This bonus video shows you more of Autumn Leaf’s awesome Dune Arrakis scenario for Sid Meier’s Civilization 1 (CivDOS & CivWin not CivNet). This is the first episode in a special bonus series where I play Dune universe themed scenarios for every Civilization genre game I can. This Dune scenario video series is a bonus sub series to my main how to play classic Civ genre games in HD video series. To see how I was able to play Civ1 in HD with DOS graphics and sounds see my main tour video here: https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2021/11/14/civ-video-series-ep-01-civilization-1-hd-tour-with-mods-scenarios/
I loved Cryo’s original Dune game (covered in my Dune Games section at Blake’s Sanctum) and consider it very underrated (due to it coming out around the same time as smash success Dune 2) and was sad to hear of their demise in the early 2000s and just how bad their followup PS2 Dune game was. What I didn’t know was that they were also working with another studio on a Game Boy Advance game called ‘Dune: Ornithopter Assault’ was was cancelled as a result of their bankruptcy. However this game from 20 years ago was famously in a near finished state and now appears to be coming back from the dead (without the license) with a new name of Elland: The Crystal Wars.
But wait, there’s more cool Dune gaming news! A fellow named Paul Nicholas has made a awesome lowfi PICO-8 conversion of Westwoods Dune 2 known as UnDune II – The Demaking of a Dynasty! Very impressive work!
I clearly need to update my Dune Games section at Blake’s Sanctum as we’ve got a new Dune game on the way! In fact it’s pretty much already here as it’s now gone open beta and people are posting gameplay videos. Straight away you can tell it looks very different to the traditional Dune and C&C RTS games we’ve come to know and love over the decades. This one feels more 4X Sins of a Solar Empire and Age of Wonders Planetfall like with sectors containing various treasures & cities and minor races etc. First video is a trailer and the second video shows actual gameplay where the player in doesn’t seem to know jack about Dune and rambles on for ages so you may want to skip to 10min mark where he goes out exploring. I love the part where his entire starting army gets eaten by a worm in like the first 2 mins haha, and what does he do after learning this lesson? He ‘feeds’ the worm again of course haha! 😛
WOW! Another amazing fan cut has been found!! While this piece of news is not directly related to my big new Dune Games section tributing all known Dune related games and mods I have to post about this incredible discovery!! Anoher Superfan has painstakingly cut together his own 3hr cut of David Lynch’s epic original 1984 Dune film. I love the original Dune film (hence why I’m super excited about the new 2021 Dune film!) but the theatrical cut is too short and weird and confusing. The extended TV cut makes much more sense but has very poor visual quality and is filled with cheap repetitive cuts of the same ships.
The amazing 3 hour HD complete fan cut I posted here a few years ago fixed all that by removing the repetitive ship shots and inserting nearly all the deleted scenes ever found. So why am I excited about this new different 3hr fan cut? Well the other fan cut for the most part kept the movie in the order with David Lynch’s original final theater release cut, inserted the deleted scenes where they felt most appropriate, and didn’t try to mess with things too much out of respect or the original film (which some fans like me loved and some didn’t as they wanted it to be closer to the books). Whereas this new fan cut by Spicediver changes so much to be closer to the books and flow better ensuring that important information & deposition is delivered at the appropriate time in the film to minimize confusion and ensure nothing is forgotten about at the very moment that information matters to help push the story along, dialogue plus entire scenes and sequences are rearranged to ensure better delivery and flow (A full list of Spicediver’s changes can be found HERE). Like the other fan cut many deleted scenes have been inserted back into the film as well and all footage has been painstakingly upscaled using the latest AI upscaling techniques to 4K (sadly it doesn’t use the recent Dune 4K blu-ray rerelease footage) by the guys at Gabriel Wars.
Despite being closer to the books the Spicediver fan edit still stays as close to what they believe David Lynch’s vision was by following what was in his original script before things were cut to pieces. Apparently the fans behind this had access to all sorts of rarely seen archives so there’s things here not even in the other super fan cut (which was built from film cuts and deleted scenes on all the different international blu-ray re-releases). This new cut is on Youtube so I don’t know how long it’s going to last (the other fan cut had to use torrent sites for sharing to avoid unwanted licencing attention) so go check this out ASAP (& maybe grab a copy for safe keeping using a youtube ripper lol). If you haven’t seen the other extended fan cut then go check that out too and see which one you prefer!
I don’t know about you guys but when I was a young man in the late 90s and early 2000s I loved meeting up with 3 or 4 mates, getting some booze & bad take away food, bringing our computers over and playing multiplayer games like Command & Conquer, Unreal Tournament, Counterstrike, and Civilization just to name a few. We nicknamed them ‘netbashes’ (although most of the world call them LAN parties) and had many over those years but sadly for whatever reason (grew up, got jobs, got girlfriends etc) we stopped doing them after 2001ish.
Well in 2017 we decided to bring back the netbash (possibly due to an early midlife crisis haha) and relive our youth playing some of these great old games. Thanks to the fan gaming and modding community its easier than ever to play some of these classic games on modern machines. OpenRA in particular is just an utterly brilliant and addictive way to relive C&C and Dune gaming. Since I already had a website and youtube channel devoted to retro gaming and mods I decided to start filming some of our netbash games to improve the content. Below are some of the videos of these great fan remakes and mods of great classic games!
If you haven’t seen my earlier Netbash posts then you can find them HERE, HERE and HERE
2019-2020 Netbash’s Well once again I’m super late with this post that I’ve combined lots of LAN parties over 2 years into one post as I no longer remember how many Netbashes we had and what naughty foods we ate haha!
We had number of great netbashes in 2019 and 2020 with Mick , James & myself along with David and Bryan making appearances. New games were tested such as the awesome Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion mod scene (Star Trek Armada 3 and Halo Sins of the Prophets) and Age of Empires 3 and we also had some more OpenRA games testing awesome 3rd party mods like Classic Dune 2, Red Alert 1 Doom horror survival map Purgatory, Red Alert 2 Romanov’s Vengeance resulting in a number of cool videos filmed! Here they are below! 2019 Bashes naughty meals of choice: Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill, Nordburger, and Lawash Bakery (Afgan food)! 2020 Bashes naughty meals of choice: NONE! We were stuck in lockdown and had to play remotely over the internet!
OpenRA C&C Red Alert 1 Survival Horror Map Purgatory (4 Players vs DOOM MONSTERS)
OpenRA C&C Red Alert 2 Romanov’s Vengeance Mod Allied Multiplayer (4 Players vs 4 AIs)
I’m also a huge fan of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 sequel so I CAN’T WAIT to see what he does with the Dune universe (especially as once again he’s got a stunning cast of actors to work with). And after seeing those awesome Vanity Fair teaser photos the other day we finally now have our first trailer! Super exciting! Footage looks promising but need to see more to judge properly haha!
I’m also a huge fan of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 sequel so I CAN’T WAIT to see what he does with the Dune universe (especially as once again he’s got a stunning cast of actors to work with). And finally we now have a sneak peak! Vanity Fair have done a big article on the film showing a number of awesome shots. Considering how cool the Atreides combat armour looks can you imagine what the Harkonnen and Emperor’s Sardaukar will look like?? Drooooools! (EDIT:First Trailer is here!)
I don’t know about you guys but when I was a young man in the late 90s and early 2000s I loved meeting up with 3 or 4 mates, getting some booze & bad take away food, bringing our computers over and playing multiplayer games like Command & Conquer, Unreal Tournament, Counterstrike, and Civilization just to name a few. We nicknamed them ‘netbashes’ (although most of the world call them LAN parties) and had many over those years but sadly for whatever reason (grew up, got jobs, got girlfriends etc) we stopped doing them after 2001ish.
Well in 2017 we decided to bring back the netbash (possibly due to an early midlife crisis haha) and relive our youth playing some of these great old games. Thanks to the fan gaming and modding community its easier than ever to play some of these classic games on modern machines. OpenRA in particular is just an utterly brilliant and addictive way to relive C&C and Dune gaming. Since I already had a website and youtube channel devoted to retro gaming and mods I decided to start filming some of our netbash games to improve the content. Below are some of the videos of these great fan remakes and mods of great classic games!
If you haven’t seen my earlier Netbash posts then you can find them HERE and HERE
2018 Netbash’s
This post is a bit different to the last 2 and will just be a year summary as sadly I’m so late with this post that I no longer remember how many Netbashes we had and what naughty foods we ate haha!
We had a handful of great netbashes in 2018 with David, James & myself along with Mick and Bryan making appearances. New games were tested such as the awesome Star Trek Armada Fleet Ops mod for Armada 2 and we also had some more OpenRA Dune 2000 and Red Alert 1 games resulting in a number of cool videos filmed! Here they are below! 2018 Bashes naughty meals of choice: Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill, Nordburger, and Hungry Jacks (Aussie Burger King)!
OpenRA C&C Red Alert 1 Soviet Multiplayer (4 Players vs 6 AIs)
Star Trek Armada Fleet Operations Dominion Multiplayer (3 Players vs BORG)
These days there’s nothing I love more than finding a free fan made remake, sequel or spin off of one of my favourite 90s games. Especially the ones that retain the original graphics but allow for modern HD resolutions while adding gameplay improvements we wished the original had. Most of these projects are alive and well but could really use our support! Here are some of my favourites..
OpenRA
An amazing open source multiplayer remake of the 90s Command & Conquer and Red Alert engine. Supports C&C1, Red Alert 1, Dune 2000, C&C2 Tiberian Sun along with Red Alert 2 and Dune 2 Classic via 3rd party addons. Requirements: Fully playable. Only needs original C&C CDs if you want videos & some special addon content Home Page
FreeCiv
A brilliant open source spin off of the Civilization series. Most similar to Civ2 but also has a nice top down Civ1 mode too. Can support up to 126 AI or human players and has a huge range of user generated content such as maps, mods and graphics. Requirements: None! Home Page
Master of Magic IME
Implodes Multiplayer Edition is the classic Master of Magic remake we’ve all been waiting for. HD resolutions, multiplayer (single player is still there too!), ginormous mirror worlds and up to 13 wizard players (AI or human) in one game await you! Requirements: None! Sourceforge Page
OpenIG
An utterly incredible open source remake of the classic 4X space strategy game Imperium Galactica. The original games creators were so impressed they gave them a contract allowing them to legally work on the remake. HD resolutions, better unit controls, sandbox galaxy mode with playable aliens, multiplayer, building upgrades, and a video upscaler are just some of the amazing improvements. Requirements: None! GitHub Page Continue reading →
I don’t know about you guys but when I was a young man in the late 90s and early 2000s I loved meeting up with 3 or 4 mates, getting some booze & bad take away food, bringing our computers over and playing multiplayer games like Command & Conquer, Unreal Tournament, Counterstrike, and Civilization just to name a few. We nicknamed them ‘netbashes’ (although most of the world call them LAN parties) and had many over those years but sadly for whatever reason (grew up, got jobs, got girlfriends etc) we stopped doing them after 2001ish.
Well in 2017 we decided to bring back the netbash (possibly due to an early midlife crisis haha) and relive our youth playing some of these great old games. Thanks to the fan gaming and modding community its easier than ever to play some of these classic games on modern machines. OpenRA in particular is just an utterly brilliant and addictive way to relive C&C and Dune gaming. Since I already had a website and youtube channel devoted to retro gaming and mods I decided to start filming some of our netbash games to improve the content. Below are some of the videos of these great fan remakes and mods of great classic games!
If you haven’t seen my original post on Netbash 1 & 2 you can find it: HERE
Netbash 3 – August 2017
It took us a few months to find another weekend to get the group together but we finally got there. James also invited his old mate Mick around to join him, Dave & I allowing us to play our first 4 player match! We seemed to be having an off day as we lost the first few matches of OpenRa C&C1 and kept having to drop the AI count lol. Finally we prevailed lol. Then after Mick had to leave I asked the guys to have a go at playing a Dune 2 HD Legacy match. These games went even worse haha. We lost so many games that by the time we did win a match I wasn’t recording anymore lol! Doh! James’s partner Jane cooked us a nice roast which I then promptly vomited all over her floor due to accidentally eating it to quickly. I’m not proud lol.
We also played an OpenRA Red Alert 1 naval battle map (as I realised I hadn’t done a RA1 video yet) and then a fun OpenRA C&C2 map that has you battling over snow covered bridges. We’d had a crazy match on the map at bash 2 so I was determined to get a video of it this time! Bash 3 naughty meal of choice: Jane’s Roast Beef!
This bonus video shows you more of Autumn Leaf’s awesome Dune Arrakis scenario for Sid Meier’s Civilization 1 (CivDOS & CivWin not CivNet). This is the first episode in a special bonus series where I play Dune universe themed scenarios for every Civilization genre game I can. This Dune scenario video series is a bonus sub series to my main how to play classic Civ genre games in HD video series. To see how I was able to play Civ1 in HD with DOS graphics and sounds see my main tour video here:
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