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[DFNewb]

well I was digging through some old games when I found this old game

Anyone have a copy and want to play online?

also does anyone remember what the useless humpers did?

 

[SHAD0Wdump]

I don't own the game...

Yet I can answer that question...

They attract worms.

[Neonivek]

Thumpers are hardly useless... In fact far from it (Also Dune 2 would be the father... I THINK 2000 is the remake)

If you can get a Thumper to summon a Worm near an enemy you can decimate their army. Heck use it to destroy Harvesters.

I think they can also Ride the Sand Worm but I cannot remember all the details.

[qwertyuiopas]

They can in the books.

Also, does it have shields or shield simulators?
Those would not only summon a worm but drive it into a suicidally destructive rage.

[Aqizzar]

(Also Dune 2 would be the father... I THINK 2000 is the remake)

Dune 2000 is indeed the remake.  It's basically a modified version of Red Alert.  And hardly the father of modern RTSs I would say.

To answer the question, thumpers are indeed useless, and while I have the game, I can't get it to run.

[Ampersand]

Woah, woah, woah, Aqizzar. Dune 2, the original, is definitely the father of modern RTS games. It predates C&C 1, and is the originator of many common tropes in modern RTS games.

[Heron TSG]

Ooh! blow up the shield wall and use your worm cavalry to eat the enemehs!

[Neonivek]

thumpers are indeed useless

Even as a Harassment unit? The Sandworms kill almost all units with one hit and few units can kill infantry with one hit. (The Cheapest would be the Emperor units)

They can in the books

No I think the 2nd tier Fremen unit can also ride the Sandworm.

[Heron TSG]

Every kid over 12 can.

[Aqizzar]

Woah, woah, woah, Aqizzar. Dune 2, the original, is definitely the father of modern RTS games. It predates C&C 1, and is the originator of many common tropes in modern RTS games.

That's what I said.  Dune 2000 is not that.  For God's sake man.

[JohnieRWilkins]

I remember playing dune 2000 on PSX. Sonic tank rush or million billion trillion infantry which you can control with one click. Your choice.

[DFNewb]

Hey has anyone played Emperor battle for Dune? is it good or horribly bad remake?

[Neonivek]

If it is what I am thinking of it isn't even a Remake. It is a lot like a Redo.

I have no oppinion really as I didn't like it so much as to buy. You may not like the fact that it pretty much makes up half the stuff that goes on in that game.

[ILikePie]

Meh, Dune 2000's kinda boring, Dune 2 was better in my opinion.

[Glacies]

Bit of a clickfest in combat, especially if you use engies. Got to sell the buildings FAST, before an enemy engie grabs it back. Although it's a lot of fun grabbing Ordos or Atredies facilities and then using ornithopters AND nukes at the same time. Just wish I could use more than one barracks at a time.