Resurrecting a dead Dune RTS game
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retro game revival
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How HN took it
14 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Docs: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Detailed, entertaining writeup and reverse engineering effort
From 4 comments
Very interesting and in depth article. I really appreciate the amount of detail and knowledge shared about how to go about reverse enginnering and patching abandonware like this.…
grafelic on HNHats off. Amazing effort. Great read. I haven’t used IDA on a game in a long while and this is next level effort. Bravo.
lowbloodsugar on HNWow this is such an entertaining read, hats off! I love how it kept switching me between “wait the westwood people did what?” and “wait you patched it with what?”?
skrebbel on HNGreat article, wish I could go out for a night on the town with the author, I feel like they're pretty darn fun and intelligent. The cute expandable explanations are just the…
metadat on HN
Nostalgia for the game and its soundtrack
From 2 comments
I loved this game very much. Best soundtrack of any Westwood Studios game. So glad it's still playable.
evanjrowley on HNThe soundtrack for this game was badass, particularly the Harkonnen section. Easily one of Westwood's best. Here's a YouTube playlist:…
safety1st on HN
Objections
Original game's late-game design and resource model questioned
From 1 comment
As someone else pointed out, this is a follow-up to Dune 2 which I believe you're thinking of. Dune 1 laid the groundwork there though; initially it's a point-and-click adventure…
Cthulhu_ on HN
Requests
Mac port
From 1 comment
Any chance to port this to mac? :)
personjerry on HN
Shrink large blog images
From 1 comment
@wheybags, you may want to optimize the images. https://wheybags.com/assets/blog_pics/emperor/first_coop.jpg is 5MB for no good reason, and takes forever to load, etc.
BugsJustFindMe on HN
Questions
Can it run on Linux via Proton or Wine
From 2 comments
Hm, I wonder if I can get it to run under Linux with Proton...
rob74 on HNCouldn't find a proton entry, but this looks promising, given that proton was a fork of wine. https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1330
capitainenemo on HN
Why this game rather than Dune II
From 1 comment
But why "Emperor: Battle for Dune"? I don't remember that game being so highly-regarded or influential? I'd probably take Dune 2 over it TBH.
einpoklum on HN
Alternatives named
Dune Spice Wars
From 2 comments
On a related note, there is a modern Dune RTS on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1605220/Dune_Spice_Wars/
chaostheory on HNCalling it an RTS is a stretch. It's more of a 4X game. It has a low pace and combat isn't particularly important.
8372049 on HN
Dune II
From 1 comment
This game actually holds a ton of significance for the RTS genre as a whole. A very typical view of the RTS genre is that you have peasants who harvest resources that you gave to…
cmcaleer on HN