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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.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
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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- Download MESSUI and extract it.
- Make a
roms folder in the MESSUI folder.
- Download
apple2gs.zip from the latest MESS BIOS Collection and put it in the MESSUI roms folder.
- Launch the game through The Bard's Tale (2005), then exit.
- Go to the Save game data location location and copy
bt1d1.2mg and bt1d2.2mg into the MESSUI roms folder. Or alternatively you can manually unpack 3 files iibt1.bin, iibt12.bin and iibt3.bin found in the game installation (on Linux they are under "res" subdirectory) using these passwords (they are password encrypted ZIP archives):
02iibt112 for iibt1.bin 02iibt212 for iibt2.bin 02iibt312 for iibt3.bin
- Run MESS and select Apple IIgs (ROM03).
- Go to the Device View tab and mount
bt1d1.2mg and bt1d2.2mg as Floppy Disk (Sony).
- Run Apple IIgs (ROM03) to start the game.
- Choose Slot 5, Drive 2 when prompted for a characters disk.
- To configure the output scaler, Vsync, etc. right-click Apple IIgs (ROM03) and choose Properties.
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Game data
Save game data location
System |
Location |
DOS |
<path-to-game>\*.TPW |
Windows |
%LOCALAPPDATA%\inXile entertainment\bt1d2.2mg |
Mac OS (Classic) |
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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.
Video
Input
Audio
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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System requirements
DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
2000, XP, Vista |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 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 |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6 |
Processor (CPU) |
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System memory (RAM) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3.6 GB |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
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Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 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 |
References