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Byzantine: The Betrayal

Byzantine: The Betrayal is a first-person adventure game in which the player takes the role of an American journalist, summoned to the city of Istanbul by an old college friend with the promise of a once in a…

1 October 1997

Byzantine: The Betrayal is an adventure developed by Discovery Channel Multimedia, released 1 October 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Byzantine: The Betrayal is

Byzantine: The Betrayal is an adventure game developed by Discovery Channel Multimedia and released in 1997. It was published by Discovery Communications, Inc.. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Byzantine: The Betrayal is a first-person adventure game in which the player takes the role of an American journalist, summoned to the city of Istanbul by an old college friend with the promise of a once in a lifetime story. By the time the player arrives police are already on the scene, his old friend, Emre, has run away. Players must use their investigative skills in order to uncover the secret he struggled, but failed, to reveal. Failure could mean death. The game plays in a typical first-person adventure fashion, providing 360º of freedom of movement around the player, as well as the ability to look up and down. Locations are presented as static images and talking is handled similar to…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Byzantine: The Betrayal launched on 1 October 1997, within three weeks of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut and Ultima Online.

Released around the same time: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online.

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When did Byzantine: The Betrayal come out?
Byzantine: The Betrayal was released on 1 October 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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