DOS

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

Description

The Elder Scrolls: Arena is a first-person role-playing game, in which you must rescue the Emperor from his dimensional prison by recovering the eight pieces of the Staff of Chaos.

It is the first chapter in the Elder Scrolls series and it is huge. There are over 400 cities, towns and villages to explore, tons of magical items and heaps of spells to create.

The CD-ROM release featured speech in cutscenes and additional rendered sequences that the floppy version did not include.

Alternate Titles

• "The Elder Scrolls Chapter One: Arena" -- Full Name (fan)
• "Arena" -- Informal name

Part of the Following Group

• Elder Scrolls series

Merchant Title       The Elder Scrolls: Arena     The Elder Scrolls: Arena     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

Beautiful world. Now for a story to go with it.	anton treuenfels (34)
The exotic world of damp and cold weather	Alex Man (32)	unrated
Under a rough surface lies an epic adventure	MaiZure (113)
Hands down best CRPG even released, bar none!	Paul Kostrzewa (13)
Simpily one of the best games ever.	Blackhandjr (103)
Made to look foolish by Morrowind, unfortunately.	Neon Hammerite (37)

The Press Says

Joystick	Mar, 1994	91 out of 100	91
PC Gamer	May, 1994	88 out of 100	88
PC Player (Germany)	Apr, 1994	82 out of 100	82
High Score	Jun, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Abandonia Reloaded	Apr 04, 2005	3.8 out of 5	76
PC Zone	May, 1994	62 out of 100	62
Secret Service / New S Service	Jul, 1994	60 out of 100	60
Abandonia	Aug 28, 2004	3 out of 5	60

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Term of development.	6	St_Martyne (3562) Oct 31, 2007

Trivia

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.