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You play a bard who fights by playing songs—charm wolves to sleep or summon ghosts with the right tune while mapping dungeons with a party of misfits. The NES version’s clunky menus and 8-bit lute sounds give it a weird charm.
So The Bard’s Tale on NES—yeah, it’s one of those old-school dungeon crawlers where you’re not some stoic knight but a bard who fights with songs. Like, actual songs. You’ll be charming wolves into napping mid-battle or summoning a spectral knight by humming the right tune. The 8-bit rendition of your lute skills is… well, let’s just say it’s more charming than technically impressive.
It’s got that classic RPG grind—mapping dungeons on graph paper, managing a party of weirdos (my go-to was a bard, two fighters, and a mage who kept dying), and stumbling into fights with monsters that look like someone scribbled them in a hurry. The NES version’s a bit clunkier than the computer original, but there’s something fun about its janky menus and the way your bard shrugs after botching a spell.
If you’ve got patience for ’80s RPG logic and enjoy the idea of winning battles by playing a flute badly, this one’s a weird little time capsule. Just keep a notebook handy for all those passwords.
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