I was actually playing Diablo 1 the other day, and kind of got back into it. Problem is, it's locked in like 640x480, and I can't get it to just stretch to fit, so it's like a credit card-sized display in the middle of my screen. This was bugging me when I was trying to play Diablo 2 again, as well. Same with Warcraft 2 and 3.

Now here's a weird thing. I decided to plug into the big HDTV in the living room to play, figuring that a little box in the middle of the screen will be bigger on a 42' tv than on my 17' laptop screen. When plugged in with the HDMI, the game screen stretched fit, on both the tv and my laptop screen. It was still letterboxed on the sides, because it's not widescreen, but it filled up the screen vertically. Unplug the hdmi, and it goes back to regular, tiny, 640x480 display.

Does anyone know how to just force old games at lower resolutions to stretch to fit? (I don't want to force them to widescreen, and screw up the aspect ratio, I just want them to fill the screen vertically). If that's not possible, does anyone know where to get HD/widescreen patches for old games, particularly Diablo 1 and 2?

Description of Dune 2000 Windows

Dune 2000 is a real time strategy game developed by Intelligent Games and released by Westwood Studios in 1998. This game is a reimagining of the seminal RTS Dune II. Westwood Studios created that game as well as the ever-popular Command and Conquer series.

Dune 2000 takes place in the ever-expansive Dune universe written by Frank Herbert and son Brian. The gameplay lets you play as the three major factions of the first book. The Atriedes, Ordos, or Harkonen forces. The mission tasks allow you to have different goals such as harvesting enough spice or the RTS staple mission 'destroy everything.' There are different difficulty levels that allow newcomers and veterans of the genre alike.

The colorful sprites and backgrounds allow for tons of enemies on screen. The stand-out feature of this game are the somewhat dated, but entertaining full motion video cut scenes. The characters speak directly to the camera to you as the military commander, and are a nice touch given the quality of the costumes. John Rhys-Davies from the show Sliders and Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy offers a decent performance despite the CD-quality video.

The music provides a quality orchestral sound to the epic battles. The grunts and responses from infantry to the tank units provide reinforcement to the gameplay.

Overall the game is great for fans of Dune and RTS games. For those trying to boot a disc onto a system from Windows 95 through XP it is recommended that you download the ISO and use a burner to create a disc. For those on newer (XP or higher) systems an updated version is available as the Gruntmods Edition offers higher resolution gameplay as well as online or LAN play at https://cncnet.org/dune-2000. Build your units and collect the melange.

Review By Derek

Home of Dune2K mods: https://d2kplus.com/. High resolution patch at the bottom of the page, as well as here: https://d2kplus.com/high-resolution-patch/.

Thanks to KoFiPL for his comment

Want to play online? Go to https://cncnet.org/dune-2000.

External links

How to play Dune 2000 Windows

For Users with Windows 95, 98, XP etc.

1. Download ISO.
2. Downloag ImgBurn.
3. Click “Write image file to disc.”
4. Select ISO.
5. Burn to a CD-R or CD-RW
6. Install on old system and Enjoy.

For users with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10

1. Download Gruntmods Edition
2. Follow directions on .EXE file. This is a modifcation of the game and more information and updates can be found at https://cncnet.org/dune-2000.

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Comments and reviews

HarkonnenTrooper3032018-11-262 points

Ah.. the remake of Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty. Very nice game, i also recommend playing Emperor: Battle For Dune, the sequel to Dune 2000.

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HASHIM AMLA2018-06-100 point

DUNE is a intresting strategy game i hve playet dune it is about 10 levels last level was hard it take hours to finish me it

junbug2017-11-26-1 point

i download the file but it wont unzip i like computers but not a guru please help and where do i put the file

Pluck2017-07-093 points

Downloaded this to put music into openRA Dune 2000 mod, worked perfectly. Thanks :3

prince2017-03-25-2 points

good game.i like this game.thank you so much.

Shponglehead2017-01-12-2 points

I am having problems installing the game. It won't run with 64 bit and because I can't install it, I can't put the patch in the correct directory. Help?

Ralph2016-10-280 point

is the game Baal available..I cant remember who produced it..

moobeepbeep2016-08-261 point

I struggled to get this working on a 64bit pc but there's a gruntmods edition worth looking for .. for the die hard fan. I used this download to copy the movie folder. What a game it's absolutely brilliant. Thankyou myabandonware.com for the download.

CC2016-08-121 point

why is this a CD burn? i thought it was DL and play

KoFiPL2016-07-26-1 point

Dune 2000 Hi Resolution Patch (works great!)
https://d2kplus.com/high-resolution-patch/

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