The "free" game is of questionable legality - it was released as a free download by Dynamix for a while back in the day, but putting it up for others to download wasn't covered in that. Just because it's out there doesn't mean it's a legal, legit copy (heck, doesn't mean somebody didn't stick some spyware in the installer). The version from gog should be a legal copy - of both Krondor games, not just the first that you may be able to find elsewhere.
And gog wraps the virtual machine software for you and guarantees it will work or your money back. Both are a nice plus. I think Steam used to have the Krondor games for a while, but I'm not certain about that - they're not there now, but if they were, that's another reputable source. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Milan Husak <[email protected]> wrote: > But to be fair you should also know that you can download it for free > almost everywhere: > http://www.abandonwaredos.com/abandonware-game.php?gid=MTQ5NA== > ... > Not sure if the old version of the game will run on new systems though. > > > MH > > ---------- Původní zpráva ---------- > Od: Earl Borah <[email protected]> > Komu: feistfans-l <[email protected]> > Datum: 29. 8. 2014 23:30:38 > Předmět: Kronder games on sale > > For folks who've been on the list a while, this is old news that crops up > about twice a year - feel free to ignore this. If you're new, or missed > earlier deals, I thought I'd pass it on. > > The site gog.com sells legal copies of various computer games, including > old games configured to run on modern OS's. This weekend they're having a > sale that includes Betrayal at Krondor and Return to Krondor, You can buy > both for under $5 US combined (and they sell world-wide, so if you're not > in the US you may still be able to purchase). They're guaranteed to run on > Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 (toying with picking them up and trying them > under Windows 8, though I own original signed CD-ROMs of each). > > The games came first - Krondor: The Betrayal is based on the game, > expanding on what happened, and other books in the Krondor series fill in > around the story. > > BaK is often considered one of the best games of it's kind of all time, > even by people with no other interest in Ray's books. Return to Krondor is > entirely different, not quite as good in the gameplay department, but still > a lot of fun. > > Betrayal at Krondor is bundled with Betrayal at Antara, built on the same > engine but unrelated to Midkemia - and apparently broken, with a bug that > causes it to crash. Betrayal at Krondor is worth the price by itself, > though, so I'd just skip Antara entirely. > > I get nothing from the sale of these games - Ray may still get a few > pennies, I don't know (and I'm not asking). > > =
