I've since discovered that there have been 2 video games released on the PC in the past based on the Riftwar saga.

Betrayal at Krondor, released for MS-DOS in 1993 by Sierra.

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It does look quite dated, but then it is nearly 20 years old. The game is played in 1st person, or an overhead wirld map view. And combat is 3rd person turn based. Its meant to have a very large open game world to explore and became very popular at the time. And us mentioned as a great RPG.

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Return to Krondor, released for Windows in 1998, again by Sierra.

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This game was delayed in development for years, but it shows by having a full 3D game engine. But unlike the first game that was first person, with 3rd person in combat, this sequel is completely third person in a similar way to something like Dark Alliance.

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Reception

Both games received very good reviews. The 1st game became a veey popular ROG among friends, hence a very large open world. The sequel is far smaller but still received good reception.

Novelisation

The story for the game wasn't originally written by Feist himself, but they are considered canon. They were later adapted into novels as the 1st and 3rd books in the Riftwar Legacy Trilogy. And events within the game and this teilogy are referenced in Feist's later novels.

Betrayal in Antara

This is a third game based on the same Feist world, but it is not considered canon. There was a bit of a mess here.

After the first game was released on floppy it didn't sell very well. Sierra had begun work on a sequel, but cancelled it and sold the rights back to Feist and the license for the game was picked up by 7th Level. But after the first game was rereleased on CD it started to sell really well and became popular. So Sierra began work again on another new sequel, but unlicensed so it doesn't have the names of known Feist characters or places.

Sierra's unlicensed sequel was released under the name Betrayal in Antara in 1997. It used an updated version of the same game engine as the original.

But for the official sequel 7th Level worked on it, thrn passed it on to thr developer Pyrotechnix to complete it. But in 1997 they were purchased by Sierra, and a year later in 1998 the licensed and original sequel Return to Krondor was released by Sierra as the official sequel to the original.

Very confusing.
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