Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale (1985)
Apple II · Commodore C64/128/MAX
3.49 from 57 ratings
198 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 71 backlogged · 33 wish listed
How long? Main story 12h · 100% 40h (from 2 logged playthroughs)
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 …
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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.
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Details
- Developers
- Interplay Productions
- Publishers
- Electronic Arts
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Franchises
- The Bard's Tale
- Series
- The Bard's Tale
Release dates
- Sep 1985 (Full Release) (North_America) Apple II
- Feb 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Commodore C64/128/MAX
- 1986 (Full Release) (Europe) Commodore C64/128/MAX
Also available on
- Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale (1986) · AMI, A2GS, AST
- Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale (1987) · DOS
- Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale (1988) · CPC
- The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (1988) · SPEC
- Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale (1989) · MAC
- The Bard's Tale (1990) · famicom
- The Bard's Tale (1991) · NES
Related
Bundled in
- Interplay's 10 Year Anthology: Classic Collection (Dec 1993) · DOS, PC
- The Bard's Tale Trilogy (Aug 2018) · MAC, PC, XONE
Rating distribution
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