Byzantine: The Betrayal

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Customer Reviews:

travel,learn,and be a detective [Posted on 2003-06-29]
Byzantine/Betrayal is as good as it gets. The locations are accurate (I've been to Turkey several times) the local colour is authentic and the actors (most of whom appear to be Turks) do a fantastic job.
The story rivals anything you'll find in Gabriel Knight, The Longest Journey, Zork or Myst. And those games have been my favourites by far and... I think Byzantine may be the best of the lot, overall.
One becomes truly immersed in the atmosphere, always mysterious, slightly threatening. While uncovering the mystery of the murder one also uncovers many mysteries of the ancient civilizations which preceeded today's Turkey. Much (accurate) historical/archeological information to be gained along this marvelous, mysterious trip.

Would have been great, but..... [Posted on 2004-04-18]
I would have LOVED this game had I been able to switch CDs when called for. Every time I was told to switch CDs, I tried to open the CD tray but a message said that the drive was in use and I had no choice but to return to the Windows desktop. What I was able to play of the game was great! I tried calling the maker for support using the 800 number in the enclosed booklet, but the game was so old that no one could give me any solution to the problem.

Why don't they have more games like this? [Posted on 2005-07-15]
I go with all of the 5 star reviewers. I thought the Turkish actors were great -- much better than most of the actors in other games I have played. It also gave you an excellent idea of what Istanbul is all about. It gave you a great feel for the city. Furthermore you could actually wander around some of the magnificent old buildings from Byzantine and Ottoman times. I didn't think the puzzles were all that difficult, but I didn't mind since you could get an "education" playing the game. I am so sorry that more games like this are not made. If you can't go there, and it is tough to go places when you are 80 years old, it sure is nice to go there in a game.

Could not play on XP [Posted on 2005-09-30]
I tried everything I could do and checked everywhere on the internet to figure out how to load and play this game on XP. I could find no patches and all the directions and changes I made on my computer didn't help. I couldn't even get it to load. What a dispointment. I have played lots of older games but could always figure out how to get them to load and play on XP. It just kept telling me it had to be played on Windows 95.

Electronic Arts are you listening? Worth a companies updating for VISTA use in 2007, 2008, please. [Posted on 2008-01-13]
I played this when it came out in 1997 and was enthralled with all the sights and sounds along the way with great game play. It filled my imagination along my need for sleuthing for hours at a time.

In 1997 you really needed a high end PC for the graphic's to play, I hit an area that I could not go further within the game and I have been remorseful about not being able to play this game to the end for years now. Every time I shop for a new game I always have thoughts about why a smart, progressive company would not take this very entertain and educational game further by updating it for today's market, and the new Window's Vista.

I agree with all the favorable Amazon reviews about this game...a winner overall! Ten years ago it was higher quality than today's CSI Hard Evidence video game and ten times more fun and mysterious.

I'd buy a new version immediately...$49.99 easy!

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