The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown

Long ago, when magic still prevailed, the evil wizard Mangar the Dark threatened a small but harmonious country town called Skara Brae. Evil creatures oozed into Skara Brae and joined his shadow domain. Mangar froze the surrounding lands with a spell of Eternal Winter, totally isolating Skara Brae from any possible help. Then, one night the town militiamen all disappeared. The future of Skara Brae hung in the balance. And who was left to resist? Only a handful of unproven young Warriors, junior Magic Users, a couple of Bards barely old enough to drink, and some out of work Rogues. You are there. You are the leader of this ragtag group of freedom fighters. Luckily you have a Bard with you to sing your glories, if you survive. For this is the stuff of legends. And so the story begins...

Zerothis - # 2008-05-03 08:23:51 - official description - Box

software: The Bard's Tale engine,

display: raster

Apparently influenced by D&D and the Wizardry series.

Sanguine # 2009-09-23 09:51:45

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To cast one of the 85 available spells, the player needs to consult the game's manual to find the corresponding four letter code.

(Zerothis) - # 2008-05-03 08:31:13

has influenced
Anoraks of Doom (Linux)
Towers of Saucisse-Notah (Linux)
Pizza Reaction (Linux)
Nox Archaist (Apple II E)

prequel of
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (Apple II E)

similar to
Centauri Alliance (Apple II E)

version of
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Amiga)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Apple IIGS)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Atari ST)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Amstrad CPC)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (C64)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (MS-DOS)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (ZX Spectrum)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Mac OS Classic)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (NEC PC9801)
The Bard's Tale (NES)