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Antsy · 30th July 2007, 05:22 AM

I've been playing Etrian Oddessy on me DS a lot lately, its a cracking little RPG very much in the vein of The Bards Tale games.

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Now I'm really jonesing for a proper remake or update of the Bards Tale games. A, when I remember the hours and hours spent hunched over my c64 and graph paper "borrowed" from school, drawing maps of all the dungeons as I went

Gaara · 5th August 2007, 06:47 PM

LOL, I think the bards tale games were a little over my head at the time. I don't think I really got in to rpgs in any form until maybe Final Fantasy 7.. unless the 2 zelda games on NES count of course.

YZ250 · 9th August 2007, 11:42 AM

I agree Gaara, dont know what it was just never got around to playing Bards Tale, maybe the same a little over my head

paenggoy · 9th August 2007, 05:26 PM

I remember playing a game on an Apple IIc+. Is Bard's Tale the one with the 3D line graphics?

morte · 13th August 2007, 08:40 AM

yup 3d line graphs in the dungeons... countless hours I spent back in the c64 days with graph paper slowly mapping every dungeon (damn those teleporters and spinner traps)

Tulgar · 13th August 2007, 09:53 AM

lol. BT3 was one of my favourites. I was blown away how big the game was.

I actually got a c64 emulator recently just to play it again. even got some .pdf file somewhere with the wheel coder thingy. I loved the auto-mapper!!

Sytes · 14th August 2007, 10:16 AM

If I recall correctly - I played Bards Tale from CASSETTE on my Commodore Vic 20... It may have been the 64.. though pretty sure it was the VIC20..

WOW! YOU BROUGHT BACK SOME INCREDIBLE MEMORIES!!!! Haha!

How about LUNAR LANDER for the Sinclair? LOL! The days of BASIC LANGUAGE...

10 IF "xxxxx" goto 30
20 IF "YYYY" goto 40
30....
40....

WOW! Haha! Good times!

Chewbacca · 14th August 2007, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by paenggoy

I remember playing a game on an Apple IIc+. Is Bard's Tale the one with the 3D line graphics?

Could also have been Wizardry....but I played Bards Tale as well. So many paper maps on my desk at the time......anyone remember playing cards for money in Bards Tale?

Drac · 14th August 2007, 04:41 PM

Bards Tale rocked!

I was big on RPGs from a young age. My older brother used to (and still does) run pen & paper RPGs, back then it was classic D&D and Rifts (Palladium). I remember walking to school whan I was in the 4th grade chatting to my other brother (also older) about my characters and the past weekends adventures. Bards tale and the D&D games of a similar ilk were some of my favourites on the C64.

I preferred Pool of Radiance and the other D&D games over Bards Tale though. My characters always had pink and purple hair.

Gaara · 14th August 2007, 06:51 PM

Pen and Paper RPGs, I have been constantly disturbed by basements full of people with their pen paper cards and the like.

Or measuring tapes for those in Warhammer land

Just seems a little strange folk to me.

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Antsy Dangerous Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland. Posts: 445	Bards Tale I've been playing Etrian Oddessy on me DS a lot lately, its a cracking little RPG very much in the vein of The Bards Tale games. GameAlmighty.com - Etrian Odyssey - DS Now I'm really jonesing for a proper remake or update of the Bards Tale games. A, when I remember the hours and hours spent hunched over my c64 and graph paper "borrowed" from school, drawing maps of all the dungeons as I went __________________

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Gaara Deadly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Posts: 647	LOL, I think the bards tale games were a little over my head at the time. I don't think I really got in to rpgs in any form until maybe Final Fantasy 7.. unless the 2 zelda games on NES count of course. __________________ "A cute girl stopped me on the way, so I danced."- Kakashi Hatake

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Sytes Deadly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 943	If I recall correctly - I played Bards Tale from CASSETTE on my Commodore Vic 20... It may have been the 64.. though pretty sure it was the VIC20.. WOW! YOU BROUGHT BACK SOME INCREDIBLE MEMORIES!!!! Haha! How about LUNAR LANDER for the Sinclair? LOL! The days of BASIC LANGUAGE... 10 IF "xxxxx" goto 30 20 IF "YYYY" goto 40 30.... 40.... WOW! Haha! Good times! __________________ I'm paper, your Rock... eh, nerf scissors! Last edited by Sytes; 14th August 2007 at 10:16 AM. Reason: spelling

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Drac Elite Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,199	Bards Tale rocked! I was big on RPGs from a young age. My older brother used to (and still does) run pen & paper RPGs, back then it was classic D&D and Rifts (Palladium). I remember walking to school whan I was in the 4th grade chatting to my other brother (also older) about my characters and the past weekends adventures. Bards tale and the D&D games of a similar ilk were some of my favourites on the C64. I preferred Pool of Radiance and the other D&D games over Bards Tale though. My characters always had pink and purple hair. __________________ Shhh, this sig is a work in progress.. Last edited by Drac; 14th August 2007 at 05:01 PM.

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Gaara Deadly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Posts: 647	Pen and Paper RPGs, I have been constantly disturbed by basements full of people with their pen paper cards and the like. Or measuring tapes for those in Warhammer land Just seems a little strange folk to me. __________________ "A cute girl stopped me on the way, so I danced."- Kakashi Hatake

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9th August 2007, 11:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
YZ250 Elite Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: A Little Place in The Golden Triangle Posts: 2,015	I agree Gaara, dont know what it was just never got around to playing Bards Tale, maybe the same a little over my head

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paenggoy Thread Necromancer Deadly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Manila Posts: 664	I remember playing a game on an Apple IIc+. Is Bard's Tale the one with the 3D line graphics?

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morte Elite Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toowoomba QLD TOG Sponsor:You can be to 8) Posts: 1,089	yup 3d line graphs in the dungeons... countless hours I spent back in the c64 days with graph paper slowly mapping every dungeon (damn those teleporters and spinner traps)

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Tulgar Deadly Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia. TOG sponsor! Go on and do it too! Posts: 866	lol. BT3 was one of my favourites. I was blown away how big the game was. I actually got a c64 emulator recently just to play it again. even got some .pdf file somewhere with the wheel coder thingy. I loved the auto-mapper!!

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