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| Full title | Bard's Tale, The |
| Also known as | Bard's Tale Vol 1, The: Tales of the Unknown |
| Year of release | 1988 |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts (UK) |
| Author(s) | Interplay Productions Inc (Michael Cranford) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Keyboard |
| Type | Adventure: RPG |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £8.95 (£14.95 for disk version) |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | A demo version appeared on side B of covertape SU issue 73: Megatape 2 (Sinclair User)
Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | There also is an editor available: Bard Tales Service. |
| SPOT comments | Sinclair User cover demo |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and NES An unofficial conversion exists for the Commodore Plus/4 |
| Score |
8.27 (35 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Encoding scheme | ||
 | BardsTaleThe.tzx.zip | 111,953 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5015839010620 | Unspecified custom loader | |||
 | BardsTaleThe.dsk.zip | 106,152 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | 5015839010613 | ||||
|  | BardsTaleThe.tap.zip | 94,500 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | |||||
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|  | BardsTaleThe(partyMerger).z80.zip | 8,366 | ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | BardsTaleThe.gif | 1,431 | (Loading screen) |
| BardsTaleThe.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| BardsTaleThe.gif | 4,770 | (In-game screen) | |
 | BardsTaleThe.txt | 38,446 | (English instructions) |
| BardsTaleThe.jpg | 136,889 | (Game map) |
| BardsTaleThe.zip | 373,761 | (Game map) |
| BardsTaleThe_2.jpg | 221,478 | (Game map) |
| BardsTaleThe_original.jpg | 554,392 | (Game map) |
| BardsTaleThe.jpg | 85,083 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| BardsTaleThe_2.jpg | 233,700 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| BardsTaleThe.jpg | 219,264 | (Advertisement) | |
| BardsTaleThe_2.jpg | 264,917 | (Advertisement) | |
| BardsTaleThe_Poster.jpg | 424,836 | (Sinclair User magazine poster) |
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| 2 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Your Computer | 9.86 | page 59 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.87 | page 108 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 3.87 | page 63 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.87 | page 69 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.87 | page 71 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.88 | page 222 | (Tips) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.88 | page 222 | (Feature - Magical mysteries) | |
| ACE | 4.88 | page 114 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.88 | page 8 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.88 | page 58 | (Poster) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.88 | page 102 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 5.88 | page 107 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.88 | page 9 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.88 | page 55 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.88 | page 88 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.88 | page 80 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 9.88 | page 68 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.88 | page 419 | (Tips) | |
| Your Sinclair | 9.88 | page 28 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.88 | page 93 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.88 | page 88 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.88 | page 88 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 99 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 12.88 | page 138 | (Feature - Games That Take Over Your Life) | |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 72 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.89 | page 36 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.89 | page 93 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.89 | page 56 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.89 | page 28 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.89 | page 28 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.89 | page 61 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.89 | page 65 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.89 | page 93 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.89 | page 38 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.89 | page 54 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.89 | page 110 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.89 | page 76 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.90 | page 78 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.90 | page 63 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.90 | page 88 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 4.90 | page 91 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 6.90 | page 58 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.90 | page 54 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.90 | page 161 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.91 | page 63 | (Feature - The ACE guide to THE GREATEST GAMES of all time (probably)) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 12.87 | page 13 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.88 | page 53 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.88 | page 27 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.88 | page 57 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.88 | page 74 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.89 | page 15 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.89 | page 59 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.89 | page 87 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.89 | page 13 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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