Dune

[Josquius]

You know, the best one. The original. Part adventure, part strategy.
That game was awesome. I've played it through many times.
I think it could work rather well on the GP32, should be possible with its age (Day of the Tentacle is from a later date and works after all).
There isn't much about it on the net unfortunatly. I found and downloaded something which seemed to suggest being source code though I haven't a clue whether its the real deal or what (as I do not know c/c++/whatever it would be).

 

[babbagesmachine]

I found and downloaded something which seemed to suggest being source code though I haven't a clue whether its the real deal or what (as I do not know c/c++/whatever it would be).

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Give us a link and I'll take a look -- Dune would be awsome

 

[Josquius]

This is the only file I can find on my computer

http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MSMYQX...7Y1IDGANIYWJGHU

judging by the size though I doubt its the source code...no idea what it is.

 

[Ferentix]

Well, I've got no idea if it's the source for dune itself, but I doubt it and even if it is it would be of little to no use for GP2X for the following reason:

The only code I could find was assembly- specifically 68000 assembler (i got that from the top of the source file, I have no idea what architecture that is, except that I'm pretty sure it isn't ARM- and the code doesn't look like ARM assembly to me with my limited knowledge) Also, looking at the comments, they look like some sort of utility. Something to do with kickstart (so it's to do with Amiga kickstart I assume)

Sorry

 

[ravuya]

Yes, it's 68000 assembly language, for the Amiga version. The LHA extension on the archive should have tipped you off

The source code isn't even from the game, it's some kind of bootloader utility (presumably so you can make a boot-disk for the game). It's from this site: http://jffabre.free.fr/amiga/patches.html

 

[babbagesmachine]

ravuya is right this is just a patch to install Dune for the amiga onto harddisk -- sorry guys bit disapointing :~( "Find Gurney and take an orni..." when I get a chance ill look into it porting it more carefuly but I dont think I have the cd rom anymore. The engine wasnt very complitated but still a lot of work with a disassembler. Amiga emulation might be the way to go.

 

[ravuya]

I believe there was a Genesis port, which would be far more useful with a game pad.

 

[Reaperman93010]

I'm pretty sure the only pure genesis dune is the RTS game by westwood
but the segaCD version of dune was the adventure game (that's the one I think we're talking about). I own it, but never got very far.

I don't see how segaCD emulation could possibly be out of the question on this sytem at all. Especially with genesis able to run so well.

 

[ravuya]

I'm pretty sure the only pure genesis dune is the RTS game by westwood
but the segaCD version of dune was the adventure game (that's the one I think we're talking about).  I own it, but never got very far.

I don't see how segaCD emulation could possibly be out of the question on this sytem at all.  Especially with genesis able to run so well.

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I meant the Genesis version by Westwood; I thought the Amiga version was also the RTS. If not..

I think the Sega CD uses a different microprocessor than the Genesis, but luckily a lot of the Sega CD emulators (like Gens) are open source although I'm curious how far we'd get with that.