| Überarbeitete Versionen von Teil 1-3 für Backer! |  |
Zunächst gibt es zum Ende der Kickstarter-Aktion emulierte Versionen der Originale, zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt Versionen die ohne Tricks und Emulatoren direkt auf aktuellen Systemen laufen - überarbeitet von einer der ursprünglichen Entwicklerinnen von Teil 3.
"Exciting news today: every backer of The Bard’s Tale IV ($20 or more) will get free digital copies of the original The Bard’s Tale, The Bard’s Tale II: The Destiny Knight and The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate!The originals!"
"The first step was getting Electronic Arts to sign on as they own the publishing rights to the old games, having originally brought them to the market in the mid-80s. EA very graciously had no objections at all, a big thanks to them for their help in making this giveaway happen."
"The emulated versions of the classic games will be released for free at the end of the campaign for every backer at $20 or higher, and distributed through our backer web site."
"Some of you may know that the emulated versions of these games work on most modern machines, but are a little rough around the edges. Thus, we have an agreement with the original The Bard’s Tale III programmer Rebecca "Burger" Heineman and her company Olde Sküül to update the games for modern machines! She will be working to make the games run natively, without needing emulators, on PC or Mac. This re-releases will be primarily based on the Apple IIGS versions of the games, along with updated art."