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Bard's Tale, The - Tales Of The Unknown was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987 by Interplay Productions. It was part of that wave of computer style role playing games that made the transition to the console, bringing a more complex, dungeon focused experience to the NES library alongside other titles from that period.

You create and command a party of adventurers, guiding them through the city of Skara Brae and its dangerous labyrinths. Your main goal is to find and defeat the evil wizard Mangar, who has frozen the city with a powerful spell. The game plays out screen by screen in first person perspective as you explore the town and dungeons, engaging in turn based combat with monsters using swords, bows, and a wide selection of spells. You will spend a lot of time mapping the twisting, multi level dungeons on graph paper to avoid getting lost. The pacing is deliberate and the difficulty is quite high, demanding careful management of your party's health and resources. It feels like a challenging, methodical puzzle where every step forward is a hard won victory.