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Revision as of 04:28, 30 August 2014

The Bard's Tale
The Bard's Tale cover
Developers
Interplay Productions
Publishers
Vivendi Universal Games
Release dates
DOS 1987
Mac OS (Classic) 1989
Windows June 17, 2005
macOS (OS X) May 31, 2012
Linux October 10, 2013
The Bard's Tale on Wikipedia
The Bard's Tale
The Bard's Tale 1987
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight 1988
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate 1990
The Bard's Tale Construction Set 1991
The Bard's Tale (2005) 2005
The Mage's Tale 2017
The Bard's Tale Trilogy 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut 2019
The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled 2020

This page is for the original 1987 game. For the 2005 reboot, see The Bard's Tale (2005).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
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Steam
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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.
Instructions

Game data

Save game data location

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Graphics settings (GOG.com)

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Pentium IV 2 GHz / AMD AthlonXP 2400
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce FX5700
ATI Radeon 9600
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
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) Pentium IV 2 GHz / AMD AthlonXP 2400
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce FX5700
ATI Radeon 9600
OpenGL 2.0 compatible


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