Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale
Rating: 84.3
Amiga CPC AppleII AppleII ST C64 DOS Mac ZX

Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale

Released: Dec 31, 1985
Genres:
Role-playing (RPG) Squad Management Turn-based
Themes:
Crafting & Gathering Fantasy
Perspectives:
First person
Game Modes:
Single player
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Tales of the Unknown: Volume I, better known as "The Bard's Tale", is an RPG developed by Interplay Productions in 1985 originally for the Apple II. It was quickly ported to numerous other platforms and became widely successful. This was partly because it incorporated unprecedented 3D graphic design, featuring partly animated character portraits and engaging gameplay. It also helped that the game was available on the Commodore 64-the most successful game console at the time, whereas the main competitor-the Ultima series, was not.

Storyline IGDB

The Bard's Tale is a typical dungeon crawl styled game, where the objective is to gain experience and progress each character's skill level through combat and monsters. This is done by working through a number of labyrinths, solving puzzles, and upgrading equipment. In this particular dungeon crawl, the story is centred around the evil wizard Mangar, who must be defeated by a small band of unproven young Warriors, Magic Users, a couple of Bards, and a few Rogues, led by the player. Mangar has brought evil creatures into the town of Skara Brae and cast a spell of Eternal Winter, isolating Skara Brae from outside help.

Basic Info
Release Date: December 31, 1985
IGDB Rating: 84.3/100 (18)
Rating Count: 18
IGDB ID: 3141
Additional Information
IGDB Rating: 84.3/100 (18 votes)
Release Date: December 31, 1985
IGDB ID: 3141
Платформы 9
Amiga
CPC
AppleII
AppleII
ST
C64
DOS
Mac
ZX
Genres 3
Role-playing (RPG) Squad Management Turn-based
Themes 2
Crafting & Gathering Fantasy
Player Perspectives 1
First person
Game Modes 1
Single player
Developers
Interplay Productions

No description available

Publishers
Electronic Arts

No description available

Keywords
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