Trivia
The Elder Scrolls: Arena was primarily inspired by a collection of pen and paper RPGs, the Ultima Underworld series, and the first-person RPG Legends of Valour.
Contributed by
Agent 5 (5343) on May 08, 2009.
To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Elder Scrolls series in 2004, Bethesda Softworks released the first game, Arena, as freeware. It can be downloaded from the Elder Scrolls website
Contributed by
Isak (604) on Apr 06, 2004.
Arena was at first, not going to be a rpg, but instaed a gladiator style game. Someone came up with the rpg idea, and it caught.