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Bard's Tale Original Game Files

You can download Commodore 64 disks from these Internet Archive links:
(the [a] represents alternate copies of the same disks; you don't likely need every version.)

Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 1 of 2 Side A).zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 1 of 2 Side A)[a2].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 1 of 2 Side A)[a].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 1 of 2 Side B).zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 1 of 2 Side B)[a].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 2 of 2 Side A).zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 2 of 2 Side A)[a].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side A)(Boot).zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side A)(Boot)[a2].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side A)(Boot)[a3].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side A)(Boot)[a].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side A)(Boot)[cr CCS].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side A)(Boot)[cr Ron].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side B)(Character Disk).zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side B)(Character Disk)[a2].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side B)(Character Disk)[a].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side B)(Character Disk)[cr CCS].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side B)(Character Disk)[cr Triangle].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts)(Side B)(Character Disk)[cr Triangle][a].zip    
Bards Tale 1 (1985)(Electronic Arts).zip

You can download the ZX Spectrum version from the Internet Archive.

You can download other versions from the Yahoo Group files section.

You can search for an original copy of The Bard's Tale.

Bard's Tale Music / Ring Tones

From Commodore 64

  1. Falkentyne's Fury MP3
  2. The Seeker's Ballad MP3
  3. Wayland's Watch MP3
  4. Badh'r Kilnfest MP3
  5. The Traveller's Tune MP3
  6. Lucklaran MP3

MIDI files

Bard's Tale Character Editors

Commodore 64

PC (MS-DOS)

Patches, Hacks, and other Downloads

PC (MS-DOS)

Windows

  • The Bard's Tale Screen Saver by Scott Nelson features the artwork for the monsters of the series from the Commodore 64 version. (Most monsters are from The Destiny Knight—and I think only a couple from Thief of Fate.)
 

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