Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (DOS)

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty

Platform: DOS Year: 1992 Developer: Westwood Studios, Inc. Buy: Amazon

For other games in the series, see Dune.

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty is one of the earliest real-time strategy games. Loosely based upon the world of Dune, the player takes command of the armies of one of the three great houses who vie for control of Arrakis. A base must be established, spice is to be harvested and stored, and the enemy is to be destroyed through military might. Each house has their own weaknesses, strengths, and special units.

Screenshots

The title screen. Choosing your house.

Music

This is the AdLib recording of the music. The titles come from a popular unofficial soundtrack of unknown origin.

This recording is incomplete.

Source verification is needed.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Size	Listen
01	Introduction	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	2:35	3.1 MB
02	Choose Your House	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:48	2.6 MB
03	The Building of a Dynasty	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	4:08	4.5 MB
04	Defeat	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	0:21	414 KB
05	Dark Technology	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	3:11	3.4 MB
06	Rulers of Arrakis	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:43	1.8 MB
07	Desert of Doom	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:53	1.9 MB
08	Faithful Warriors	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	2:54	3.6 MB
09	Spice Melange	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	3:07	3.3 MB
10	Arid Sands	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	2:13	2.3 MB
11	The Council	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:47	2.0 MB
12	Disturbed Thoughts	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	4:38	5.7 MB
13	Hope Fades	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	2:10	2.4 MB
14	Victory	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	0:57	1.2 MB
15	Victory 2	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:38	2.0 MB
16	The Prophecy - Part I	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	2:58	3.3 MB
17	The Prophecy - Part II	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:56	2.0 MB
18	Into the Heat	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:04	1.3 MB
19	Epic War	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:29	1.6 MB
20	Humans Fall	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:12	1.4 MB
21	Adrenaline Rush	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:02	1.1 MB
22	Only the Strongest Survives	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:11	1.3 MB
23	Marching Towards the End	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:10	1.5 MB
24	Destructive Minds	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:35	1.8 MB
25	The Long Sleep	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	0:37	886 KB
26	Abuse	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	1:50	1.8 MB
27	For Those Fallen	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	2:07	2.9 MB
28	Noble Atreides	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	0:35	654 KB
29	Insidious Ordos	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	0:42	797 KB
30	Evil Harkonnen	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	0:49	899 KB
31	Credits	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara	2:14	2.6 MB

Hidden Content

The song Faithful Warriors, when heard in-game, stops at 2:21 and skips to the next track. However, if the player is currently in the Pause menu, it will be heard in its entirety. It is unknown if this is caused by a bug, or if it is a deliberate easter egg.

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru
• Recorder: JisengSo
• Game Credits:
  • Audio Directed By: Paul Mudra
  • Music & Sound By: Frank Klepacki
  • Music & Sound By: Dwight Okahara

(Source)

Game Rip

Format	Download
File:ADL.png	Download (Info)

The game's music was extracted from the SOUND.PAK file and the sound effects were extracted from various PAK files, all of which are in the root install folder, using TheAlmightyGuru's PAK extractor. The music is stored in two formats, ADL and XMI. The XMI files have several different extensions based on the output device they are to be played upon. The ADL files play on any OPL2 compatible sound card. The OPL2 music was recorded with RdosPlay, the other devices have yet to be recorded.

Audio Devices

Music		File:Icon - AdLib Gold.png
Sound		File:Icon - AdLib Gold.png

(Sources: Music, Sound)

The original setup utility doesn't let you choose a different device for music and digitized sound effects. However, an official patch is available (d2sound.zip) that provides an alternate setup utility, allowing to select individual devices for music, sounds and digitized sound effects.

Releases

USA Title: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty [Disk] Platform: DOS Released: 1992-12-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Inc.     USA Title: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty [CD] Platform: DOS Released: 199?-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Inc.     Germany Title: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty [Disk] Platform: DOS Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Inc.     Germany Title: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty [Multi Format Disk] Platform: DOS Released: 199?-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Inc.     Germany Title: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty [CD] Platform: DOS Released: 199?-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Inc.     Italy Title: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty Platform: DOS Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Inc.     UK Title: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty Platform: DOS Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: Virgin Games, Inc.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/dune-ii-the-building-of-a-dynasty - Moby Games.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_II - GameFAQs.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_II - Wikipedia.
• Dune 2 Multiple Sound Card patch - GameFront

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