Duke Leto Atreides
Leader of House Atreides, whose campaign emphasizes disciplined forces and advanced technology.
How it plays
The player views the battlefield from an isometric perspective and directs units with an on-screen cursor. Spice fields provide the economy: harvesters collect spice, which is refined into credits for buildings and troops.
Missions generally require the player to establish a base, expand production, defend against attacks, and destroy enemy forces or key structures. Campaign victories unlock later territories, while each house offers a different unit roster and technology emphasis.
Plan your run
Secure nearby spice fields before expanding too far, and protect harvesters because lost income quickly limits production.
Build a balanced force rather than relying on one unit type. Use infantry and vehicles to hold ground, artillery to attack from range, and faster units to raid exposed harvesters or structures.
Scout the map, keep construction facilities operating, and place defensive structures where they cover entrances to the base.
Meet the cast
Leader of House Atreides, whose campaign emphasizes disciplined forces and advanced technology.
Leader of House Harkonnen, favoring powerful and destructive military units.
The political head of House Ordos, a faction associated with trade, mobility, and unconventional technology.
Before you begin
Keep at least one combat unit near each harvester.
Capture or destroy enemy production buildings early when practical.
Save credits for repairs and reinforcements before launching a final assault.
Dune: The Battle for Arrakis is Westwood Studios' Sega Genesis adaptation of Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, the influential science-fiction real-time strategy game. Players join House Atreides, House Harkonnen, or House Ordos and fight for control of Arrakis, the only known source of spice. Each campaign combines resource management, base construction, unit production, and tactical combat in missions viewed from an isometric perspective. The Genesis version streamlines the computer original for a gamepad while preserving its three-house structure and campaign progression. It received a positive historical reputation for bringing a deep strategy format to a console and helped establish conventions later associated with the real-time strategy genre.
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