Adventure Game Scene of the Day - Fri 21st April

Kurufinwe · 04-21-2006, 06:23 AM

I don't know how much time I've spent just staring at the screen, travelling around the planet.

(I don't know how much time I've ~~spent~~ wasted looking for the CD version either...)

skeeter_93 · 04-21-2006, 06:33 AM

It's Dune, isn't it?

Kurufinwe · 04-21-2006, 06:56 AM

Definitely

Rayvielle · 04-21-2006, 12:12 PM

Sandy.

Lucien21 · 04-21-2006, 12:15 PM

Hated the book and the movie so never had any desire to play the game

04-21-2006, 02:15 PM

When did the game come out?

Rayvielle · 04-21-2006, 02:23 PM

I'd say late eighties? I think maybe 1988, 1989.

I know Dune 2 was in the early 90's. Think it might have been 91.

04-21-2006, 02:24 PM

Awesome graphics.

Rayvielle · 04-21-2006, 02:25 PM

For damn sure.

Unbelievable advance for the time.

Hammerite · 04-21-2006, 02:27 PM

no way was that the eighties!!!!!!!

04-21-2006, 02:33 PM

Well, I'm sure people who've seen the 7th Guest for the first time would say the same thing. Except replace eighties with '92.

Rayvielle · 04-21-2006, 02:50 PM

Yea my bad...

Dune 1 was out in 92
Dune 2 in 93.

04-21-2006, 05:09 PM

Oh. Well, still really nice.

Huz · 04-21-2006, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Hated the book and the movie so never had any desire to play the game

Aw, the book was great.

The movie was lame though.

(Apart from the soundtrack)

After a brisk nap · 04-21-2006, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurufinwe

I don't know how much time I've spent just staring at the screen, travelling around the planet.

(I don't know how much time I've ~~spent~~ wasted looking for the CD version either...)

That screenshot is clearly from the CD version, so I assume you managed to find it in the end?

I got a copy of the CD version with the "Spice Opera" soundtrack in a special box that pops up into a worm mouth... for like $5 on eBay. It was a pretty good deal.

(Images borrowed from http://www.arrakis.co.uk/index.html)

skeeter_93 · 04-21-2006, 06:46 PM

Wow, I guessed it! My first post here ever...hehe. It's been so long since I played Dune...I think I was 13. I'm surprised I even remembered!

Brandon · 04-21-2006, 08:28 PM

I have to say that's a pretty crazy box. Ah, pop-ups...

On the subject of Dune, never read the book, but bought the movie recently in that special new style of DVD tin with the double-sided disc (theatrical and director's)... it was interesting enough, I guess. One of those scifi classics that somehow I just never watched growing up.

Kurufinwe · 04-21-2006, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by After a brisk nap

That screenshot is clearly from the CD version, so I assume you managed to find it in the end?

Yes, eventually. The first time I bought it on CD, it ended up being the floppy version put on a CD.

But then I finally found it in some Dune 1 + 2 re-release that Virgin did. So I never got a pretty box like you did.

(I did get the soundtrack at some point, though).

Dune is one of those few games that I have replayed dozens of time, and still can't get fed up with. And I'm still discovering new sietches everytime.

Cellardoor · 04-22-2006, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skeeter_93

Wow, I guessed it! My first post here ever...hehe. It's been so long since I played Dune...I think I was 13. I'm surprised I even remembered!

Welcome.

I liked playing Dune, but I never got further than the war with Harkonnen. The strategy part wasn't really for me.

Ninth · 04-22-2006, 03:55 AM

Absolute masterpiece. One of the games that wowed me the most visually speaking.

But then, I'm a big fan of the movie too.

04-21-2006, 06:23 AM	#1
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04-21-2006, 06:56 AM	#3
Kurufinwe Senior Member Last Online: 06-02-2019 07:15 AM Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 3,038	Definitely __________________ Currently reading: Dune (F. Herbert) Recently finished: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling) [++], La Nuit des Temps (R. Barjavel) [+++] Currently playing: Skyrim Recently finished: MCF: Escape from Ravenhearst [+], The Walking Dead, ep. 1 [+++], Gray Matter [++]

04-21-2006, 12:15 PM	#5
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04-21-2006, 02:50 PM	#12
Rayvielle Senior Member Last Online: 08-29-2008 12:09 PM Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 184	Yea my bad... Dune 1 was out in 92 Dune 2 in 93. __________________ Currently working on a Fantasy/Sci-Fi hybrid story, provisionally entitled - Ravorian.

04-21-2006, 06:33 AM	#2
skeeter_93 UnseenUniversity Graduate Last Online: 05-20-2012 02:40 AM Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth WA Posts: 515	It's Dune, isn't it?

04-21-2006, 12:12 PM	#4
Rayvielle Senior Member Last Online: 08-29-2008 12:09 PM Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 184	Sandy.

04-21-2006, 02:15 PM	#6
SamNMax Guest Last Online: 01-01-1970 12:00 AM Posts: n/a	When did the game come out?

04-21-2006, 02:23 PM	#7
Rayvielle Senior Member Last Online: 08-29-2008 12:09 PM Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 184	I'd say late eighties? I think maybe 1988, 1989. I know Dune 2 was in the early 90's. Think it might have been 91.

04-21-2006, 02:24 PM	#8
SamNMax Guest Last Online: 01-01-1970 12:00 AM Posts: n/a	Awesome graphics.

04-21-2006, 02:25 PM	#9
Rayvielle Senior Member Last Online: 08-29-2008 12:09 PM Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 184	For damn sure. Unbelievable advance for the time.

04-21-2006, 02:33 PM	#11
SamNMax Guest Last Online: 01-01-1970 12:00 AM Posts: n/a	Well, I'm sure people who've seen the 7th Guest for the first time would say the same thing. Except replace eighties with '92.

04-21-2006, 05:09 PM	#13
SamNMax Guest Last Online: 01-01-1970 12:00 AM Posts: n/a	Oh. Well, still really nice.

04-21-2006, 06:46 PM	#16
skeeter_93 UnseenUniversity Graduate Last Online: 05-20-2012 02:40 AM Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth WA Posts: 515	Wow, I guessed it! My first post here ever...hehe. It's been so long since I played Dune...I think I was 13. I'm surprised I even remembered!

04-21-2006, 08:28 PM	#17
Brandon Explorer Last Online: 07-03-2010 07:58 PM Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 129	I have to say that's a pretty crazy box. Ah, pop-ups... On the subject of Dune, never read the book, but bought the movie recently in that special new style of DVD tin with the double-sided disc (theatrical and director's)... it was interesting enough, I guess. One of those scifi classics that somehow I just never watched growing up.

04-22-2006, 03:55 AM	#20
Ninth Senior Member Last Online: 08-02-2016 07:52 AM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Paris, France Posts: 6,409	Absolute masterpiece. One of the games that wowed me the most visually speaking. But then, I'm a big fan of the movie too. __________________ ...It's down there somewhere. Let me have another look.