Dune Legacy Switch

Dune Legacy
General
Author	carstene1ns
Type	Strategy
Version	2025
License	GPL-2.0
Last Updated	2025/11/07
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Dune Legacy is an open-source remake of the classic 1992 real-time strategy game Dune II, originally developed by Westwood Studios. The project aims to faithfully reimplement the original gameplay while updating it for modern systems with improved controls, higher display resolutions, and new features such as selecting multiple units and right-click commands. It supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and MorphOS platforms.

The game preserves the core Dune II experience, where players choose one of three Houses—Atreides, Harkonnen, or Ordos—to battle for control of the desert planet Arrakis by harvesting spice and defeating enemy factions. Dune Legacy enhances the interface and gameplay fluidity, adding modern RTS conveniences while honoring the strategic depth and thematic elements of the original.

Game Data

You need to put all pak files from the original game into sdmc:/switch/dunelegacy/data directory, otherwise the game will close immediately.

Controls

Since the game was made with Mouse and Keyboard in mind, the controller button mapping requires getting used to.

It is adapted from the PSVita port. You can always use the touch screen of the switch for controlling the game mouse.

The emulated mouse has a custom crosshair, since the original cursor is small.

• Move emulated mouse cursor: left stick (accelerate to double speed with pressing left stick)
• Scroll the map: right stick
• Attack: Y
• Stop/Guard: X
• Left click/Select: A or pressing right stick
• RIght click/Action: B
• Cycle through construction yards: ZL
• Cycle through factories/other builders: ZR
• Menu/back: +
• Pause: -

Special unit grouping with L/R and the d-pad (each direction is a group)

• Select units: direction
• Save units to group: L + direction
• Add group to current selection: R + direction

Media

Dune Legacy - Harkonnen - 1 (qBotBrutal) (IceTone Gaming)

Screenshots

Additional Notes

• The Level editor and Multiplayer games (LAN) are working!
• Map scroll speed and emulated mouse speed can be changed in the the configuration file/ingame menus

Bugs

• Screenshots are not working (crashing, therefore disabled)
• After inserting text with swkbd (e.g custom map name, network host,...), the game needs another input to display it (wobble the right stick)
• It might crash on first start while doing some file copying (maps, config, etc.), though i hope I have fixed this already.

Changelog

2025

• First Release.

External links

• Gbatemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/dune-legacy-dune-ii-remake.676917/
• Github - https://github.com/carstene1ns/dunelegacy/tree/switch-port