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.

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Alternate Titles

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

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Elder Scrolls series

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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 (102)
Made to look foolish by Morrowind, unfortunately.	Neon Hammerite (37)

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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

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Term of development.	6	St_Martyne (3557) Oct 31, 2007

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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.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by faceless (405) on Jan 27, 2000.