The Bard's Tale

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“The Bard’s Tale is easily the funniest game I’ve ever played, and I’ve played all the funny games out there.” – IGN

You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through song you summon magical characters to join you on your quest for coin and cleavage!

“Ready your weapon and bladder as you embark on this ridiculously addicting quest and the funniest adventure of the year, The Bard’s Tale” – Game Chronicles

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

But wait! That’s not all! Enjoy these great new additions to the original PC version:

New Features:
• Autosave—option to save automatically when you near a save-book in game.
• Full Screen Toggle—Cmd+F toggles between windowed and full screen view.
• Supports USB gamepads and sticks for controllers in addition to mouse/keyboard.
•Adaptive Rendering—displays at full native monitor resolution with user-accessible performance options**.

“This game is satire in its sharpest form” – Cheat Code Central

Play The Bard’s Tale today!

Mac OS X adaptation by Square One Games.

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10.6

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Intel Mac Only

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1 GHz

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1 GB

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3.6 GB

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Video RAM

64 MB

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6 Total Reviews

Too Much Crash

by eric smith1, USA - Apr 9th 2013

The game is very enjoyable except for the frequent crashings. I don't play much games on the mac and I have never experienced crashing like this. Other than that it is a refreshing change from the usual.

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Pre-Alpha version

by abtrapp, Austria - Mar 17th 2013

Crashes every few minutes during the dialogs. Additional to that the storyteller stops after e few words and than all you can hear is silence, so you have to read what's going on, but that takes away a lot of the atmosphere of the game.

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Laughing my… um… "socks" off.

by auz268, USA - Feb 8th 2013

After searching MacGameStore on countless occasions looking for an RPG that was light hearted, fun, and well made, I settled on The Bard's Tale.
The moment the game started I new I was in for something good; voiced by Carry Elwes, of The Princess Bride, with graphics that made me think of the good old days, and a script/story written by someone I would love to drink a beer with. The humor is great (though adult) and the game play mechanics work well enough to sit an play for a touch.
While I have not yet finished the game, I can say that this is definitely a game I will finish, if only to see what other jokes they manage to slip in.
I can second the other review in the fact that there are quite a few bugs that hamper immersion... but, really, this isn't the kind of game you play to be immersed for hours on end, it's the kind of game you play with to relax and get a few good laughs..
All in all, I can recommend this as a game worth playing (especially if you can get it for the $4.95 price tag).

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