The Bard's Tale

Adventure Game: RPGEnglishZX-Spectrum 48K
Entry Summary
ID418
TitleThe Bard's Tale
MachineZX-Spectrum 48K
LanguageEnglish
GenreAdventure Game: RPG
Max Players1
Available TypeA
Without Load ScreenNo
Without InlayNo
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Authors
Publishers
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Downloads
TypeLinkSizeMD5FlagsDetailsComments
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/b/BardsTaleThe.tzx.zip111,953-
Unspecified custom loaderOriginal release (O)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1988rel #0
Disk image/pub/sinclair/games/b/BardsTaleThe.dsk.zip106,152-
NoneOriginal release (O)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 128 +31988rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/b/BardsTaleThe.tap.zip94,500-
Undetermined
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1988rel #0
Snapshot image/pub/sinclair/games/b/BardsTaleThe(partyMerger).z80.zip8,366-
Undetermined
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1988rel #0
(party merger)
Loading screen/pub/sinclair/screens/load/b/scr/BardsTaleThe.scr6,912-
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Running screen/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/b/BardsTaleThe.gif4,770-
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Instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/b/BardsTaleThe.txt38,446-
Englishrel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/b/BardsTaleThe.jpg136,889-
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Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/b/BardsTaleThe.zip373,761-
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Advertisement/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/b/BardsTaleThe.jpg219,264-
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Magazine poster/pub/sinclair/magazines/SinclairUser/Issue073/SUPoster073.jpg424,836-
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Sinclair User magazine poster
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0000418/BardsTaleThe.jpg1,024,45715b0c997d57e6bc4bd45038ec880cc5e
NoneDouble jewel case
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Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0000418/BardsTaleThe_Back.jpg311,539917c672fd004b22f2741231a84b2f4af
NoneDouble jewel case
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Instructions/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0000418/BardsTaleThe(EN).pdf974,2999370ea24ab0744310a6c8fc479d9ea57
None
Englishrel #0
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0000418/BardsTaleThe_SideA.jpg122,89816f3622d02a01f38266af4123b9ae4d6
None
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Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0000418/BardsTaleThe_SideB.jpg124,9912317ed4c1df68592ea7d4c8101356e2b
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Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0000418/BardsTaleThe_SideB_3.jpg152,06810ce9ec17d45ef06bb2fb681af42559c
None
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Releases
Release #YearDownloads
#0198823
Origins
TypeTitlePublicationIssueDate
standaloneBard's Tale, TheElectronic Arts-1988
Relations
DirectionTypeEntry
ToEdited withBard Tales Service
Tags / Members
No tags recorded
Ports
TitlePlatformOfficialLink
-Amstrad CPCYesLink
-Commodore Plus/4NoLink
-NESYesLink
-MacintoshYesLink
Bard's Tale, The: Tales of the UnknownCommodore 64YesLink
Bard's Tale, The: Tales of the UnknownPC/DOSYesLink
Bard's Tale, The: Tales of the UnknownAmigaYesLink
Bard's Tale, The: Tales of the UnknownAtari STYesLink
Remakes
No remakes recorded
Scores
WebsiteScoreVotes
WorldOfSpectrum8.0637
Notes
TypeText
RemarksZXSR: Available on +3 disk for £14.95.
RemarksThe +3 disk version has some extra images: one for the Guild, one for Garth's Shoppe and one for the temples. These are just the standard house graphic in the 48K version.
Aliases
Release #LanguageTitle
#0enThe Bard's Tale Vol 1: Tales of the Unknown
Licenses
NameTypeOfficialLinks
The Bard's TaleSoftwareYes
Wikipedia
Web links
WebsiteLanguageURL
Wikipediaenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bard%27s_Tale_%281985_video_game%29
StrategyWikienhttps://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Bard%27s_Tale
MobyGamesenhttps://www.mobygames.com/game/tales-of-the-unknown-volume-i-the-bards-tale
The Tipshopenhttps://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?name=Bard%27s%20Tale%2c%20The
UVLenhttps://www.uvlist.net/game-12087-The+Bards+Tale+Tales+of+the+Unknown
Modern ZX-Retro Gamingenhttps://youtu.be/v1aNKi_qbVo
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