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Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty

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The General

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Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty is known to be the game that defined the RTS genre as we know it to be today because of what the game introduced to the genre. Elements such as base-building, resource gathering, and unit production are all carried out in real-time when playing Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty.

The game was developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1992 on MS-DOS.

 
Not the first RTS, but certainly the first recognised RTS.
 
I covered this game here:

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Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty

Released in 1992 by Westwood Studios, Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty is often heralded as the progenitor of the real-time strategy genre. Drawing from Frank Herbert’s rich science fiction universe…
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I never played this game, I wasn't even born for the time, but I have heard about it, it seems like it was a before and after in the RTS games industry, I think that's why it became so famous, because of how innovative it was in its time.
 
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