The Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled
Release Date: 11 Dec, 2009
About the Game
Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!
You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through magical song you summon characters to join your quest for coin and cleavage!
Prepare to immerse yourself in over 20-30 hours of adventure, featuring:
- 50 enemy types (not counting bosses!)
- A vast world to explore with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, towers, secret dungeons, snowy mountains, caverns, haunted tombs and more
- A full cast of bizarre NPC’s
- Over a dozen special boss enemies to defeat
- 16 magical characters to discover and then summon at will to aid you
- Over 150 unique items of weaponry, armor, instruments, tokens, artifacts and loot!
- More Song & Dance numbers than any other game, including a zombie dance-off!
- Over 14 hours of outstanding voice-acting from top Hollywood talent, including Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as the Bard, and the inimitable Tony Jay as the Narrator
- Classics Games—includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3.
PC Features
- Includes Original Classic Trilogy! Experience the legendary games that started it all!
- Full keyboard & mouse controls, as well as controller support.
- Supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish and Russian languages.
- German voice-over (accessible under Sound Options when game language is set to German)!
- High-resolution and widescreen support!
- Performance enhancements.
- External URLs links on main menu for support pages and related media.
- Bug fixes to original console release.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
- OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Processor: Pentium 4 2Ghz / AMD AthlonXP 2400
- Memory: 512Mb
- Graphics: GeForce FX5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9600 or better
- DirectX®: 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 6GB of free space
- Sound: DirectX 9 Compatible Sound Card
Mac OS X
- OS: OS X 10.6.0 or higher
- Hard Drive: 3.6GB Hard disk space
SteamOS + Linux
- OS: X11 enabled Linux distro
- Processor: Pentium 4 2Ghz / AMD AthlonXP 2400
- Memory: 512Mb
- Graphics: GeForce FX5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9600 or better
- OpenGL: 2.0 compatible video card and compatible drivers
- Hard Drive: 3.8GB of free space
- Sound: OpenAL compatible sound card and necessary drivers
Thunder Spider Tune
Learned the song of the Thunder Spider
Rodent's Bane
Defeated the rats in the cellar
Dog Whisperer
Talked to Roxy the dog
Summon Caleigh
Used Caleigh's Artifact to summon Caleigh
Heroine Tune
Learned the song of the Heroine
Bugbear Slayer
Defeated the Bugbear of Houton
Chapter I
Finished Chapter 1: Houton
Chapter II
Finished Chapter 2: Neversdale Forest
Light Fairy Tune
Learned the song of the Light Fairy
Crone Tune
Learned the song of the Crone
Chapter III
Finished Chapter 3: Kirkwall
Mercenary Tune
Learned the song of the Mercenary
Bodyguard Tune
Learned the song of the Bodyguard
Chapter VIII
Finished Chapter 8: Dounby
Explorer Tune
Learned the song of the Explorer
Chapter IV
Finished Chapter 4: Highland Park
Grouse Hunter
Hunted 1 grouse
Token Starter-Kit
Collected 5 tokens
Summon Herne
Used Herne's Artifact to summon Herne
Elemental Tune
Learned the song of the Elemental
Chapter V
Finished Chapter 5: The Forest Tower
Chapter VI
Finished Chapter 6: The Mountain Pass
Knight Tune
Learned the song of the Knight
Chapter IX
Finished Chapter 9: Finstown
Chapter VII
Finished Chapter 7: The Mountain Tower
Gouger Tune
Learned the song of the Gouger
Rogue Tune
Learned the song of the Rogue
Summon Lugh
Used Lugh's Artifact to summon Lugh
Brute Tune
Learned the song of the Brute
Token Collection
Collected 10 tokens
Knocker Tune
Learned the song of the Knocker
Crowd Pleaser
Participated in the talent show in Dounby
Enchantress Tune
Learned the song of the Enchantress
Chapter X
Finished Chapter 10: Greenlands
Chapter XIII
Finished Chapter 13: The Island Tower
Chapter XII
Finished Chapter 12: The Firbolg Mines
Chapter XI
Finished Chapter 11: Stromness
Behemoth Tune
Learned the song of the Behemoth
Blood Stained Map
Collected the Blood Stained Map from the Wandering Trow to unlock secret area
Ratty Old Map
Collected the Ratty Old Map from the Wandering Trow to unlock secret area
Ancient Parchment Map
Collected the Ancient Parchment Map from the Wandering Trow to unlock secret area
Weather Stained Map
Collected the Weather Stained Map from the Wandering Trow to unlock secret area
The Bard
Finished the game on Normal Mode
Chicken Slayer
Killed 30 chickens
Cow Tipper
Tipped 30 Cows
Summon Mannanan
Used Mannanan's Artifact to summon Mannanan
Brew Connoisseur
Drank 1 beverage in each of the 5 bars: The Drunken Rat, The Aiken Drum, Trowies Pub, The Fat Lute, and The Tup
The Chosen Bard
Finished the game on Easy Mode
Token Trove
Collected 20 tokens
Stairway to Heaven
Donated 20,000 silver at the Kirks (churches)
Olde School Bard
Finished the game on Olde School Mode
Firbolg
The Bard
The Tale of a Bard
Draughr
Wee Beastie
Redcap
Mannanan
Isabel
