the bard's tale
atari st
RELEASED
1985
From the box ;
"They Disbelieved My Wind Dragon. They Possessed My Greater Demon. Now It's Up to The Bard and His Magic Fire Horn..."
6 Gallant Heroes Cornered
First you explored the city.
Then the cellars and sewers below.
Now you're trapped in Harkyn's Castle.
7 levels conquered and still 9 to go.
Challenge Your Magic Skills
Command 4 different classes of Magic User:
Conjurer, Magician, Sorcerer and Wizard,
each with unique spells. And the Bard who
makes magic with his music.
85 spells in all.
But choose well the wrong spell and you're history.
Bigger. Better. Just as Good.
Written in 100% assembly language,
over 400k worth. So it's fast. It's big.
And there's computing power left over for 3-D scrolling,
full - colour mazes and animated colour monsters.
Excellent game design.
Each level is demanding and different.
There are more monsters, mazes, "specials", logic puzzles, & magic
items than you've ever seen in a game like this before.
So it's "just as good" as you hoped a
Dungeon Fantasy game could be.
There's a fire in Harkyn's Castleand the Dragon is
breathing it right at you.
3-D scrolling city map features Taverns & Temples, Towers & Guardian Statues.
85 Magic Spells, like Revelation, Animate Dead,
Summoning & Sorcerer Sight. There are sixteen different
3 - dimensional full colour mazes like Harkyn's Castle
Description ;
This game is simply a legend in the history of RPG's.
No RPG fan should be without a copy.
As revolutionary on release, as Baldur's Gate was
when it was released.
retro experience score : 10
Here are some in game screenshots ;
map scan that came with the game ;)
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