I asked for permission to post his entire e-mail but never received a response If I do, I'll put it on my blog somehow. I can only assume that maybe they were comparing it to the BTCS sample game and zipped the sample game, probably by mistake." I don't fully understand all of this, but I can't imagine that a real plagiarizer would take the time to write about a 27-year-old game to defend his friends' honor, so I accept his account. As for my experience, I'll quote directly: "The one you claim as 'plagiarized' is different from the one that was sold and that was probably due to a mixup when someone downloaded the game from an Internet FTP site that the Tour de Force BBS sysop had uploaded it to, and then unzipped it and decided to upload it to CompuServe but rezipped a new archive instead of the original one from Tour de Force. He also says that the two sequels were produced and sold, and that the trio made $12,000 - $14,000 in profit selling nearly 2,000 copies. He claims that while he and his colleagues-who were all aged 12-14 at the time-started with a "Starlight Festival" nucleus but created a full, original game from it. 3 The game was ported to the Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh, and NES. It was produced by Interplay Productions in 1985 and distributed by Electronic Arts. The bard, who had songs he could sing to give his party bonuses. The Bard's Tale is a fantasy role-playing video game designed and programmed by Michael Cranford for the Apple II. Five spellcaster classes you could weave between. First, the structured class change, versus Wizardrys haphazard stuff. Several things made Bards Tale 2 so cool. ![]() Released initially for the Apple II in 1985, the Commodore 64 and Amiga would follow in 1986, while ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and DOS versions were released later. And ironically the part I enjoyed most, leveling up, was the most tedious on replay. The Bards Tale is a fantasy role-playing video game designed and programmed by Michael Cranford for the Apple II. The CRPG Addict later posted an update to his original article, stating: "Eight months after I posted this, I heard from one of the developers who worked on The Bard's Quest. Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard’s Tale (or simply The Bard's Tale) is a role playing game designed by Michael Cranford and developed by Interplay. The Bards Tale Amiga Part 1 - Starting Out/Grinding Experience - YouTube Starting Out/Grinding XP/Farming Gear Starting Out/Grinding XP/Farming Gear AboutPressCopyrightContact. No evidence has been provided to substantiate these allegations and according to the blog author, he is not completely sure that they indeed the same. According to a claim on the CRPG Addict blog, the first episode of The Bard's Quest appears to be an edited version of the original sample scenario that was included with The Bard's Tale Construction Set ("The Star Light Festival"), while others have responded that this is not true.
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