The Bard's Tale
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This page is for the original 1987 game. For the 2005 reboot, see The Bard's Tale (2005). For the 2018 trilogy remake, see The Bard's Tale Trilogy.
Developers | |
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Interplay Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Europe | Ariolasoft |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1987 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1989 |
Windows (emulator) | June 17, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) (emulator) | May 31, 2012 |
Linux (emulator) | October 10, 2013 |
General information
Availability
- All digital versions include The Bard's Tale, The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight, The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, and The Bard's Tale (2005).
Essential improvements
Run in MESS
- Digital versions of The Bard's Tale (2005) include the Apple IIgs version emulated in a custom KEGS build.
- Using MESS allows for save states, windowed mode, control customisation and many other enhancements.
Move game files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\*.TPW |
Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\inXile entertainment\bt1d2.2mg |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/The Bard's Tale/btpriv/bt1d2.2mg |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/BardTale/bt1d2.2mg |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+ |
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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 |
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 | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+ |
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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 |