The Bard's Tale

1985 role-playing video game
VideoGame video_game Q1415070
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Summary

The Bard's Tale is a video game[1].

Key Facts

  • Publisher: Electronic Arts[2]
  • Genre: dungeon crawl[3], role-playing video game[4], urban crawl[5]
  • Followed by: The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight[6]
  • Developer: Interplay Entertainment[7]
  • Part of the series: The Bard's Tale[8]
  • Designed by: Michael Cranford[9]
  • Platform: ZX Spectrum[10], DOS[11], Commodore Amiga[12], Nintendo Entertainment System[13], Atari ST[14], Commodore 64[15], Amstrad CPC[16], Apple IIGS[17], Classic Mac OS[18], Microsoft Windows[19], macOS[20], Linux[21]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[22]
  • Language of work or name: English[23], French[24], Italian[25]

Body

Publication

Publication dates include 1985[26] and November 1991[27]. Languages include English[23], French[24], Italian[25], German[28], Spanish[29], and Polish[30]. Recorded distribution format include compact cassette[31], digital distribution[32], and digital download[33].

Reception

Reviews include 94%[34].

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 12
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  2. 5w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 232
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  3. 5w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 94%, 94%
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