Play Bards Tale II, The: The Destiny Knight Online

Game Overview

Ah, The Bard’s Tale II—where your party of misfit adventurers stumbles through dark corridors, praying they packed enough torches (spoiler: they never did). This 1986 sequel takes everything that made the first game great—grid-based dungeons, turn-based scraps with monsters, and that sweet, sweet ’80s pixel art—and cranks it up. Your job? Rebuild the Destiny Wand before some power-hungry wizard ruins everything. Easier said than done when every other hallway hides a trap or a riddle that’ll make you scratch your head.

What I love is how alive the world feels, even with those chunky graphics. Bards actually matter here—their songs aren’t just background noise but game-changers in fights. And good luck keeping your party alive; permadeath means one wrong move, and it’s back to the tavern to recruit a fresh batch of cannon fodder. If you’ve got a soft spot for old-school RPGs where the challenge is real and the lore runs deep, this one’s a gem. Just don’t be surprised when you lose an entire afternoon to its maze-like dungeons.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".