#The bards tale music movie#
#The bards tale music plus#

The sound has improved even more, in my opinion. When you cast Trap Zap, lightning bolts shoot out from the party and sparks fly from the traps as they're disarmed! (Pro tip: you can use this effect for a brief flash of light in darkness zones.) Traps appear as glowing swirls on the floor, and spinners appear as a shadowy vortex stretching from the floor to the ceiling. Down in a dungeon, if Locate Traps or Second Sight is active, you can now see the traps and spinners. Buildings cast shadows on other buildings, most noticeably at dawn and in the afternoon. The lighting effects gained a lot from the 3D engine, too.

#The bards tale music movie#

The walls inside Mangar's Tower even have a little movie sequence in them, with various skeletal creatures and even Mangar himself appearing to look at you from the walls. In the dungeons, the walls have been redone, looking different for each dungeon. Mangar himself looks at you from a small animated rectangle in the walls of his tower. And there are portcullises which open when your party steps under them. Buildings like the Adventurer's Guild and taverns have signs that extend out over the street. Mangar's Tower is a five-story black monolith that looms over the southwest corner of Skara Brae. Buildings have different shapes, some one-story and some two-story. They're generally similar to the originals, but much, much better.

The building and monster images have all been remade. The party is still limited to square-based movement, but the city/dungeon view is fully 3D and even allows a limited amount of mouselook to get a better view of your surroundings.Īs for the graphics, they're very well done. It's similar in layout to the originals, with a party listing, a 3D city/dungeon view, and an output area showing the latest adventring and combat messages. The remastered Bard's Tale games all share the same basic UI. Bard's Tale 2 and 3 will be covered in future posts. The information on this page mostly pertains to Bard's Tale 1.

#The bards tale music plus#

Now that I've played it and been able to compare the new version to the original, I'm happy to bring some of my thoughts to the rest of the retro-gamers out there, plus anyone who is discovering the series for the first time. So, when InXile announced a remastered version, of course I had to get it. In fact, it was one of my first introductions to the world of computer role-playing games.

Ged GrimesĮngineered and mixed by Ged Grimes and Kevin Burleigh at Jack’s Hoose Music, Dundee and Gorbals Sound, Glasgow.I've been a fan of the Bard's Tale series since way back in the 1980s. Guitars (Track 4,9) Bouzouki (Track 4,9,14), Low Whistle, Highland Pipes – Ali HuttonĪccordion Drones and Harmonium – Brian McAlpineįiddle, Highland Pipes (Track 13), Backing Vocals– Ewen Hendersonīacking Vocals – Calum Barker, Donald Barker, Mackenzie.

Guitars (Track 3,5,12,14) Bouzouki (Track 12,14) – Innes White Upright Bass, Gong Drums, Percussion, Drones and Programming – Ged Grimes Mairi Chaimbeul, Martin O'Neill, Rona Lightfoot and many more. Ewen Henderson, Brian McAlpine, Fiona Hunter, Gregor Philp. Produced by Ged Grimes featuring Kathleen MacInnes, Kim Carnie, Eilidh Cormack,Mackenzie, Donald and Calum Barker, Innes White, Ali Hutton.