Betrayal at Krondor & Return to Krondor

[job32]

Simple question for any that may have played these. Is it worth the effort to get these games running? I have the latter game downloaded and possibly can get it running. I like some Sierra games, dislike other Sierra games.
Are they any good, if anyone has played them?

 

[ATenderLad]

Wowww I haven't thought about those in decades. I remember really liking Betrayal at Krondor, but it's been so long I don't have anything specific to point out.

 

[job32]

No worries. Just might be worth a go at some stage, If I can get it running. Might not.

 

[Ohaifriends]

Wow I remember these games from when I was a kid. A 7 year old me got freaked out because I played it expecting an E rated RPG, and it had some dark moments.

 

[null.problem]

I think Betrayal at Krondor might be worth your time (should be pretty easy in DosBox!), if you are okay with slightly dated CRPGs. Not like "tons of jank" or "have to make a specific build or lose" oldschool, but just not quite modern. I've heard Return is a stinker, but never played it. Post what you think if you give it a try!

 

[xuvetyn96]

No worries. Just might be worth a go at some stage, If I can get it running. Might not.

Haven't played it, but if it piques your interest then definitely check it out! I love a lot of old school RPGs and find many have a sort of depth that most modern RPGs lack, which is enough for me to look past the jankiness present in them. Are you planning on running it through DOSBox? If so, I'm sure myself and many others here would be happy to help you out with any roadblocks you encounter!

 

[zibltogt]

GOG I believe has these games fully working-- Betrayal at Krondor is incredible!

 

[job32]

Cheers, all good replies. I had a short go at trying to get Return To Krondor going on the Windows 98 Emulator through Retroarch & Dosbox-Pure (thanks to Obsolete's guide). It wanted a different graphics card driver or software than Direct-6(something) I think. You can't connect to the internet through windows 98 to download the preferred graphics thingy. I tried it with what was already installed and just black screen, little green line at the top. Basically seized up. Restarted & tried Planescape: Torment that was installed earlier and it wouldn't run on the display color options selected, changed to 256 when trying to run Krondor. Changed it to 32 colors, error, seize, restart. Changed it to 16 colors, error, seize, restart. Windows explorer crashed when I tried to open ' my computer' or 'control panel'. I actually got a fatal exception blue screen of death at some point. Never happened to me when I owned Win 98, thankfully. Not looking good to be honest. Win 98 on Retroarch is not as stable as it was back in the day. It may be down to the fact that you can't install it with space above 2GB through Retroarch & Dosbox Pure.

 

[RebelofDaNeonGod]

I recently bought the collection on Steam for dirt cheap, it looked like something I would be interested in. I think this thread is gonna make me check them out now.

 

[xuvetyn96]

Cheers, all good replies. I had a short go at trying to get Return To Krondor going on the Windows 98 Emulator through Retroarch & Dosbox-Pure (thanks to Obsolete's guide). It wanted a different graphics card driver or software than Direct-6(something) I think. You can't connect to the internet through windows 98 to download the preferred graphics thingy. I tried it with what was already installed and just black screen, little green line at the top. Basically seized up. Restarted & tried Planescape: Torment that was installed earlier and it wouldn't run on the display color options selected, changed to 256 when trying to run Krondor. Changed it to 32 colors, error, seize, restart. Changed it to 16 colors, error, seize, restart. Windows explorer crashed when I tried to open ' my computer' or 'control panel'. I actually got a fatal exception blue screen of death at some point. Never happened to me when I owned Win 98, thankfully. Not looking good to be honest. Win 98 on Retroarch is not as stable as it was back in the day. It may be down to the fact that you can't install it with space above 2GB through Retroarch & Dosbox Pure.

I would just go with plain old DOSBox instead of doing all that through Retroarch tbh. I just tested it out and was able to get the game running fine in minutes. No need to go through the trouble of emulating Win98!