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Episode 118:

For-Real Time Strategy

Runtime: 58 Minutes

Today, we'll tell you the story of Westwood Studio's Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty, released for MS-DOS in 1992. As part of its story, we'll teach you the origins of its source material, the novel, Dune, written by Frank Herbert in 1965. We'll talk about the history of how Dune as we look at a history of Dune video games leading up to Westwood's Dune 2. Finally, we'll talk about why Dune 2 is a crucial bit of video game history as we talk about its legacy. Join us for today's desert trip down Memory Card Lane.

 Dune 2

References:

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Dune 2

Game-Specific Wiki:

   Dune 2 Fandom Wiki

Additional Sources:

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Dune (novel)

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Frank Herbert

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Virgin Interactive

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Strategic Simulations

Saturday Crapshoot: Dune:

  PC Gamer

The Rise and Fall of Virgin Interactive:

  The Rise and Fall of Virgin Interactive

The Making of Dune II:

  Edge

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Schoolbell Sound:

School bell.wav by 13FPanska_Stranska_Michaela

Link: https://freesound.org/s/378394/

License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/