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OBJECT TYPE: GAME/PC/5.25 FLOPPY DISK/64-128K/SINGLE-SIDED
DATE: 1985
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0758.001

MANUFACTURER: Interplay Productions Inc.
MODEL: BARD'S TALE
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC DISKS/ PAPER PROTECTORS/ CARDBOARDFOLDER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 22.4 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Height: 5.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Interplay
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: AMERICAN DESIGNED & MADE SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON PERSONAL COMPUTER, APPLE IIC. ORIGINAL APPLE II, INTRODUCED IN 1977, WAS FIRST PC TO BE MASS MARKET SUCCESS IN CANADA, AS ELSEWHERE
Function: COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN WHICH GAME IS PLAYED USING COMPUTER SCREEN & INPUT DEVICE SUCH AS MOUSE OR JOYSTICK. THIS GAME INVOLVES ROLE PLAYING IN FANTASY ENVIRONMENT
Technical: SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY OUTSIDE SOFTWARE DESIGNER FOR USE ON APPLE II PC. COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE OR BLACK LETTERING ON LABELS READS 'The Bard's Tale(TM)/ by Interplay Productions, Inc. and Michael Cranford/ (c) 1985 Interplay Productions, Inc./ ELECTRONIC ARTS/ APPLE II, II+, IIe, IIc/ 64K or 128K/ Blank Disk Required'/ LABEL MARKED 'BOOT/ DISK'/ FOLDER MARKED IN BLACK 'TALES OF THE UNKNOWN(TM)/ VOLUME 1' & IN WHITE 'The/ Bard's Tale'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK DISKS WITH GREY LABELS/ GREY FOLDER
Decoration: BLACK LINING & DESIGNS ON FOLDER COVERS, COLOUR ILLUSTRATION

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Interplay Productions Inc., Software, 1985, Artifact no. 1995.0758, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0758.001/

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