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Both games were based upon David Lynch's 1984 movie Dune, which was in turn taken from Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name. It is a loose sequel of the computer strategy game Dune (although it shared no storyline or gameplay). Dune 2000 on Windows 7 with XP Modeĭune 2000 will install fine in Windows 7 XP Mode, it won't start however, because the emulated S3 video card does not support the required video modes.This article is based largely on the Wikipedia article on Dune II.ĭune II: The Building of a Dynasty (also known as Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis in Europe, and simply Dune: The Battle for Arrakis in the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis port) is a Dune computer game, released in 1992 by Westwood Studios. However, when you do have Dune 2000 running in Virtual Box, sound is not optimal, and the window resolution is low. Please make sure that you also install the VirtualBox Guest Additions, otherwise Dune 2000 won't work properly. To play Dune 2000 on 64 bit operating systems, it is also possible to use VirtualBox with a 32 bit version of Windows XP.

To watch the introduction video, click the Intro and Sneak Peek button in the main menu.

Follow the steps above and start the game by double clicking the DUNE2000.EXE file.

In our example, you'll end up with c:\Games\Dune 2000\MOVIES.

Copy the MOVIES folder from the original Dune 2000 CD into the Dune 2000 folder.

To enable the video files do the following: The downloaded copy of the game does not include the cutscene files.

Start the game by double clicking the DUNE2000.EXE file.

Tick the checkbox at Run this program in compatibility mode for: and select Windows 95.

Navigate to the Dune 2000 folder, in this example c:\Games\Dune 2000\.

Make sure you run the game in compatibility mode:.

Check the Direct Play checkbox and click Ok.

Look for Legacy components, double click it or press the plus sign to see all components.

On the left, click on Turn Windows features on or off.

Choose Programs and Features or press F.

To install/enable Direct Play follow these steps: Dune 2000 needs this to function properly.

When running Dune 2000 on Windows 10 or Windows 11, it could happen that Direct Play hasn't been installed.

Copy the contents from the downloaded zip file to a folder of choice, for example c:\Games.