Game Information
Overall Rank: 6648
Average Rating: 0.5/5
# of Ratings: 1
US Release Date: 11/01/1985
Platform: PC
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Dungeon Crawler, Turn-Based RPG)
Multiplayer: No
Developer: Interplay Entertainment
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Full Game Reviews
Rating of
0.5/5
Tard’s Bale
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 07/05/2021
Way back in 1985, while I was still watching “Sesame Street” and “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” and getting ready to start Kindergarten, older Gen X nerds were consorting with the Devil, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and those with the technical exposure were turning such experiences into the first cRPGs – Computerized Role-Playing Games. By the time “The Bard’s Tale: Tales of the Unknown” (“BT1”) was developed by Interplay and published by the embryonic Electronic Arts, cRPGs had been happening in the PC space for over 5 years already, beginning with the efforts of Origin founder, Richard Garriott, and his “Akalabeth: World of Doom” and ‘Ultima’ franchise. CRPGs in the console space were not far behind, with the original “Dragon Quest” shifting paradigms to …
Recent Game Talk Posts
No posts have been made on this game yet. Be the first to start talking about The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown!
