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The Bard's Tale to be told on the Vita

The greatest story ever told? When I was a very young RPG player (and my older brother was an addict) The Bard's Tale series was an awesome 16-bit set of adventures, plunging into murky depths shown in a trading card-sized part of the Atari ST screen.

UPDATE: The game is confirmed as out this week (15 August) in the US, priced only $9.99 which is pretty cool. It is badged as The Bard’s Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled version, so might be a little more polished.

This, however, is the PS2 version with 3D action and minimal RPG-age, which makes it certainly more exciting, even if that does take away some of the imagination factor. As a bonus, the original games are included, assuming we get the full package. Note this isn't related to Bard's Gold, a pixel platformer that came out last year.


With trophies listed for a Vita version and InExile teasing some news, looks like the Vita could be home to a whole new era of classic fun. The game popped up on iOS and Android (£2.99 with IAPs) promising 30 hours of play, the voice of Cary Elwes as the Bard a few years back, so is an easy port for InXile, hopefully if it does well, some of their more modern titles (Bard's IV, Mage's Tale etc) will follow.



This does make me wonder how many other PS2-era games have gone the mobile route and are ripe for a Vita release. Any suggestions?

Currently playing on my Vita/PS4/PS5