The Bizarre DUNE Game from 2001

Who needs the new DUNE movie when you can play the old DUNE game? I'll trade you my .iso file for tickets to see the movie in IMAX!
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[@kaspersaldell]

2:23 actually, they can’t use shields in the desert because it drives the sandworms into a killing frenzy. Regardless, that laser pistol is not a very accurate representation of the fucking perfect death beams that they’re supposed to be

[@justinbrown8214]

It also causes a nuclear explosion if you shoot a shield with a Lasgun.

[@kaspersaldell]

@@justinbrown8214 Yeah no shit, he even said that in the video

[@oboeshoesgames]

Looks like I'm the one who didn't read the books before making a video about playing a game who's devs didn't read the books 👀

[@kaspersaldell]

@@oboeshoesgames I thought you said months ago that you were reading Dune?

[@nickflig]

@@oboeshoesgames The Fremen also do use maula pistols though as part of their usual arsenal. So Paul having a pistol and a crysknife is accurate.

[@jacktorborg9862]

"Continue without saving? yes/no is the scariest choice i have seen a video game offer in a long time lmao

[@user-nz7mg4su9p]

fear is the mind killer

[@NicDoesDumbThings]

Yes subtext is a thing that exists​@user-nl2bi2kx9k

[@almicklee]

someone at my work actually presented this for a popup and i remembered this video and was like nah this language is confusing and got some praise from my boss lol

[@islaydragons1563]

Hearing Paul Atreides say “What’s up” is so cursed.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

This entire game is _cursed._

[@SakurakoLover]

Paul: And I say heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa

[@fulcrum6760]

That’s something Timothee Chalamet would say.

[@amilyester]

What's good, Gurney?

[@hazukichanx408]

Zagreus of Hades be like "Hey dude, what's shakin'? Tubular!" (and not, like, sarcastically)

[@therestingmitchface6241]

You know those dreams where you’re being chased, and you suddenly can’t run fast? That’s what Paul’s movements look like

[@redeye4516]

Honestly this whole game looks like a fever dream

[@ganii1804]

how thematic

[@soulrebel6309]

😆 looks like he has to take a dump

[@matttyler9963]

I have a dream like that consistently, only its like crash bandicoot and I keep getting crushed by a Boulder and have to restart

[@youtubevanced9574]

No, I don't know.

[@ZenithfilmsUK]

I must not fear Dune for the PS2. Dune for the PS2 is the mind-killer. Dune for the PS2 is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face Dune for the PS2. I will permit Dune for the PS2 to pass over me and through me. And when Dune for the PS2 has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see Dune for the PS2's path. Where Dune for the PS2 has gone there will be nothing. Only Oboe Shoes will remain.

[@JonathanLewispartypenguin]

Your mother has taught you well of our ways young human

[@indigenoustruthspeaker3129]

Bro awesome 👽🛸🪐

[@alienfromandromeda8067]

the litany against Dune PS2

[@EddiesGameplay]

Beautiful.

[@RamChop451]

This made me spit out water I didn't even have God, my precious water

[@ThethArchamus]

"I'm just the Muad dib minding my Muad busniess" should of been in the original novel. Incredible

[@chernobylthing3932]

Nobody cares about sleepers awakening, but this. THIS

[@ao1778]

You had me until "should of". That's the moment I realized you have double-digit IQ.

[@sephiroth8519]

@@ao1778 you can tell just looking at his picture tbh

[@captain_awesome2134]

If only Frank Herbert could've been alive to hear that...

[@pjlg3008]

8:09

[@GigaGamerXP]

Wow I can't believe they made a game so quickly after the movie came out

[@crunchytoast4993]

Yeah, it really shows too

[@chernobylthing3932]

They did it so quickly, they warped reality and accidentally released it early

[@garvielloken8494]

That's why the game is so bad

[@robertharris6092]

I know this is a joke. but the tie in games often released before the movie even came out. IE tje star wars episode 3 game.

[@maiastniki]

@@robertharris6092 i mean......technically it DID come out before the movie LMAO

[@shrimpeedo1]

Ok, but imagine a Shadow of Mordor esque Dune game where you play as a Fremen warrior and get to experience the book from their perspective.

[@dennisnordlund902]

That would be beyond awesome!

[@Sanguivore]

I would actually buy that in a heartbeat.

[@Lemuel928]

😎

[@Lemuel928]

Plus hookshot climbing.

[@nightsplurge810]

Broooooooooo

[@jbkruse]

"... it just kinda ends there" Oh! So it IS faithful to the new movie!

[@aceshighdueceslow]

not too far off from how the book ends either. I mean, there IS a conclusion and it makes sense but boy howdy does the plot just fly by after Paul wakes up from his Water of Life hangover

[@ctrouble2309]

@@aceshighdueceslow the story has a few thousand years to cover so you gotta move fast

[@blueshit199]

people will call anything a cliff hanger as long as it leaves a room for a sequel these days, I swear

[@PerturbatorFan]

This game feels like one of these PS1 styled games that always end up in Alpha Beta Gamer

[@Hugsloth]

Something like SW Episode 1, or Harry Potter you mean. I got the same vibe.

[@TheHalflingLad]

OK, now you're just being mean. Those tiny indie games are usually much better than this!

[@PerturbatorFan]

@@TheHalflingLad Apologies, the graphics kind of looked like those PSX styled games I would see there, but the gameplay is just like playing a game while blindfolded

[@VITAS874]

​@@TheHalflingLadmajor. funny joke.

[@Ahmadabdal_]

In dune the correct terminology for stabbing someone is duning someone And thats why the book is called dune

[@faceless2302]

very insightful for illiterate people like me

[@mercster]

You just got dune'd, bro.

[@stevenrosscarpenter]

Hey, hey, easy with that, that's my lucky duning hat!

[@BrunoSantos-jp1lv]

🏜️🔪

[@hillbillypowpow]

"S'up bro, you just got Duned on," -Paul Muad'dib

[@lordcarve]

About the pistol: the Fremen use a Maula Pistol, which shoots dart/bullet projectiles and most Fremen would have one. They are great especially for non-shield combat in the desert. Paul actually takes one when he and Jessica meet the Fremen and Stilgar tells him he will get one when he has earned it.

[@JewTube001]

is that the gun that paul was holding at the end of the 2021 movie?

[@bloodknight2132]

@@JewTube001 Yes

[@crashtestdolphin5884]

"Frank Herbert actually wanted Dune to be a Metal Gear Solid type Stealth game, but video games weren't made back then so he had to settle for making it a novel." Subbed

[@ptasiek83]

"This kill animation is so brutal its banned in Germany" - well I am watching this from Germany and seeing wall blocking off the kill animation got me spooked a bit...

[@redeye4516]

That's because you're in Germany, you couldn't see it like I did. It was so awful I can understand why it was banned

[@davidesums]

I'm in America and I could see it fine, its very awful so I can understand why.

[@lfadedragel9178]

Wait. There's a wall? I just saw what's pretty much an uncensored scene from Manhunt 2. Huh. Walls... Crazy.

[@jl.7739]

Fellow reman here. I never heard of this game, it might be such a brutal game that it is banned here all together.

[@SolRagna]

@@davidesumsput the time stamp please

[@qliphalpuzzle5453]

Ah yes I remember the amazing proses of Herbert like, “Dumb baby”.

[@Tsukuyomi28]

And of course the unforgettable "What's up?"

[@qliphalpuzzle5453]

@@Tsukuyomi28 yes truly a piece to give me shivers

[@MrLFJ7]

@@Tsukuyomi28 "What's up" 100191

[@yarpen26]

Ironically, that sounds _exactly_ like something he would write, especially in the later novels. One of the things that turned me off from the series was just how much of our contemporary stuff was lifted whole into this supposedly exotic world of many millennia into the future. The first book is rather dignified and the three sequels largely keep to this spirit as well, but then some weird shit starts happening and suddenly you get the Mother Superior of the Bene Gesserit go to a bigass Bene Gesserit canteen to dine alongside fellow Bene Gesserit and spend an entire paragraph talking about whatever's happening in the kitchen. Really bizzare, sort of a Frankenstein of literature.

[@Soridan]

@@yarpen26 he started pandering to one of his biggest fans, his wife. That's my theory and I'll stick to it.

[@cosmoelpresidente4019]

This is exactly how I imagined the book

[@Jeff-tt7wj]

My favorite part of Dune, the novel, is how Paul systematically and covertly kills all of his enemies by himself and with help from no one.

[@bloodypsycho6025]

Pauls walking animation while getting shot has me dead

[@benco41]

Same

[@mayank4156]

4:55 😂

[@LCTesla]

I like this graphical era when every character was represented as vaguely asian-caucasian because it wasn't possible to render them efficiently any other way this was of course especially so with half-assedly produced games like this.

[@StriderPF]

this is one of the games ever made

[@jackharrow7147]

sure is

[@ironbacon]

Yep

[@jl.7739]

It’s one of the most games ever made!

[@fizzbrew]

Cant argue with you

[@soulrebel6309]

😆😆

[@Bluehawk2008]

Judging from the font on the cover art and the time this came out, I believe this was meant to be a tie-in with the Sci-Fi channel mini-series. I would highly recommend that series for fans of the book looking for an alternative to the Lynch version which stays closer to the text, though with the caveat that it's low budget and very "stagy" in its production. Unlike this game, it executes well with the resources available.

[@smygskytt1712]

But the TV show was cursed with those godawful stupid hats!

[@yarpen26]

But it looks like they couldn't secure the rights for that dude who played Paul there (he had short hair). Kinda like in that Godfather game where everybody's movie appearance was lifted except for Pachino's.

[@Barakeh]

As someone who is about to rewatch the first movie which I barely got but I didn't put my full attention so that's on me, and I'm planning to go the see the second movie after that, what do you recommend I should check before that?

[@DeadManSinging1]

The TV show sucks. Sure, it was more loyal to the books, but that doesnt mean anything when your costume department is cringe, your acting is mediocre, and your writing is Network TV level

[@charlottecorday8494]

​@@DeadManSinging1Yup, this all the way. It's so embarrassingly low rent.

[@valiant2398]

You know what bothers me in a ton of sci-fi? 3:30 If you can't move a muscle why can you talk?!? Your jaw requires muscles in order to move! Your eyes are also controlled by muscles! Could they not get the exposition done in any other way? I see this kinda thing everywhere.

[@jeambeam3173]

Why does this has to remind me of KOTOR in an uncanny valley type way

[@ZorroCeleste1]

He doesn't want to talk about it!

[@shecklesmack9563]

It totally does look like a Kirkland brand KOTOR.

[@Silver-pn9pn]

Well, the laser gun on Arrakis makes sense, no one uses shields on Arrakis because the vibrations call the sandworms

[@Ozzymandius1]

Alia after punching you in the sack: You feeling prepared Mr. Krabs?

[@eastromangaming1033]

This game is the reason for the Butlerian Jihad

[@Tomphonse]

I recently played this last week and on original ps2 hardware. I can confirm that the audio issues you were having seem to be the result of emulation however on original hardware it drops to 15fps when there is more than 2 enemies on the screen so pick your poison

[@charlottecorday8494]

What did you do after you were done playing it?

[@TleilaxuEyes]

So...was that robot boss an illegal Ixian machine bought illicitly by the Harkonnen and smuggled to Arrakis, or did this game just throw the book's lore completely out the window because "science fiction = robots" and they needed an inconsequential boss fight for that level so YOLO?

[@Henskelion]

To be fair, having the player fight illegal Ixian and Tleilaxu creations could be cool, even if it wouldn't be 100% lore friendly. The Westwood Dune games for instance let you recruit exotic units from those factions, if your faction gained a strong enough favor with them. But of course the problem here is we are talking about something possibly being cool in the PS2 Dune game.

[@kangdide]

Squid game and Amoung us In one video! Oboeshoes is really getting topical now.

[@mahdiyussuf9804]

The "Continue without saving" bit had me laughing the most 🤣

[@JoaoFederle]

I really like this video. Reminded me of a lot the old lets plays here on youtube where people would just speak normally and didn't try to make silly jokes every 5 seconds to hold your attention. This has the same chill quality those old videos had.

[@chaospoet]

I'm a huge Dune fan. Have the books, audiobooks, David Lynch movie, Sci-fi Miniseries, the Sega CD game, Sega Genesis game, the Dune 2000 P.C. Big Box game and the PS1 port of it. I've never heard of this one. I can see why it's never mentioned and talked about. Holy balls this is worse than the Baron's bowel movement and uglier than Gurney's scar on his face (as described in the books).

[@ClashGamerGTA]

Not the Lynch movie! I feel with you.

[@The-Music-Archive]

My man no one wears shields in the desert on Arrakis because the shields attract worms, which is why lasguns can be used on Arrakis.

[@BreadCatMarcus]

"Looks like a small headed anime guy" ....have you seen an anime? 😂

[@Bkings7]

I always wanted to play this as a kid lmao

[@kaspersaldell]

Patrician taste since childhood

[@Ikcatcher]

The Dune at home your mom tells you they have when you say you want to watch Dune

[@solutionless123]

The Fremen do use guns in the book. I think they're called slug throwers? I don't quite remember. But Paul takes Jamus' during their little confrontation which leads to the ritual duel.

[@dylanfarley8136]

There are weapons called maula pistols which I believe were projectile based. I think slug throwers were supposed to be today's kind of firearm tech because I believe they were described as antique and primitive technology.

[@cameronmillspaugh1601]

Huh that’s weird, slug throwers are also the name for regular guns in the 40K universe

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

You didnt mention that this is material from the 2001 Scifi Dune miniseries When i watched that as I was little i was blown away by the special effects But yeah thats where this comes from

[@halcyo]

The Fremen did use "Maula Pistols", so it was some sort of gun weapon. In the desert, NO ONE uses a shield because it would call all worms around straight to eat your ass, so projectile weapons are game on!

[@FredDurst00]

This game looks alright but when is the Lego version coming out? Softies are just leaving money on the table.

[@jupitard]

There's a fake Lego version out already but it's freaking me out because it's counterfeit, freaking me out you wear a mask.

[@rorysimpson8716]

Don't know why, but Rabban calling them Fremens just killed me.

[@braytongoodall2169]

9:02 This moment is a brilliant reference the song "Beast Infection" on Grimes' Dune-themed concept album Geidi Primes and also her song "Belly of the Beat". Truly an incredible review.

[@tomkrawec]

Seriously, you're one of the best gaming KZbinrs ever. I'm so happy I know about your channel.

[@leonaquilla2547]

"I knew it was you by your footsteps Gurney" "Yeah but you also left your pistol across the maze room from yourself."

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

This is the beauty of gaming, my god; the graphics, the voice acting, the walking.. great video, thank you for sharing this game!

[@patrickkilroy6512]

The kill animation at 5:12 had me in tears.

[@lud3re384]

It is possible to rebind your arrow keys to AWSD through software outside of a game. I do it every time I want to play Stronghold.

[@Albert_EGGsker]

An ad played for me when you went “pow” to the famous hunter killer from dune 😂

[@withgoodtaste]

I want to say 2 things: - I laughed. - I wanted to try this game... I don't want to try it anymore.

[@pineapplesmoovey7898]

8:53 lmfaooooo the reaction to this conversation killed me 💀💀

[@bighairguy7]

Denis Villenueve directed a pretty solid prequel film for this - good thing he’s kept a PS2 around for all these years

[@brandonterrazas6672]

I consider myself a bit of an expert on old obscure ps2 games and even this eluded my knowledge

[@jaspermcminnis5538]

Ever play The Godfather game? Seems pretty obscure. I've only known a few gamers that have played it or even heard of it.

[@noahfessenden6478]

@@jaspermcminnis5538 I remember seeing that on store shelves once. Is it any good?

[@jaspermcminnis5538]

@@noahfessenden6478 It's been awhile. I remember liking it. It's somewhat similar to GTA, if it took place in the 1940s. Loosely based on the movie. You can wear different outfits, create your character, bribe corrupt cops, fight mob families. Has some RPG elements, if remember correctly.

[@jaspermcminnis5538]

@@noahfessenden6478 By the way, it's got a sequel based on the 2nd movie, but I don't remember if it was good or not.

[@jheelan4432]

@@jaspermcminnis5538 the godfather game was absolutely brilliant. Had all the characters and set pieces from the first movie. Great clothes and racketeering system. Absolute gem on the ps2, probably as good as gta, it just didn't have as much in it

[@zzzzUS]

I remember being hyped for the game when I finished Emperor: Battle for Dune. Thankfully I got to try the demo first XD Oh, and Allia looks hideous here :D

[@chaospacemarine8330]

0/10 not enough of Frank Herbert's son's obsession with terminators and reality-bending Duncan Idaho

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

I played this on the PS2 in the PS2 era... and couldn't get beyond the first stretch of desert with the sand worm. Ten years later I tried again and got further... and got bored trying to blow up the first harvester. So you've got a lot further than I ever did. Kudos!

[@rando3939]

This was my introduction to dune. I can’t believe I loved this game when I was a kid, just playing whatever was on my dads laptop at the time. This shit was so fun and great for some reason.

[@cameronmillspaugh1601]

Well back then this was kind of the standard, they didn’t have the well made games we have today

[@VitalMusic217]

@@cameronmillspaugh1601 What? Hell no. There were plenty of good games back then and this was not one of them.

[@maxfjeld3791]

The laser gun is actually accurate since in arrakis the rhytmic vibrations of the shields attract worms which is why they are not commonly used. Mechanical guns are also banned since the robot war that hapaned 10000 years before the time the book is set.

[@Eldergloom]

4:50 had me in tears

[@MSTrusAgent]

When I was a little kid I had this game on a cd, I couldn't make it past the first level (i was like 6 or 7), and recently I tried to find this game, but all i was able to find was the RTS games from the same era. Your video helped me understand that I indeed saw that game and that I am not insane, and secondly, closed the gestalt by you completing the game, thank you very much!

[@jimmylittle9393]

I loved the RTS Dune games tbh. One of my favourites when I was a kid.

[@dariuskahmenleodros3646]

I actually squint my eyes at 5:37 and freaked out when it turned to Isaac lmao. Wish i can triple subscribe now...

[@Imdruu]

Found your channel and started watching some of your videos and really appreciate the work u put in and makes me happy that ur starting to get more recognition

[@Mattonores]

I loved this video. Thanks for making my day better.

[@iamclarke4978]

FYI I have been watching Every one of your videos, and Dude you are funny. Keep it up

[@Techtalk2030]

Playing games like this makes you realize how ahead of its time Halo 1 was. It was atleast 10 years if not more ahead.

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Half Life, which lauched 3 years earlier: Am I a Joke to you?

[@KaiNagakami]

Idk who you are. But thank God I found your channel, because you made my day.

[@jackmoscow9290]

Videos like these NEED the ace combat video energy

[@johnnyvarsity6563]

KZbin been wanting me to watch this for a long time, every time a video ends it's the one up next if not it's suggested first like damn fine, but I can't lie I'm entertained.

[@JustErix]

damn, that ending was sick.

[@FEEDMEKITTENS]

I'm pretty sure that the gun is supposed to be a maula pistol.

[@shazmodeus2795]

You could use a program like Xpadder to map the KBM inputs to a controller, such as arrow keys to the thumbstick. It's pretty handy for older games with bad KBM layouts.

[@domgoodwin8989]

the shooting noise sounds like a trunk being slammed lmao

[@thecianinator]

Oh god THIS was my first ever exposure to the Dune IP! The title always sounded vaguely familiar and now I finally know why. I must have seen this in a magazine ad.

[@moogibeans9822]

"boxes of really loud sound effects" cracked me up

[@PunishedTerry]

I like that people who complain about guns in dune always bring of the Shield/Laser argument, THE THING IS you forget that people dont wear shields on the sands of dune because it makes the worms erratic

[@robertcurry389]

You’re really hopping on all the trends here aren’t you 👀

[@ChalcolithicPrizim]

I guess that’s the way the worm turns, huh?

[@justsakana4022]

This game is what running feels like in nightmares

[@CerosTelevision]

The king is back

[@gusdavid7798]

"video games weren't made back then..." lmao

[@iceman7157]

I thought your dude was a jedi at first lol

[@mattkent4397]

So bad that it hurts, sorry you played this man

[@spinyslasher6586]

8:38 GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD

[@zephyr8072]

That's some Morrowind tier running animation there.

[@basidiomycota5067]

I cracked up at "The famous guns of Dune".

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

_"Stop th-sto-sto-uh-uh-you're going t-uh-uh-you're going to die"_ ~ Dune

[@UnwrittenSpade]

“There we go, classic dune” bahahahaha

[@SSZaris]

Literally my favorite game and no one can convince me otherwise

[@dagothwave6623]

How have I not found your channel before lol

[@definitelynotlion]

bro you're in the algorithm good job!

[@darrow74]

The famous first chapter! As it was written. I'm dead 😂

[@SenseiRio]

lmao the movement speed has me dead

[@hicknopunk]

New subscriber here. You have high quality. Thank you.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

“Who gave this baby a gom jabbar?”

[@asoupofprunes3895]

*"I never wanted the biscuit; please don't kill me."*

[@supercoolnothing411]

I had no idea this game existed back when I had my PS2!

[@ladybabe6958]

Star wars take over the games

[@FreemanBgTV]

5:05 xaxaxaxa this was awesome moment 😂

[@parthmishra5942]

Oh whao, another oboi video

[@visassess8607]

I can't even count the number of times random toddlers inject me with their Gom Jabar

[@RamChop451]

This looks like some weird progenitor to Mars: War logs

[@gustavosantos106]

I didn't knew this game existed and now I wanna play it!