| The Bard's Tale | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Interplay Productions Krome Studios (remaster) |
| Publisher(s) | inXile Entertainment (remaster) |
| Designer(s) | Michael Cranford |
| Series | The Bard's Tale |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Mac, NES, PC-98, Windows, Xbox One, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | Apple II Commodore 64 Remaster 2018: Windows 2019: Xbox One |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Bard's Tale is a fantasy role-playing video game designed and programmed by Michael Cranford for the Apple II. It was produced by Interplay Productions in 1985 and distributed by Electronic Arts.[3] The game was ported to the Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Mac, and NES. It spawned The Bard's Tale series of games and books. The earliest editions of the game used a series title of Tales of the Unknown, but this title was dropped for later ports of The Bard's Tale and subsequent games in the series.[4][5]
In August 2018, a remastered version was released for Windows, followed by the Xbox One release in 2019.
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- ^ "Availability Update" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 4, no. 10. January 1986. p. 14.
- ^ Barton, Matt (February 23, 2007). "Part 2: The Golden Age (1985–1993)". The History of Computer Role-Playing Games. Gamasutra. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ Cranford, Michael (1985). "The Bard's Tale [Commodore 64 game manual]" (PDF). Museum of Computer Adventure Gaming History.
- ^ Cranford, Michael (1987). "The Bard's Tale [Apple IIGS game manual]" (PDF). Museum of Computer Adventure Gaming History.