Someone play Bard's Tale with me!

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So um I just started playing this yesterday and it is kind of amazing me right now - I'm nowhere near rogueist enough to think the 1985 graphics don't detract but dude you can't rest, that is so hardcore and awesome.

Someone else start playing this with me! We can compare progress and shit. People who've played it already can talk about it here too I guess but PLEASE PLEASE don't post any sort of spoilers or hints or advice, I'm really into this.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Sure thing, I used to love that game, and can't remember one single thing about it.

Can I get it from Underd0gs?

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

Not that I can see. I'm in if there's a way to get it.

― The Yellow Kid, Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

Hang on, I'll YSI it.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I've ever been so proud of getting some dudes to level 2.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

ok! uploaded to http://www.tellbooks.com/bard1.zip with map and manual.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

Ta!

I'm really looking forward to this.

― melton mowbray (adr), Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:11 (twenty years ago)

we should do this with Wasteland, too

― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

I've got the other 2 Bard's Tales when you're ready, Gravel. I've barely played 2 but I played 3 a lot back in the day and imho it's even awesomer than the original.

― Patchouli Clark (noodle vague), Saturday, 29 October 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

Oh god this is addictive, I must have put in 20-odd hours the last two days. My party is coming on, I just got my first sorceror, so sweet. Also I *love* how hard it makes you work to find a dungeon - I've just found my first one, graph paper time!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 30 October 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

Haha NV I will probably take you up on that!

Kingfish I really like the idea of this being an ILG thing, when we finish one game! I have always wanted to play wasteland.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 30 October 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)

INTO THE SEWERS

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 06:06 (twenty years ago)

Holy crap, how disturbing is it for music to start coming out of the actual computer case (motherboard speaker?) rather than the speakers? I had forgotten really old games were like that.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 06:38 (twenty years ago)

Dosbox will be run tonight.

― jdubz (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

Is anyone else's bard really irritatingly useless?

(also how are y'all doing? I am still in the sewers, exciting incomprehensible inscriptions yay)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

Jon have you started this yet? I might join the party tonight.
xpost

― Laura H. (laurah), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

No.

― Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

REMINDER:
I NEED TO UPGRADE RADNOR/DOSBOX

― Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

seven years pass...

The updated version is currently $2.50 on steam.

Comes with originals, apparently.

― "It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Drunk!" (kingfish), Friday, 21 December 2012 09:08 (thirteen years ago)

yeah was more tempted by a trouble-free copy of the originals than the remake tbh

― Captain Humberbantz (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 December 2012 10:17 (thirteen years ago)

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