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Frank Herbert's Dune series

Dune: The Battle for Arrakis

The completely overhauled Mega Drive version of Dune, including new graphics, new features, new levels, technology tree changes and streamlined controls.

16 August 1993

Dune: The Battle for Arrakis is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Westwood Studios, released 16 August 1993 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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What Dune: The Battle for Arrakis is

Dune: The Battle for Arrakis is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1993. It was published by Virgin Entertainment. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Frank Herbert's Dune series

Dune: The Battle for Arrakis is the fourth of 15 entries we hold in the Frank Herbert's Dune series. It arrived 7 months after Dune MUD. The next entry was Dune 2000 in 1998.

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What it launched against

Dune: The Battle for Arrakis launched on 16 August 1993, within three weeks of Master of Orion and Daytona USA.

Released around the same time: Master of Orion, Daytona USA.

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When did Dune: The Battle for Arrakis come out?
Dune: The Battle for Arrakis was released on 16 August 1993 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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