Originally posted by Ouaibe
Dune II define the genre. Starcraft just push it as it's best.
No sir... Herzog Zwei for the Sega Genesis.
After that... Dune: The Battle for Arrakis, again Sega Genesis, IIRC.
...all well before Command and Conquer... which later beget Red Alert.
Later... Blizzard got involved with Starcraft and Warcraft.