# UnDUNE II

8 Hacker News commenters recommended UnDUNE II and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free reimplementation of Dune II that runs impressively on a small handheld screen, with controls people say beat the original.

## Why people recommend it

- Faithful Dune II reimplementation running on handheld (3 comments): "it's immensely impressive to see something like this working on it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109301)) "which reimplements the old Dune II game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48104519)) "fit this all in such a small display" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109359))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Beyond All Reason](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beyond-all-reason.md): 76 recommend
- [Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warcraft-ii-tides-of-darkness.md): 51 recommend
- [Total Annihilation](https://hackerapproved.com/p/total-annihilation.md): 48 recommend
- [StarCraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft.md): 36 recommend
- [StarCraft II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ii.md): 32 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "UnDUNE II", https://hackerapproved.com/p/undune-ii/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).