The Amiga Is Getting A Dune II Remaster From One Of The Original Developers | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)

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In a bid to right the wrongs of the original release, Robert Koon, one of the programmers on the iconic 1993 RTS game Dune II, is currently working on remastering the classic for Amiga AGA and OCS versions.

Key Information:

Dune II: Considered an influential RTS title based on Frank Herbert's novels.
Original Release: Initially released on Amiga, PC, and Mega Drive.
Challenges with Amiga Version: Koon cites issues like extensive disk swapping, limited soundtrack presence, and no AGA-specific version.
Remaster Goals: To recreate Dune II for the Amiga from scratch, addressing those shortcomings and more.

Why It Matters:

This remaster aims to provide a more refined experience for fans of the original game on the beloved Amiga platform. With an updated visual and audio experience, it promises to offer a closer-to-perfect version of one of the most influential RTS games ever made.

Do you think remastering classic games like Dune II for modern platforms can reignite interest in the genre and bring nostalgia to new audiences?

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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 points 3 months ago

At risk of embarrassing myself, what the hell is an Amiga?

[-] Hector_McG@programming.dev 17 points 3 months ago

An early 16 bit home computer based on the 68000 microprocessor. Versions released from the late 80s to the early 90s. It earned a cult following because it was the first home computer to have arcade quality graphics and sound (80s and 90s arcade games, obs).

It had a decent OS and business software, but at heart it was a gaming computer. It lost out to the home consoles, partly because as a fully fledged computer, piracy was rife, so big games developers moved to the very locked-down games consoles instead.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's really neat, I've played a few MS-DOS era games but I didn't think that sort of home computer hardware was around in the mid 80s.

[-] ktec@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Commodore Amiga is a family of personal computers that were available from 1985. They used the Motorolla 68000 family of CPUs, the main competitor to Intel's x86 CPUs at the time.

The Amiga is held in great esteem, in no small part due to its innovative design featuring the use of co-processors. The co-processors had their own names, such as Paula, the sound co-processor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga