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This page is for the 2005 reboot. For the original 1987 game, see The Bard's Tale. For the 2018 trilogy remake, see The Bard's Tale Trilogy.
Developers | |
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InXile Entertainment | |
Linux | Square One Games |
Publishers | |
Vivendi Universal Games | |
Engines | |
Dark Alliance Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 17, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) | May 31, 2012 |
Linux | October 10, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 70 |
IGDB | 77 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SafeDisc 4 DRM[Note 1] | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- All versions also include The Bard's Tale, The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight and The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate.
Version differences
The retail release includes DOS versions of the original trilogy while digital releases include emulated Apple II/Apple IIgs versions.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename intro videos[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\inXile entertainment\*.bin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\inXile Entertainment\The Bard's Tale |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/The Bard's Tale/settings.bin |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/BardTale/ |
- Windows display and language settings are stored in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\inXile Entertainment\The Bard's Tale
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\inXile entertainment\The Bard's Tale\Saved Games\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/The Bard's Tale/SavedGames/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/BardTale/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
- Included classic games are unpacked to in the configuration file(s) location when you run the game as
bt1d2.2mg
,bt2d2.2mg
andbt3d2.dsk
. Or if you want to unpack them without running the game, see here.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Windowed
- Toggle with ⌘ Command+F on OS X, Alt+↵ Enter on Linux. Use the steps below to enable for Windows.
Download fix (Windows)[3] |
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|
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
- Game language can be changed using
Config\The Bard's Setup.exe
in the installation folder. - Classic games are English only.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | Audio localization is avaliable only in the local retail version. download | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [4] | ||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400 |
|
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600 DirectX 9.0c compatible |
|
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.6 GB |
Linux | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400 |
|
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600 OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Notes
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ The Bard's Tale on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-09
- "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."