UnDUNE II
Shares rank 18 of 24 real-time strategy games by recommenders
Free reimplementation of Dune II that runs impressively on a small handheld screen, with controls people say beat the original.
Free reimplementation of Dune II that runs impressively on a small handheld screen, with controls people say beat the original.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Faithful Dune II reimplementation running on handheld
“it's immensely impressive to see something like this working on it”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “UnDUNE II” “which reimplements the old Dune II game”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Why Everyone's Picking Up a PSP Again in 2026” “fit this all in such a small display”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “UnDUNE II”
Other real-time strategy games people recommend
The four most recommended other real-time strategy games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond All Reason | 76 | 17 | 82% | 10 | 1 yr6 owners | Approved |
| Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | 51 | 2 | 96% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Total Annihilation | 48 | 7 | 87% | 7 | — | Approved |
| StarCraft | 36 | 22 | 62% | 10 | — | — |
| UnDUNE IIThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It manages to have better controls than the original!”
“fit this all in such a small display”
“it's immensely impressive to see something like this working on it”
“was an awesome way to win fast”
“It also building a refinery over part of a windtrap.”
“it's nice not having to click and Move on the sidebar manually each time you want to move a unit”
“which reimplements the old Dune II game”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.