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9	->''"He who controls Dune controls the Spice. He who controls the Spice, controls the universe."''
10	-->-- '''[[TreacherousAdvisor Lady Elara]]'''
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12	Developed by Creator/WestwoodStudios and released in 1992, ''Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty'' is the TropeCodifier for the RealTimeStrategy genre, as well as the TropeMaker for numerous gameplay conventions.
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14	The games featured three playable factions: House Atreides, House Harkonnen and [[CanonImmigrant House Ordos]]. In ''Dune II'', as well as its remake ''Dune 2000'', the player would be given a [[RiskStyleMap map of Arrakis]] that represented the territories of the three factions. The player, no matter which side he picked, would then play through a variety of missions (In ''Dune II'', either [[YouRequireMoreVespeneGas harvesting spice]] or destroying the [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs enemy base]] and all their units) and could see their progress on the map. Once they'd conquered pretty much the entire map, the two enemy factions would join each other, as well as the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe, Shaddam IV of House Corrino and his Imperial Sardaukar, to fight off the much too powerful player faction. Once the player had won the entire game, he would be treated to a cinematic of whatever faction he's playing bringing their own form of justice to the Emperor for having tried to use them in his elaborate {{plan}}.
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16	The game was ported over to the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis in 1993 under the title ''Dune: The Battle For Arrakis''.
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18	''Dune 2000'', a remake released in 1998, took advantage of the numerous advancements made to the RTS genre within the previous six years (you could now control multiple units at once, use the right and middle mouse buttons for easier movement, etc.), and replaced the drawn cutscenes of the original with Westwood Studios' near-trademark {{Live Action Cutscene}}s. It also featured slightly more tactical objectives (Rather than "Kill the Harkonnen" you get to "Protect the Fremen from the Harkonnen" ''then'' "kill the Harkonnen") and Frank Klepacki ([[AwesomeMusic/CommandAndConquer you may have heard of him]]), one of the original composers for ''Dune II'', returns to score the new music and remix some of the old ones. While the game received mostly lackluster reviews upon release and sold rather poorly compared to other Westwood games, it has since developed a bit of a cult following for being a mostly faithful remake of the original with a number of post-C&C gameplay improvements and far better presentation.
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20	It was followed by a true sequel, ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune'', in 2001.
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22	The ''Dune'' games featured GeoEffects quite early in the history of RealTimeStrategy. Buildings could only be built on rock, and there were limited rock available, meaning that players had limited base-building opportunities. Further, infantry could be positioned on mountains to protect them from being run over by tanks, and vehicles would move much slower over dunes than just desert plains. And, lest we forget, this is ''Dune'' we're talking about here - rock is also a safe haven from the [[SandWorm Shai-Hulud]].
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24	Very loosely inspired by the ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' books, of course. The first ''VideoGame/{{Dune\|1992}}'' game was an AdventureGame with RTS elements that followed the plot of the [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film]], and was actually developed at the same time as ''Dune II'', making it largely a sequel InNameOnly (only titled as such because both were published by the same company and Creator/CryoInteractive's game came out first), retaining the basic setting elements but presenting a new story about war and political control [[AlternateUniverse distinct from the novels.]] The game engine for ''Dune II'' would later be refined and used for a game set in an original universe - ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer.''
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27	!!''Dune II'' and ''Dune 2000'' provide examples of:
28	* AchillesHeel: The Harkonnen Devastator is the strongest tank in the game. However, it's extremely vulnerable to the Ordos Deviator, which can take control of it and force it to activate its SelfDestructMechanism.
29	* ActionBomb: The Ordos Saboteur.
30	* AdaptationExpansion: House Ordos is unique to the game and has never been mentioned in any of the novels. Its origins can be traced to a non-canonical encyclopedia[[note]]though at the time its canonicity was uncertain rather than clearly non-canon[[/note]].
31	* AdaptationalVillainy: While House Harkonnen weren't exactly friendly to begin with, their primary motivation for committing atrocities was desire for more money and power. In the game, they turned into an AlwaysChaoticEvil house, with Ordos taking their place as malicious manipulators.
32	* AdvancedTech2000: ''Dune 2000''
33	* AlwaysABiggerFish: This can happen to you if a SandWorm happens to munch an enemy force. Then again, it might just as easily do so to your units.
34	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Harkonnen.
35	* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Ordos mentat Edric O in ''Dune 2000'' appears to be a human with numerous cybernetic implants, but other houses suspect he may be a (very forbidden) thinking machine made to appear human. The other houses' suspicions are implied to be true, as Edric O refers to himself as "technology" in one cutscene.
36	* AndYourLittleDogToo: In the Harkonnen ending of ''Dune 2'', not only do they blow away the Emperor, they kill his adviser too.
37	* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: 25 buildable units, although you could get up to a total of 99 by buying from Starports. ''2000'' had much higher headcounts.
38	* ArbitraryWeaponRange: Missile tanks cannot hit a target 2 hexes or less away. If they try, the missiles will go wild and hit random locations other than the target hex.
39	* ArtificialStupidity: The AI's move and attack patterns are very simple and predictable. This happened by mistake, as more complex strategies were programed but not well implemented due to several bugs, concrete examples include:
40	** The AI rebuilds defenses as well as other buildings in a random fashion, and when it does the rebuilding it will crush any unit that stays upon the ruins of the building.
41	** AI attacks on your base can be stopped by building four sections of wall at just the right spot. The AI units that arrive to attack can't manage to find a way around it, and just sit there. As long as no player units approach, they sit still, and the enemy doesn't send out more attackers.
42	** In one mission the AI suddenly sends out a group of soldiers into an empty corner of the map for no reason at all, and they remain there, not moving, until the end of the mission.
43	** The enemy will keep throwing units at your base defense turrets uselessly even as your offensive troops are in the process of leveling their base.
44	** Enemy vehicles will move to attack your base as soon as they're built, meaning they will arrive in ones or twos, allowing you to defeat them in detail. They're supposed to form groups before attacking, but the code for this doesn't work because of typos (it does work for infantry).
45	** Enemy tracked vehicles won't bother to drive around infantry belonging to an allied house, and will simply run them over if they're in the way.
46	* AscendedExtra: House Ordos was only briefly mentioned in the Dune Encyclopedia, in a list of Great Houses that existed when Muad'Dib became emperor. The encyclopedia did not offer any further insight to the House, and everything about them in-game is a creation of Westwood Studios.
47	* AttractMode: In the Sega version, waiting on the title screen plays a tutorial (which you could also select on the menu), which describes all terrain, units and buildings in the game game and shows how to build, harvest and order units around.
48	* AwesomeButImpractical: The House-specific superweapons, to varying degrees.
49	** The Harkonnen Death hand is a missile which can destroy pretty much anything it hits, but is so inaccurate you need to SaveScum for a proper hit.
50	** The Atreides can call in Fremen reinforcements, but you can't control them.
51	** The Ordos saboteur. It can be controlled and is much faster than normal infantry, but it isn't invisible and is likely to die before it can sabotage any building (in early versions of ''Dune II'' it was actually invisible to the player who built them!). Being a [[SuicideAttack suicide unit]] means it can only be used once and respawning a new one takes forever. Furthermore, in ''Dune II'' it was only possible to have two of them on a map at the same time.
52	** The Harkonnen's Devastator tank. It's impervious to all weapons, but it's as fast as a turtle without legs. It's expensiveness (800 credits) means it's hard to amass a large group of them. If it's destroyed, it will cause collateral damage to units close by, including yours.
53	** Your soldiers can capture enemy buildings and allow you to build the enemies' unique units. It has several drawbacks however:
54	*** The enemy structures need to be weakened first, and soldiers have mediocre firepower. The captured structures need to be repaired, costing you resources.
55	*** Soldiers take forever to go from point A to point B and are easily killed, so you need to secure a safe route for them first.
56	*** You lose the soldier after the capture is complete.
57	*** The captured structures are still in enemy territory and must be guarded.
58	*** You still need to take the TechTree into account if you want to build the enemies' unique units, so you need to capture all the required buildings to make it work. Alternatively, you can just capture the enemy's Construction Yard. While this save you the hustle of capturing more enemy buildings, this mean you have to build all the TechTree yourself making the whole thing very expensive.
59	*** Enemies' units still require time and resources to build and you still have to deal with the [[ArbitraryHeadcountLimit maximum allowed units]].
60	** The Atreides and Ordos can build Ornithopters, fast-moving attack aircraft with flapping wings. They seem cool, but are very expensive, and you'll be lucky to get two shots off before the unit is shot down.
61	* BadassArmy: The Sardaukar and the Fremen. The Fremen are always allied with the Atreides, while the Sarduakar are of course loyal to the Emperor and always hostile to the player.
62	* CanonForeigner:
63	** House Ordos, who are from a non-canon sourcebook and are heavily implied to still use Thinking Machines.
64	** The Harkonnen ''Death's Hand'' tactical nuclear missile launcher, which violates ''Dune's'' [[FictionalGenevaConventions Great Convention]], one of the tenants of which is that nukes can only be used on alien threats (and, outside of an in-universe spooky campfire story, [[AbsentAliens there aren't any]]).
65	* CapRaiser:
66	** Building windtraps increases the amount of power available to you, which is necessary to create new buildings safely.
67	** Building spice silos allows you to store more spice (currency) at one time.
68	** The maximum number of units in the game at one time (yours plus the enemy's) is fixed. Once that cap is hit, you can't build any more units. However, each enemy unit you destroy allows you to build an additional unit.
69	** The maximum number of buildings in the game at one time (yours plus the enemy's) is fixed. Once that cap is hit, you can't build any more buildings. However, each enemy building you destroy allows you to build an additional building.
70	* CardCarryingVillain: House Harkonnen proudly describes itself as cruel and ruthless toward both friend and foe in its quest for power.
71	* CarFu:
72	** Do ''not'' send an infantry squad to take down an otherwise defenseless Harvester...
73	** It is possible to protect your infantry from this by sending them into "infantry rock", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dense terrain that cannot be traversed by vehicles.]]
74	** But don't try running over an enemy saboteur. It ''will'' explode.
75	* TheChosenOne: The Commander from ''Dune 2000'' was introduced by the Bene Gesserit after they had a prophecy that he would rise in power to command vast armies, destroy Corrino, and bring peace to Arrakis. They don't actually care which side you join to do this. Other than a bit of initial confusion over how the hell you got there the faction you join doesn't care about the connection.
76	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: See TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil below. In addition, regardless of chosen faction color, Atreides units and structures are always sand-colored, Ordos sickly green and Harkonnen ones dark brown. Other factions have specific palettes, notably a deep royal purple for the Sardaukar.
77	* CommandAndConquerEconomy: The TropeMaker, even before the namesake.
78	* TheComputerIsALyingBastard: Zigzagged with all three Mentats serving as your advisers. While some of their hints are useful, some other information are worthless. Ammon's opinion on missile tanks being useless? Don't listen to him, order them through the starport as soon as you can! They can outgun enemy turrets. Cyril advise you to train light infantries because they are more than adequate for the task? They're actually really slow, terrible shots and die easily. Radnor tells you the Ordos' raiders are pitiful? He's right, but they actually make excellent counters for missile tanks in hit-and-run tactics.
79	* CoolPlane: Ornithopters, aircraft that use actual flapping wings to achieve flight. In ''Dune 2000'' the Atreides can call in a flight of these for an airstrike as a support power.
80	* CosmeticallyDifferentSides: Though FactionCalculus applies, the house armies have largely identical units. Key differences are each faction's combat tank and unique unit, as well as their {{Support Power}}s.
81	* ConstructAdditionalPylons: Nearly every level in each game necessitates you building your own base, and then further building additional windtraps to provide power for all your structures.
82	* ConvenientColorChange: [[EnemyExchangeProgram If converted by the Ordos' Deviator gas]], units turn to whatever color the Ordos player is using. As modders found out while toying around with the Deviator, it doesn't specifically change the units to the user's side, it turns them over to the ''Ordos''. So if a non-Ordos unit uses it, it will simply switch the target over to the Ordos side, which will then simply continue attacking you.
83	* CreatorCameo: Frank Klepacki shows up in ''Dune 2000'' during an Ordos briefing as a servant who is cleaning the mentat's implants.
84	* {{Determinator}}: In ''Dune 2000'', Sardaukar will not be suppressed by enemy fire. ''Ever.'' Fremen however, ''[[AvertedTrope can]]'', which isn't exactly accurate to the books.
85	* {{Expy}}: Several characters loosely mirror ones from the novels, most obviously Frederick/Shaddam IV Corrino, who got his name retconned to be the same as the novel's in ''Emperor''. Elara is more complex, visually paralleling Jessica but having shades of Paul in her character.
86	* EnemyExchangeProgram: The aforementioned Ordos Deviator. It doesn't last, though, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation despite what the Ordos mentat says]].
87	** ''Dune 2000'' has TheEngineer, who can capture buildings, allowing to build even enemy's unique units too. In the original ''Dune II'' building were captured by sending regular infantry into it. However, capturing a fully repaired building required a lot of light infantry, and the Harkonnen and emperor could only produce heavies. Plus, the infantry, especially the light ones, was very slow, no match for tanks and subject for ArbitraryHeadcountLimit of 25. A common tactics involved "softening" a building with quads or tanks before capturing.
88	* TheEngineer: Each side in ''Dune 2000'' has an engineer unit much like those found in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''. Every infantry unit was like this originally in ''Dune II'', however.
89	* FactionCalculus: Atreides (balanced) vs. Harkonnen (powerhouse) vs. Ordos (subversive).
90	* FactionSpecificEndings: has three possible end victory sequences, one for each of the houses that the player can be a part of (Atreides, Harkonnen, Ordos).
91	* FixedForwardFacingWeapon: Many vehicles are this. The trike, the Ordos Raider, the quad, the Devastator Tank and the Sonic Tank can only fire in the direction they're facing.
92	* FogOfWar: Removed permanently from a zone after it is explored. You get an onscreen radar once an [[DefogOfWar Outpost]] is built.
93	* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil with ChromaticArrangement: Atreides are blue, Harkonnens are red and Ordos are green. Even though the original book specifically states that the Harkonnens are blue and the Atreides are green or red. But then we can't have blue bad guys and red good guys, can we? [[GoodColorsEvilColors That's not allowed]]. The Harkonnen's griffin emblem is replaced by a snarling bull for the same reason.
94	** ColorCodedArmies: The above color-coding only applies to your overhead map view; closeup view of troops, vehicles and installations shows them to have muted, earthy color schemes better suited to desert warfare.
95	* HomingProjectile: Various missile units are capable of firing these.
96	* InformedAbility: The Sardaukar infantry in ''Dune II'' are presented as elite troops that surpass any others except maybe Fremen. However, in-game they have the same stats as any other house's Troopers.
97	* InjuredVulnerability: If you damage an enemy building enough so that its damage indicator turns red, you can capture it by sending one of your infantry units into it.
98	* InvisibilityCloak: In ''Dune 2000'', Fremen units are perpetually invisible, unless badly injured. This is meant to represent their skill at moving and hiding in the desert.
99	* LiveActionCutscene: ''Dune 2000'' replaced the 2D illustrations of the original ''Dune'' II with live-action actors, including well-known actors like Creator/JohnRhysDavies.
100	* LuckBasedMission: ''Dune II'' becomes this whenever a Harkonnen player launches a Death Hand — for either side — since you never know where the missile is going to hit. It leads to SaveScumming on a regular basis, because if it destroys your Construction Yard, you've probably lost the game.
101	* ManipulativeBastard: The Ordos, natch. Elara, for a more individual example. Then again, this is the Bene Gesserit's [[PlanetOfHats Hat.]]
102	* MobileFactory: The Mobile Construction Vehicle, though it has to deploy and become immobile to actually build anything. It can pack up and move elsewhere, however.
103	* MythologyGag: In ''Dune 2000'', during some of the Ordos cut scenes, Edrico can be seen sitting in a Harkonnen Chair. This is the famous chair that was designed by H.R. Giger for the unproduced 70s Alejandro Jodorowsky's ''Dune'' film. Despite that film never happening, it is still called the Harkonnen chair and has been since produced in larger numbers and are actually for sale.
104	* NeutralsCrittersAndCreeps: Massive {{Sand Worm}}s that attack ground units that idle in the desert.
105	* NeverTrustATitle: Though the game is titled "''Dune II''", it has nothing to do with the first ''VideoGame/{{Dune\|1992}}'' game by Creator/CryoInteractive. That game was, more-or-less, an adaptation of the 1984 ''Film/{{Dune\|1984}}'' movie, while ''Dune II'' is an original story that only uses Dune's world and characters as its foundation. It is only a sequel in the sense that it was released after Cryo's game.
106	* NonIndicativeName: To be picky, ''Dune 2000'' was released in 1998.
107	* NukeEm: The Harkonnen Death Hand missile.
108	* OhCrap: The Emperor has an epic one in each House's ending.
109	* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Ordos leadership is so secretive, they're never directly seen.
110	* OneHitKill: A SandWorm will inflict this on anything.
111	* PaletteSwap: Every basic units look the same despite belonging to different factions. Special mention goes to the Trike/Raider, Missile Tank/Deviator, Heavy Trooper/Fremen/Sardaukar who are completely different units stats wise, but share the same sprite.
112	* PalmtreePanic: The Atreides homeworld, Caladan, has hints of this in its appearance.
113	* PathOfGreatestResistance: The enemy units were created at (and came from) the enemy base. You can follow the trail of enemies back to their base and attack it.
114	* ThePlan: The Emperor's plan in Dune 2 and Dune 2000.
115	* PlanetOfHats: Each faction is [[{{Flanderization}} much simplified]] from their appearance in [[Franchise/{{Dune}} the books,]] [[CanonImmigrant The Ordos]] not withstanding.
116	** Atreides: AlwaysLawfulGood, though GoodIsNotNice.
117	** Ordos: [[StealthBasedMission Sneaky,]] [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bastards]] driven by {{Greed}}.
118	** Harkonnen: AlwaysChaoticEvil, have ChronicBackstabbingDisorder and like StuffBlowingUp.
119	** Ix: ForScience, possibly even MachineWorship.
120	** Tleilaxu: PlayingWithSyringes to the point of {{Squick}}, driven by religious fanaticism.
121	** Fremen: [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior]] BarbarianTribe.
122	** Sardaukar: [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior]] [[SpaceMarine Space Marines.]]
123	* PollutedWasteland: Geidi Prime, the Harkonnen homeworld. Reflecting this, nearly every Harkonnen building has smoke stacks. Including ones that logically shouldn't, like their radar outposts, barracks and ''palaces.''
124	* PowerfulButInaccurate: The Harkonnen Death Hand missile can destroy nearly anything it hits, but its accuracy is so bad that whatever target you actually click on will usually remain unscathed.
125	* RecurringRiff: Both ''2000'' and ''Emperor'' use music from ''II'', like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmdg-E7J_-Q this one]] for example.
126	* RedShirtArmy: In Dune 2, infantry was only useful to sneak into a base to capture buildings. Using them for actual combat was guaranteed to result in a lot of screaming and a pile of corpses slowly sinking into the sand even against simple trikes. This was improved upon in later games though.
127	* ResourceGatheringMission: Many of the early missions have the simple objective of harvesting a certain quantity of spices while fending off raids by the other houses.
128	* RidiculouslyFastConstruction
129	* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: The Ordos mentat in ''Dune 2000'' is rumored to be a forbidden Thinking Machine made to look like a human to hide its nature. That, or he's just a creepy human with lots of cybernetic implants.
130	* RiskStyleMap: This serves only as a cosmetic role where you choose one possible territory to attack. The outcome is identical, with the difference simply being the layout of the map chosen - a system likewise used in [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn Command & Conquer]].
131	* RoboSpeak: Ordos often sound like this, due their drone-like dedication to their cause.
132	* RousingSpeech: House leaders and Mentants are prone to these, though flavor varies. The Atreides are usually TiredOfRunning while the Harkonnen prefer DareToBeBadass. The Ordos speak of their House's TrueCompanions and the threat their enemies pose to it. They may come off less rousing to the viewer due to RoboSpeak, but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality the Ordos are a weird bunch.]]
133	* SandWorm: Of course. Keep your units off the sand whenever possible to avoid attracting them, [[InvincibleMinorMinion as they cannot be killed]] and will [[OneHitKill destroy your units instantly.]] Watch for {{Wormsign}} to know of their approach. Fremen units can move without attracting them. In ''Dune 2'', they can be driven off by reducing them to half-health, but it takes an obscene amount of firepower.
134	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: House Ordos has the weakest army which is purely comprised of hired mercenaries. But as a mercantile House that is only concerned with generating revenue to sustain the elite-class of their society, they absolutely do not care how many expendable pawns they have to buy off and send against their enemies. Just so long as they can safely get to the spice melange and harvest it for their own benefit.
135	* SelfDestructMechanism: Normally, Devastator units only [[NukeEm go nuclear]] when destroyed. A Harkonnen player [[ActionBomb may force their Devastators to explode]], [[StuffBlowingUp with predictably messy results.]]
136	* SentryGun: The Turret and Rocket Turret.
137	* [[ShootTheMedicFirst Shoot The Deviator First]]: You sure don't want your tanks to suddenly become an enemy property, right?
138	* SigilSpam: Many structures incorporate their House's logo into their very architecture if not simply having it stuck on the side.
139	* SingleBiomePlanet: Arrakis/Dune is a Desert Planet as in the original novels. Also, the home planet of the Ordos is said to be "frigid and ice-covered" in ''VideoGame/DuneII'' and just "icy" in ''Dune 2000''...i.e. an Ice Planet.
140	* SpaceMarine: The Sardaukar are depicted as this, clad in much heavier armor then other House infantry. In ''Dune 2000'', they wear distinctive box-shaped helmets with green view-ports, echoing their portrayal in the 1984 film. In ''Dune II'', their artwork shows them using distinctly badass-looking armor and weapons, but in-game they have the same stats as ordinary Troopers.
141	* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Videogame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'' and the subsequent Command and Conquer saga, Dune "III" ''not'' InSpace.
142	* StandardSciFiArmy: Unlike the books, the games provide a wide range of infantry and vehicle units.
143	* StatusEffects: Ordos Deviator tanks have Charm.
144	* StockFootage: ''Dune 2000''s {{Cutscene}}s occasionally have clips from the 1984 film, usually scenes of ornithopters, harvesters, and armies of troops charging into battle.
145	* StuffBlowingUp: Often. Every house likes to it a different way, but the Harkonnen [[NukeEm really don't mess around.]]
146	* SuicidalOverconfidence: No matter how bad the odds are against it, the AI controlled enemy will attack you no matter what. Light infantries against a squad of siege tanks? No problem.
147	* SupportPower: ''Dune II'' has the "Fremen attack", which makes Fremen appear and charge at a specific target. You get it from building a Palace.
148	* TankGoodness:
149	** The Harkonnen Devastator. It has an on-board atomic reactor and radiation-based weaponry. [[{{Expy}} An equivalent huge, double-barreled tank]] [[SpiritualSuccessor appears in every]] ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' game to date.
150	** Each faction in ''Dune 2000'' has a Combat Tank in their arsenal, but have different in terms of stats. The Atreides tank is the JackOfAllStats. The Harkonnen tank is the MightyGlacier. The Ordos tank is the FragileSpeedster. The Combat Tanks in ''Dune II'' all have identical stats.
151	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: ''Dune II'' had only a limited supply of spice on a given map and when you harvested it all you better had an army capable of winning fielded or you could restart. ''Dune 2000'''s development team must have taken notice since in this game the spice keeps regenerating faster then it can ever be harvested, allowing you to saturate the entire map with [[{{TankGoodness}} tanks]] if you feel like it.
152	* TheUnblinking: The Ordos mentat Edric O in ''Dune 2000'' most of the time has his unblinking stare fixed straight at the camera.
153	* TropeCodifier: Created the RealTimeStrategy game in the shape we know today, forming the conventions of YouRequireMoreVespeneGas and ConstructAdditionalPylons. (''VideoGame/StarCraft'' gets the [[TropeNamer naming rights]] for having the [[MemeticMutation more memorable]] terms.) The developers in turn were very influenced by ''VideoGame/HerzogZwei''.
154	%%* VeteranUnit: Probably the Ur-example.
155	* WorkerUnit: The ubiquitous Spice Harvester (in Dune ''2000'', they appear beetle-like, exactly as in the 1984 film, but in ''Dune II'' they have a more generic boxy design) and the Construction Yard. Carryalls also function as such, automatically ferrying harvesters to and from spice fields. These carryalls are entirely automated and uncontrollable (though they will automatically ferry a damaged unit to an available repair pad).
156	* WorldOfHam: In the spirit of the 1984 movie.
157	* WormSign: Burrowing sandworms are visible as distortions on the desert surface, but are invisible on the minimap until the little dot representing your harvester disappears. In ''Dune 2000'', the sandworms are followed by bolts of lightning, caused by static discharge from the sand.
158	* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: In gameplay terms the Spice is converted directly into funds, or "Solaris", as it it is offloaded into your refineries. In the novels its a kind of {{Unobtainium}}, [[MineralMacGuffin with]] [[GreenRocks uncountable]] [[FantasticDrug purposes]] [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum and powers.]] ''Dune 2000'' explicitly [[JustifiedTrope justifies this,]] mentioning at various points that the houses ''are'' selling the harvested spice on the interstellar market, so funds used to power your war machine are expressly that generated by Spice sales. The stuff is that valuable.

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