The Bard's Tale
Aliases  The Bard's Tale Vol 1: Tales of the Unknown
Release Date  1988
Original Publisher  Electronic Arts (USA/UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: RPG
Max. Players  1
Edited with  Bard Tales Service
Original Price  £8.95
Disk Price  £14.95
Tie-in Licences  The Bard's Tale (Software) from Interplay Productions Inc (USA)
Other Platforms  Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4 (unofficial), Macintosh, NES, PC/DOS
Average mag. score  81.80% (5 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  80.6% (37 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     Michael Cranford (USA)at Interplay Productions Inc - ?
     Eric Joyner (USA) - Inlay/Poster Art

Review Awards
     "Your Sinclair Megagame"at Your Sinclairissue #33 - 1988/Seppage 28

Remarks
     The +3 disk version has some extra images: one for the Guild, one for Garth's Shoppe and one for the temples. These are just the standard house graphic in the 48K version.

Remarks
     ZXSR: Available on +3 disk for £14.95.

Compilations
     Demo version inSinclair User issue 73: Megatape 2(1988/Apr)by Magazine Sinclair User - covertape from issue #73 - 1988/Apr

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
BardsTaleThe.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 BardsTaleThe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(Unspecified custom loader)English
 BardsTaleThe(partyMerger).z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English - (party merger)
 BardsTaleThe.dsk.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     BardsTaleThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     BardsTaleThe.gif4,770OriginalRunning screen
     BardsTaleThe_2.jpg233,700OriginalInlay - Front
     BardsTaleThe.jpg1,024,457OriginalInlay - Front
     BardsTaleThe_Back.jpg311,539OriginalInlay - Back
     BardsTaleThe.txt38,446OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     BardsTaleThe(EN).pdf974,299OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     BardsTaleThe.jpg136,889OriginalGame map
     BardsTaleThe.zip373,761OriginalGame map
     BardsTaleThe_2.jpg221,478OriginalGame map
     BardsTaleThe_original.jpg554,392OriginalGame map
     SUPoster073.jpg424,836OriginalMagazine poster - Sinclair User magazine poster
     BardsTaleThe.jpg219,264OriginalAdvertisement
     BardsTaleThe_2.jpg264,917OriginalAdvertisement

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #64-1987/Febpage 108- Review - not a Spectrum article
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #83-1988/Seppage 80- Review: 7/10
     Crashissue v.1 #55-1988/Augpage 55- Review: 86%
     Sinclair Userissue #77-1988/Augpage 88- Review: 89%
     The Games Machineissue #10-1988/Seppage 68- Review: 74%
     Your Sinclairissue #33-1988/Seppage 28- Review: 9/10

Magazine References
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #7-1988/Aprpage 114- News/Note
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #8-1988/Maypage 107- News/Note
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #31-1990/Aprpage 91- Tips
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #37-1990/Octpage 161- Tips
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #41-1991/Febpage 63- Feature - The ACE guide to THE GREATEST GAMES of all time (probably)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #69-1987/Julpage 69- Letters
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #69-1987/Julpage 71- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #84-1988/Octpage 93- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #94-1989/Seppage 93- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #96-1989/Novpage 110- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #99-1990/Febpage 78- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #100-1990/Marpage 88- Tips
     Computer Gamerissue #24-1987/Marpage 63- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #62-1989/Marpage 28- Map
     Crashissue v.1 #62-1989/Marpage 28- Tips
     New Computer Expressissue #4-1988/Dec/3page 38- Feature - Games That Take Over Your Life
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #6-1988/Feb/11 special "week#2"page 22- Feature - Magical mysteries
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #6-1988/Feb/11 special "week#2"page 22- Tips
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #37-1988/Sep/22 special "week#4"page 19- Tips
     SSD-IIissue 1999/Seppage 0- Information
     Sinclair Userissue #73-1988/Aprpage 8- CoverGame
     Sinclair Userissue #73-1988/Aprpage 58- Poster
     Sinclair Userissue #73-1988/Aprpage 102- Preview
     Sinclair Userissue #79-1988/Octpage 88- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #80-1988/Novpage 88- Tips
     Your Computerissue v.6 #9-1986/Seppage 59- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #26-1988/Febpage 53- CompoEntry
     Your Sinclairissue #29-1988/Maypage 9- Preview
     Your Sinclairissue #33-1988/Seppage 74- CompoResult
     Your Sinclairissue #35-1988/Novpage 99- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #36-1988/Decpage 72- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #37-1989/Janpage 36- Map
     Your Sinclairissue #37-1989/Janpage 93- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #38-1989/Febpage 56- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #39-1989/Marpage 61- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #43-1989/Julpage 65- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #45-1989/Seppage 38- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #45-1989/Seppage 54- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #48-1989/Decpage 76- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #50-1990/Febpage 63- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #54-1990/Junpage 58- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #57-1990/Seppage 54- Tips

Magazine Advertisements
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #3-1987/Decpage 13- Advert
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #22-1989/Julpage 59- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #83-1988/Seppage 57- Full-page ad
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #92-1989/Junpage 15- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #93-1989/Jul special "93a"page 87- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #93-1989/Aug special "93b"page 13- Advert
     Crashissue v.1 #54-1988/Julpage 27- Full-page ad

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