
which	O
got	O
him	O
thinking	O
:	O
"	O
Why	O
not	O
allow	O
the	O
same	O
inside	O
the	O
game	O
environment	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
production	O
,	O
he	O
found	O
out	O
that	O
Cryo	O
rushed	O
to	O
finish	O
their	O
game	O
first	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
Virgin	O
publishing	O
their	O
game	O
as	O
Dune	B-Application
and	O
Westwood	O
's	O
game	O
as	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
,	O
despite	O
Sperry	O
protesting	O
against	O
this	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Louis	O
Castle	O
said	O
in	O
1998	B-Application
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
genre	O
was	O
unplanned	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
goal	O
was	O
simply	O
"	O
to	O
include	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
excitement	O
and	O
intensity	O
of	O
a	O
war	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
action-packed	O
gameplay	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
influences	O
cited	O
by	O
Joseph	O
Bostic	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Joe	O
Bostic	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
co-designer	O
and	O
lead	O
programmer	O
,	O
and	O
Mike	O
Legg	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
programmers	O
,	O
include	O
the	O
turn-based	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
Military	B-Application
Madness	I-Application
(	O
1989	O
)	O
and	O
Civilization	B-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Herzog	B-Application
Zwei	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bostic	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
benefit	O
over	O
Herzog	B-Application
Zwei	I-Application
is	O
that	O
we	O
had	O
the	O
advantage	O
of	O
a	O
mouse	O
and	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
for	O
DOS	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
PC	O
games	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
recently	O
introduced	O
General	O
MIDI	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
audio	O
was	O
programmed	O
with	O
the	O
middleware	O
Miles	B-Library
audio	I-Library
library	I-Library
which	O
handled	O
the	O
dynamic	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
MIDI	O
musical	O
score	O
,	O
originally	O
composed	O
on	O
the	O
Roland	O
MT-32	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
selected	O
soundcard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
floppy	O
disk	O
port	O
is	O
nearly	O
identical	O
in	O
interface	B-Application
and	O
game	O
play	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
less	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
and	O
frequent	O
disk	O
swapping	O
(	O
the	O
game	O
came	O
on	O
five	O
disks	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
32	O
units	O
,	O
but	O
patches	O
exist	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
DOS	O
version	O
to	O
have	O
255	O
units	O
created	O
and	O
managed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
brought	O
to	O
the	O
Archimedes	B-Device
and	O
Risc	B-Device
PC	I-Device
range	O
of	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
port	O
has	O
fairly	O
different	O
building	O
and	O
unit	O
graphics	O
,	O
a	O
full-screen	O
menu-less	O
user	O
interface	B-Application
suited	O
for	O
gamepad	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
save	O
game	O
support	O
,	O
relying	O
on	O
access	O
codes	O
for	O
accessing	O
each	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
ideas	O
from	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
music	O
track	O
listing	O
and	O
the	O
replacement	O
of	O
sidebar	O
command	O
buttons	O
by	O
a	O
context-sensitive	O
cursor	O
,	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
Westwood	O
's	O
next	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
;	O
also	O
a	O
fan-made	O
port	O
for	O
Pandora	B-Device
became	O
available	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Westwood	O
Studios	O
,	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
with	O
global	O
sales	O
in	O
excess	O
of	O
250,000	O
units	O
by	O
November	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
"	O
easily	O
outshines	O
its	O
predecessor	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
game	O
play	O
...	O
a	O
real	O
gem	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
arguably	O
the	O
most	O
outstanding	O
sound	O
and	O
graphics	O
ever	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
a	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
its	O
kind	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
February	O
1994	O
survey	O
of	O
space	O
war	O
games	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
grade	O
of	O
B+	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
without	O
online	O
play	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
little	O
replayability	O
once	O
each	O
House	O
conquered	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
May	O
1994	O
survey	O
of	O
strategic	O
space	O
games	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
and	O
later	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
five	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
wargame	B-Application
par	O
excellance	O
;	O
superb	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
make	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
gaming	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
hoped	O
that	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
would	O
be	O
its	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
magazine	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
highly	O
with	O
85%	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
smooth	O
gameplay	O
and	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
II	O
received	O
Amiga	B-Device
User	O
International	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
award	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
September	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
scored	O
the	O
Genesis	O
version	O
32	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
not	O
only	O
addictive	O
,	O
but	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
stated	O
is	O
highly	O
unusual	O
for	O
a	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	B-Application
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
named	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
Strategy	B-Application
Game	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ranked	O
the	O
11th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
Dune	B-Application
2	O
the	O
70th-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Poland	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
retrospective	O
lists	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Amiga	B-Device
games	O
by	O
Wirtualna	O
Polska	O
(	O
ranked	O
eight	O
)	O
and	O
CHIP	O
(	O
ranked	O
fourth	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
named	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
the	O
49th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
21st	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
wargame	B-Application
for	O
those	O
who	O
do	O
n't	O
like	O
wargames	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
GamesMaster	O
listed	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
8th	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
The	O
Gamesmaster	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
Top	O
10	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
II	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
influential	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
genre	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
Westwood	O
's	O
own	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
template	O
for	O
subsequent	O
real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Taylor	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
Dune	B-Application
II	O
and	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
were	O
great	O
inspirations	O
,	O
driving	O
him	O
to	O
leave	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
to	O
create	O
Total	B-Application
Annihilation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dune	B-Application
II	O
also	O
led	O
to	O
direct	O
sequels	O
:	O
Westwood	O
released	O
a	O
semi-remake	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
1998	B-Application
as	O
Dune	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Westwood	O
subsequently	O
released	O
Emperor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
for	I-Application
Dune	I-Application
in	O
2001	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
fan-made	O
game	O
engine	O
recreations	O
,	O
like	O
Dune	B-Application
Legacy	I-Application
,	O
which	O
aims	O
for	O
improved	O
usability	O
and	O
controls	O
while	O
not	O
changing	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
