Betrayal at Krondor 1993
Dynamix released Betrayal at Krondor for IBM PC MS-DOS in 1993. Betrayal at Krondor is a well-written cRPG set in Raymond E. Feist's Midkemia of Riftwar.
Betrayal at Krondor is technically notable for its 3D top-down map-view, 3D first-person exploration and digitized graphics. Betrayal at Krondor also features a 3-layered inventory mode with drag and drop.
Betrayal at Krondor's turn-based combat features grid-based movement, ranged and melee to-hit/damage, initiative, spellcasting and weapon and armor modifiers.
The 3D exploration and 2D battlefield drawspace sizes are 294x100px.
Betrayal at Krondor was designed by John Cutter, programmed by Nels Bruckner, composed by Jan Paul Moorhead and written by Neil Hallford and Raymond E. Feist.
Even though its design is clumsy Betrayal at Krondor is an undeniable classic. Betrayal at Krondor is one of the few pre-Fallout cRPGs that I would recommend playing through in 2024.
Overall, 7½/10.
Betrayal at Krondor requires an i80386-16 MHz CPU, 590,000 bytes of free conventional RAM and 1,048,576 bytes of EMS RAM.
Betrayal at Krondor was distributed on 7x 3.5" 1.44 MB HD diskettes and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Dynamix Inc. Install/Setup v. 3.649. The install size is 15 megs.
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