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The Bard's Tale

The NES version, while ported by the same team, was released on a card with half the ROM size, with a lot of the content from the original versions, including the Famicom port, being cut.

1 November 1991

The Bard's Tale is an adventure developed by Interplay, released 1 November 1991 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What The Bard's Tale is

The Bard's Tale is an adventure game developed by Interplay and released in 1991. It was published by FCI. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The NES version, while ported by the same team, was released on a card with half the ROM size, with a lot of the content from the original versions, including the Famicom port, being cut.
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How it plays

Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Bard's Tale launched on 1 November 1991, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Castlevania IV.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Castlevania IV.

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When did The Bard's Tale come out?
The Bard's Tale was released on 1 November 1991 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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