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[Borodin]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kellan @ Dec 2 2006, 10:51 PM) [snapback]269893[/snapback]</div>

Loved BaK when I was younger. Got me hooked on all of Feist's works.
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Oddly enough, Feist knew nothing about computers when the game was in development. He simply sold the rights, and had no input on the project other to make sure that facts drawn from his novels were correct.

On the other hand, he had a great deal of input into Return to Krondor, one of its two followups, and the better of the two. (Though Betrayal at Antara was one of the worst RPGs I've ever played, so improving on it wouldn't have been difficult.) Unfortunately, he insisted on changes to such things as the magic system that turned it into a standard AD&D style product. What Feist touched in the new game, lost imagination.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(L0c***** @ Jan 2 2007, 09:18 AM) [snapback]272979[/snapback]</div>

ahem. first of all, happy new year . second of all, after reading all 14 pages of this forum on BaK, i was convinced dloading it would be the best solution to my holiday boredem (<_<) . so after the dload i tried to run it through dosbox and.....nothing just two colored lines in the top rhs of the screen. any suggestions? pleeeeeaaaaaaasee help me
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Edit the DRIVE.CFG file and change the letters C E to the letter of the drive you unpacked the game to (e.g. D).

I would also recommend deleting the RESOURCE.CFG file and running the install.exe, so you can choose whether the game will use extended memory.

This was an excellent game. This game would definitely benefit from a remake and graphical overhaul. The outdoor graphics definitely take getting used to, even back then when the game came out. And the game is kind of hard to get into, but eventually it sucks you in. It was probably the first game I played where I felt like I was actually in a living world.

[Geezer]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Feb 24 2007, 01:53 PM) [snapback]280812[/snapback]</div>

This was an excellent game. This game would definitely benefit from a remake and graphical overhaul. The outdoor graphics definitely take getting used to, even back then when the game came out. And the game is kind of hard to get into, but eventually it sucks you in. It was probably the first game I played where I felt like I was actually in a living world.
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I would agree with the above poster. It starts out slow and then the story develops and you get hooked.

[Adamg]

One of the finest computer games ever created. It's one of the few games I have played where my memories of it are more like life experiences, where I remember them almost as if it was something I lived through. The only other game that has had that effect on me as I recall is System Shock 2, though others have come close.

Now why can't a company just take Betrayal at Krondor and upgrade the game, while leaving every game element, every line of text, exactly as it is while only changing the graphics? Boy, would that ever be a great game with the technology available today. Or how about remaking it in the future about 5 years, when real time ray-tracing is possible? Imagine walking in the night in a remake of B.a.T. with a torch, fighting bandits in the mountains?

[Scatty]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Adam @ Feb 25 2007, 11:47 AM) [snapback]280870[/snapback]</div>

The only other game that has had that effect on me as I recall is System Shock 2, though others have come close.[/b]

You should try System Shock (1) out then, it's even better.

[Adamg]

Ehhh, I didn't like System Shock 1 so much. I like it, but not as much as #2. I have the CD version of it. I don't know why I didn't like it as much. I think System Shock 2 just had a better story, and the better graphics made it more believable.

[FoxURA]

I tried running it using D-Fend but I got some error about there not being enough memory, what shoule I do?

Also I read a post near the beggining of this thread and read that...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tuttle @ Dec 9 2004, 01:55 AM) [snapback]35217[/snapback]</div>

There were only three books in that sub-series. Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins and Krondor: Tear of the Gods. Betrayal at Krondor matches up with Krondor: The Betrayal, and Return to Krondor matches up with Krondor: Tear of the Gods.

There's a lot more than 4 books dealing with Riftwar as a whole though.
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Does that mean there are more Krondor abandonware games? Because only Betrayal of Krondor is on Abandonia.

[Geezer]

Does that mean there are more Krondor abandonware games? Because only Betrayal of Krondor is on Abandonia. [/b]

Return to Krondor is probably a bit big to be hosted on a site like this. Covers two cd's and is a Windows 95/98 game. Excellent game, though. Don't know it it has been abandoned or not.

[FoxURA]

What about the install help? Anyone know what the problem is?