RPG’s Of Yesteryear: Bard’s Tale
I decided once in awhile I am going to pay homage to RPG’s of yesteryear. Without RPG’s I don’t think we would have MMORPG’s..we would just have Second Life.
My first RPG I will be paying homage to is Bards Tale. It was made by Electronic Arts. I played it on the Commodore 64.
- of a cold and wintery day;
- And a price men had to pay.
- The Dark one came to stay,
- Had rescued Skara Brae”
The Bard would sing in the opening of the Bard’s Tale. Poor Skara Brae trapped in a spell of eternal winter. I remember seeing the 3D town as you walked about it. Seeing animated Enemy portraits. I use to spend hours mapping dungeons on graph paper, committing 4 letter spells to memory so I wouldn’t have to look them up. I remember staying up until the wee hours of the evening to get to the next part of the dungeon.
They say you never forget your first, well I’ll never forget my first RPG. Bard’s Tale.
October 23, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Bard’s Tale rocked! But my first was Ultima IV.
October 23, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Yeah Bards Tale spoiled me, I couldn’t get into Ultima series.
October 23, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I loved Bard’s Tail! It was a great porn… Oh, Batd’s Tale my bad, never heard of it.
I was a Might and Magic lova
October 23, 2009 at 3:58 pm
That will be my next RPG M&M, I will paying tribute too
October 23, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Bard’s Tale was my first as well. I played it on an Apple II with one of those green screen monitors. I actually still have the original packaging and game for all three Bard’s Tale games, unfortunately I don’t think the disks are still readable. If you want to really go down memory lane you can play it via DosBox, check out http://www.bardstaleonline.com/.
October 23, 2009 at 5:24 pm
I remember Dark Sun very fondly.
October 23, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Dark Sun, a Gold box bastard child if I remember correct.
October 23, 2009 at 5:34 pm
MIBL!
October 23, 2009 at 6:19 pm
AHhh Mindblade!!! FLCO!