The Bard's Tale (1985 video game) (English Wikipedia)

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"The Bard's Tale Compendium". Credits from the game manuals. 2000. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
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Barton, Matt (February 23, 2007). "Part 2: The Golden Age (1985–1993)". The History of Computer Role-Playing Games. Gamasutra. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
Gerrard, Mike (September 1988). "The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown". Your Sinclair (33): 28. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007.

Barton, Matt (December 10, 2010). "Matt Chat 85: Rebecca Heineman Pt. 4". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
Barton, Matt (January 15, 2011). "Matt Chat 89: Bard's Tale and Wizardry with Brian Fargo". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
According to his GDC 2018: Classic Game Postmortem: 'The Bard's Tale I and II' presentation (around the 31:32 mark)

Gerrard, Mike (September 1988). "The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown". Your Sinclair (33): 28. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007.