The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown English Translation

The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown

Original game : The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown

Platform : Nintendo Entertainment System

Language : English

Released by : MetHy

Release date : 17 January 2024

Status : Fully Playable

Patch version : 1.0

Downloads : 856

ROM Information

Database match: Bard's Tale, The (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: F953E030404FD7D71F9F1FB9D741618447A034E1
File CRC32: 1B4FEA75
ROM SHA-1: E22AE723541184ADF7A81D824AD003CFD59AB485
ROM CRC32: 7EE02CA2

Translation description

This patch is a translation from Japanese to English of the Famicom version of The Bard's Tale - Tales of the Unknown.

This game did release in English in the US but with a ROM of half the size.
As a result a LOT of content was cut or changed. Almost 30 enemy types were cut, including 3 bosses, and most of the remaining ones recycled graphics from other enemies rather than having their own like in the original version.
A lot of dungeon graphics and graphical scenes were also cut as well as the intro, step sounds, some flavour text, etc.

This romhack took the US version script and inserted it in the JPN version, and translated what doesn't exist in the US version, so that everyone can enjoy the game in its uncut glory!

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
MetHy	Hacking	Hacking & Translation
Anonymous	Translation	Translation help

Reviews

Best version of Bard's Tale on the NES	TeeGee	2024-01-21	Version 1.0
I really like the NES version of The Bard's Tale, but it's been butchered compared to the PC version and then butchered again compared to the Japanese one. This patch fixes the latter at least and I'd say it's now the definite version of the game for the NES.

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