Dune II

The full title, Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, was released in 1992 for DOS by Westwood Studios. It is often mislabeled as being the first real time strategy game, but it certainly was the game that popularized the genre and established many of the conventions used in RTSs today. The influence of this game on modern RTS can't be overstated.

Dune II loose sequel to the strategy PC game Dune, not an RTS. Dune II was released for the Amiga Genesis as well. This game did not have a multiplayer mode. In 1998, Westwood released Dune 2000, which was the original game updated for Windows and high-res graphics.

This clip has a small sample of the "look it up in the manual" kind of copy protection that was popular back then. Still, I'd take that over StarForce or SecureRom any day.

The full title, Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, was released in 1992 for DOS by Westwood Studios. It is often mislabeled as being the first real time strategy game, but it certainly was the game that popularized the genre and established many of the conventions used in RTSs today. The influence of this game on modern RTS can't be overstated.

Dune II loose sequel to the strategy PC game Dune, not an RTS. Dune II was released for the Amiga Genesis as well. This game did not have a multiplayer mode. In 1998, Westwood released Dune 2000, which was the original game updated for Windows and high-res graphics.

This clip has a small sample of the "look it up in the manual" kind of copy protection that was popular back then. Still, I'd take that over StarForce or SecureRom any day.