dune on 486

November 30, 2002

???Will dune 2 run on 486 with 16 ram? I got it for my little brother and he wants to play dune 2 on it.

Terror · November 30, 2002

sure, it will even run on a 386, and i think you'll only need about 1 mb of ram... perhaps 2

Caid Ivik · November 30, 2002

286 is enough. But you need 1 MB extended RAM.

Terror · November 30, 2002

286 is enough. But you need 1 MB extended RAM.

286? i don't think so, it worked almost fine on a 386, but a 386 is way faster than a 286.

Timenn · November 30, 2002

I used to play DuneII with someone who had a 286. It ran fine there

Terror · November 30, 2002

ok

Caid Ivik · December 4, 2002

I still have that 286, come and see how it rans ;)

exatreide · December 5, 2002

runs ;)

thomas · December 5, 2002

jeesh Ex your sure the one to correct people ;) ;) I downloaded dune II but its not working, i get to the house choosing screen and i click on a house and hte arrow disappears and nothing happens

-note dune2 is now considered abandonware so i got it from free oldies

Caid Ivik · December 6, 2002

Abandonware? And I was sooo trying to buy it. Nowhere it was, nor regular shops nor secondhands. For seven years of seeking...

vidiware · December 12, 2002

You are good if you can find it in the stores now...

Thank them if you find it...

December 12, 2002

:D It runs great. I even got it a great gfx card; ATI gfx turbo mach 64

Caid Ivik · December 12, 2002

You are good if you can find it in the stores now...
Thank them if you find it...

So, I've found MW2: Mercenaries original in one bazar. This year, 7 years after release! Everything is possible, just you must have hard will ;)

Terror · December 12, 2002

well... dune 2 is a tad older...

it is at least 10 years old now... Mechwarrior 2 actually had 3d graphix, not to hard to come by.

Dune2 is also possible. I bought it also 2 years ago.

Copec · December 16, 2002

jeesh Ex your sure the one to correct people ;) ;) I downloaded dune II but its not working, i get to the house choosing screen and i click on a house and hte arrow disappears and nothing happens
-note dune2 is now considered abandonware so i got it from free oldies

perhaps you have turned on the CD-sound...

Will · December 16, 2002

Dune II won't run on Windows ME if you have the sound turned on. It stopped at the exact same moment for me, too.

Terror · December 16, 2002

Driver problem. I'm not sure if it's the fault of win ME or your soundcard. I think you have a SB Live! and since he uses an emulation program for DOS applications this may give some problems

stefanhendriks · December 16, 2002

I played Dune II even on a 8088. It ran VERY SLOW, but it worked! yeah, i played it all the way with House Atreides, House Harkonnen. Did not finish Ordos back then..

Will · December 17, 2002

Driver problem. I'm not sure if it's the fault of win ME or your soundcard. I think you have a SB Live! and since he uses an emulation program for DOS applications this may give some problems

Both, actually. I have an SB PIC64, which has tons of driver issues under Windows ME even with the latest updates. And Windows ME is just generally DOS-unfriendly. Actually, I'm surprised it runs Dune II at all, so I'm not really complaining...

stefanhendriks · December 17, 2002

Driver problem. I'm not sure if it's the fault of win ME or your soundcard. I think you have a SB Live! and since he uses an emulation program for DOS applications this may give some problems
Both, actually. I have an SB PIC64, which has tons of driver issues under Windows ME even with the latest updates. And Windows ME is just generally DOS-unfriendly. Actually, I'm surprised it runs Dune II at all, so I'm not really complaining...

quite funny is that Win XP is way more friendly to Dune II then Win ME. Win 98 works well with Dune II as does Win 95.

Will · December 17, 2002

Driver problem. I'm not sure if it's the fault of win ME or your soundcard. I think you have a SB Live! and since he uses an emulation program for DOS applications this may give some problems
Both, actually. I have an SB PIC64, which has tons of driver issues under Windows ME even with the latest updates. And Windows ME is just generally DOS-unfriendly. Actually, I'm surprised it runs Dune II at all, so I'm not really complaining...
quite funny is that Win XP is way more friendly to Dune II then Win ME. Win 98 works well with Dune II as does Win 95.

What about win2k?

Terror · December 18, 2002

hmmm win2k is the newest version of windows NT, but i don't think that it is build on DOS, like win 95/98 is and also NT till 4.0 i guess

Conclusion:

Win2k has close ties with winME and may give the same problems

Will · December 18, 2002

hmmm win2k is the newest version of windows NT, but i don't think that it is build on DOS, like win 95/98 is and also NT till 4.0 i guess
Conclusion:
Win2k has close ties with winME and may give the same problems

Ahhhh, crap on that.

Terror · December 18, 2002

well, you can ofcourse install both win2k and win98.

one for standard use, one for dune2 ;) but it will be easier to just install DOS 6.2 i think (dunno if it works though)

Will · December 18, 2002

well, you can ofcourse install both win2k and win98.
one for standard use, one for dune2 ;) but it will be easier to just install DOS 6.2 i think (dunno if it works though)

o_O winME, win2k AND win98 on one system...well that *would* leave me with just enough HD space to run Dune II...:P

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