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Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:33 am
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Anybody play it yet? Comes out on the pc end of this month. 
I imagine most of ya's are still palyin WOW.
Just wondering if its worth the 50$
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Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:48 pm
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| craigfox wrote: |
Anybody play it yet? Comes out on the pc end of this month.
I imagine most of ya's are still palyin WOW.
Just wondering if its worth the 50$
Craig
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Your money is best spent on World of Warcraft. 
Most of the reviews for The Bards Tale says its not that great.
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:09 am
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| Is it possible to play the old Bards Tale on the pc? |
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:36 pm
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Is it possible to play the old Bards Tale on the pc?
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I've never tried it. Might be possible with some windows settings. To emulate the old DOS window. You might have to setup some special executable .pif file. |
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:23 pm
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| You can also use an emulator like DOSBox, it should let you play Bard's Tale with no problems, according to the compatibility list. |
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:47 pm
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OK, well I found a site that you can downlaod it for free, so once I have it and DOSbox how do I make the two run properly. Excuse me if I sound like and amatur.
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:46 pm
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I don't know how knowledgeable you are, so I'll try to give you a step-by-step.
That depends on which version of Bard's Tale you have. If it's the PC version, all you should have to do is put the files in a folder like C:\BARDSTALE, then run DOSBox. At the DOSBox window, type in something to the effect of MOUNT F C:\BARDSTALE, then F:, and then type whatever file you need to start Bard's Tale (which could be bard.com or something like that). If you aren't sure, type DIR and look at the list of files, one of them should end with .BAT, .EXE., or .COM.
The above is assuming you want to put Bard's Tale on your C: drive, and that you don't have anything on your F: drive, like a DVD-ROM drive.
If it's not the PC version of the Bard's Tale (it was released for the Apple, the C64, and other systems) then you'll need an emulator and that's a whole other ball game. |
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:19 pm
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Doesn't have Bard's Tale, but here's a site I go to that has tons of old computer games.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/
Just remember to follow the download rules so you don't get banned either temporarily or permanently. |
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:28 pm
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Yeah! Great site. It's funny, when I first found out about the site, I mainly visited to download titles. Now I visit just to read the descriptions of the new titles as they bring back so many memories.
Also, they have a good section on how to run older games on newer computers. |
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:42 pm
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Yeah! Great site. It's funny, when I first found out about the site, I mainly visited to download titles. Now I visit just to read the descriptions of the new titles as they bring back so many memories.
Also, they have a good section on how to run older games on newer computers.
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And programs to slow down computers to play some of those older games. |
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