Dune-hacking - the rom-hacking of Dune: The Battle for Arrakis (Sega Genesis)

[Nyerguds]

I've got that feeling that the gameplay is more fast-paced in the Sega version, which is partially due to different reinforcement scripts.

The game engine is also more open to fast-paced battle, since giving commands to unit is tons easier.

[MrFlibble]

I must say operating the cursor with the joystick seems a bit less effective than with the mouse...

[Nyerguds]

But there are no sidebar buttons. You have one-click commands ;)

[MrFlibble]

I meant moving the cursor around (which is somewhat clumsy, especially on an emulator using the arrow keys). Besides, I don't remember a force move command; if there's indeed none, crushing enemy infantry should be a bit more problematic than in the PC version.

[topos84]

The reinforcement scripts that were supposed to be repeated have a plus sign at the end

Which is the same in Sega version: $2B = '+'

[topos84]

Meanwhile, dune-hacking is flowering with all its blossom:

That's the 1st version of the hack by Lipetsk, the whole new campaign playing for sardukars. There is also the 2nd version of the hack, with bunch of minor improvements, but it's not recorded for youtube yet and it's in Russian (but there will be an English version as well).

The 2nd version of the hack:

So, stay tuned, folks!

[MrFlibble]

Wow, this looks pretty cool And am I correct in that the three original Houses are still playable? (Shouldn't be surprising after such feats as Kabal's UMK3 hack with the character roster extended to include every single character from the original trilogy.) Sweet

[topos84]

And am I correct in that the three original Houses are still playable?

Yes you are.