Game information
| Also known as: | The Elder Scrolls Chapter One: Arena (full title), Arena (informal title) |
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| Developer: | Bethesda Softworks |
| Publisher: | Bethesda Softworks |
| Category: | Role-Playing |
| Year: | 1994 |
| More details: | Official game website, MobyGames, Wikipedia |
| Related games: | The Elder Scrolls, Liberated (former commercial), Action RPG |
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| The Elder Scrolls: Arena: free! | GOG.com |
| The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard: €5.99 | GOG.com |
| An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire: €5.99 | GOG.com |
Instruction/comment
After the game starts, go to the options menu and set the detail slider to max.
Please note that when playing in browser, your progress will not be saved after you close the browser window.
Download the passwords list (Passwords.txt) to bypass the copy protection upon exit from the starting dungeon.
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Game description
Arena is the first game that spawned the well-known series of "Bethesda RPGs". It might seem rather dated and feature-limited by today's standards, yet it is still quite playable. The skill-based system has not been implemented yet (it would be pioneered by Daggerfall), so characters level up by gaining experience points from combat and completing quests.
The objective is to save the Emperor of Tamriel from captivity by the impostor battlemage by finding and assembling together the eight pieces of the Staff of Chaos. You will travel across the whole empire and meet lots of different characters and monsters along the way.
On 5 April 2004 Bethesda Softworks released the full version of Arena as freeware to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Elder Scrolls series.
Description by MrFlibble
