Dune
1992 · Cryo Interactive
Source book
- Dune — Frank Herbert
Cryo's 1992 mix of adventure and strategy, loosely following Paul Atreides.
Platforms
MS-DOS, Amiga, Sega CD
Fidelity
Based on Herbert's 1965 novel. Virgin published Cryo's game for Amiga and DOS in 1992 and for Sega CD in 1993. You play Paul, pushing House Harkonnen off Arrakis while managing spice, troops, and the Fremen. The CD edition adds footage from David Lynch's film. Wikipedia describes it as loosely following the novel, and names characters taken from it, including Chani and Liet-Kynes.
Read first?
01
When to read first
Read the novel first if Paul's campaign should be Herbert's. The game follows that story loosely, and the CD version also borrows the film.
02
When playing first is fine
Play first if you want Arrakis as a management game and accept that the book's turns will be spent. It is not a substitute for the novel.
03
Why
Loose, but it is still Paul's story. The looseness changes scenes. It does not change whose plot you are in.
Source
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(video_game)
The call above is an editorial reading of that public page. If the page and this note disagree, believe the page.
