Bard's Tale III
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Bard's Tale III
Post #39 Bard's Tale III
I have the games on disc for DOS, but I originally played them on an Apple IIe computer. My first experiences with a party and traveling below ground into dungeons where I found monsters galore and equally important artifacts, items, musical instruments and weapons to descend further into the depths of the undergrounds searching for clues to answer the riddles of the ancient magic mouths. A great and classic trilogy that no one has been able to quite match or live up to its expectations. Of course I'm talking about the Bard's Tale Trilogy. I recently found a factory sealed Bard's Tale III (Apple II+, IIe, IIc, IIGS) version on Ebay and I won it. Woohoo!! I'm thinking I might frame it and put it up on my wall for display. I can't think of a better game to frame than this one. An amazing classic dungeon crawl. A CRPG at its best.
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I have the games on disc for DOS, but I originally played them on an Apple IIe computer. My first experiences with a party and traveling below ground into dungeons where I found monsters galore and equally important artifacts, items, musical instruments and weapons to descend further into the depths of the undergrounds searching for clues to answer the riddles of the ancient magic mouths. A great and classic trilogy that no one has been able to quite match or live up to its expectations. Of course I'm talking about the Bard's Tale Trilogy. I recently found a factory sealed Bard's Tale III (Apple II+, IIe, IIc, IIGS) version on Ebay and I won it. Woohoo!! I'm thinking I might frame it and put it up on my wall for display. I can't think of a better game to frame than this one. An amazing classic dungeon crawl. A CRPG at its best.
Bard's Tale III cover (front)
Bard's Tale III cover (back)
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I found a factory-sealed copy of Wizardry Gold on EvilBay, and I bought a sealed copy of Civilization (the original!) at a flea market. Still got both too, but I opened WizGold since at the time I lacked a working DOS version of Wiz7. Now I have one, so it's no longer needed. I may still reinstall it though. Just so it can have an icon next to Wizardry 8.
As far as Bard's Tale goes, I have the manual to 2, the map to 2 and 3, half the manual to 3, the Dragon Wars manual, and the clue book to 3. As well as original disks for 1, 2, and Dragon Wars, all of which no longer work.
Technically, I have more, since I have the NEW Bard's Tale for PC, which includes all three original titles with docs included. My brother's playing that as we speak; and made it halfway through the game in the last two days.
As far as Bard's Tale goes, I have the manual to 2, the map to 2 and 3, half the manual to 3, the Dragon Wars manual, and the clue book to 3. As well as original disks for 1, 2, and Dragon Wars, all of which no longer work.
Technically, I have more, since I have the NEW Bard's Tale for PC, which includes all three original titles with docs included. My brother's playing that as we speak; and made it halfway through the game in the last two days.
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For the C-64, I have all 3 Bard's Tales as well as the cluebooks for 2&3. But nothing factory sealed. I still play them every now and again, but since it is so slow (I don't know how I managed to play back in the day, it was so slow) I usually use an emulator.
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You threw them out? I've thrown out plenty of boxes, but never any maps. Those just vanish into my file cabinets, never to be seen again!
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My C64 was in regular use for games up to '95 or '96. Last I played with it was two years ago. The C64 is fine, as is the monitor and everything else. The floppies, however, are pretty well shot.
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San Angelo... What do you know? Now tell me do you have something to say? Don't get me wrong, I miss my home, and it feels like I'm a million miles away.
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Actually, the cars have thrown up all over it at least 6 times. It's just indestructible.
And I wouldn't bother coming. Not only do my disks no longer work, the Giant Carnivorous Squirrel will probably eat you before you get through the first hallways.
And I wouldn't bother coming. Not only do my disks no longer work, the Giant Carnivorous Squirrel will probably eat you before you get through the first hallways.
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San Angelo... What do you know? Now tell me do you have something to say? Don't get me wrong, I miss my home, and it feels like I'm a million miles away.
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Hey check this out. Cheek.org quoted my blog entry about Bard's Tale III. I've been quoted twice there now. Very Cool! 8)
Bard's Tale III Sparks Memories
Bard's Tale III Sparks Memories