The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown
type: role-play
genre: Fantasy, Dungeon Crawler
series: The Bard's Tale
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player
game engine: The Bard's Tale engine
languages: eng
genre: Fantasy, Dungeon Crawler
series: The Bard's Tale
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player
game engine: The Bard's Tale engine
languages: eng
4.2/5
Description
Wizardry style first person RPG with a decent story. Roll your own characters or use the pre-made "A-Team" to travel through (and below) the town of Skara Brae which has been plunged into eternal winter by the wizard Mangar.
# 2002-12-26 10:17:46
# 2002-12-26 10:17:46
Technical specs
software: The Bard's Tale engine, Level editor,
hardware: Color Graphics Adapter, Enhanced Graphics Adapter, Tandy Graphics Adapter, Video Graphics Array,
display: raster
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External reviews (7) - average: 83.7% - median: 86%
review source | issue | date | score | |||
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Arcades (1-7) | fr | 6 | 1988-03 | n.a. | view | |
DOS International | de | 6 | 1988-01 | 9/10 | 90% | view |
Génération 4 (1-82) | fr | 39 | 1991-12 | 86/100 | 86% | |
Génération 4 (1-82) | fr | 40 | 1992-01 | 86/100 | 86% | |
Joystick | fr | 22 | 1991-12 | 89/100 | 89% | |
Power Play | de | 1 | 1987-11 | 90/100 | 90% | view |
Tilt 39-113 | fr | 54 | 1988-05 | 16/20 | 80% | view |
Tilt 39-113 | fr | 100 | 1992-03 | 13/20 | 65% |
Related games
prequel of
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (MS-DOS)
version of
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (C64)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Atari ST)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Apple IIGS)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Apple II E)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Amstrad CPC)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Amiga)
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)
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (MS-DOS)
version of
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (C64)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Atari ST)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Apple IIGS)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Apple II E)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Amstrad CPC)
The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Amiga)
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)
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Belgarath
dandyboh
Sanguine
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