I Played 100 Hours of The Elder Scrolls I: Arena. Should You?

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Published on February 17, 2025 7:00:41 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xou3DpN6tv0

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)

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I finally started my The Elder Scrolls series run from the beginning. In this video, I share my experience with The Elder Scrolls I: Arena, the first game of the series. Is it still playable today? Is it worth it your time? Let's discover it together, along with some anecdotes from development times.

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📒 Chapters:
00:00 Overview
04:50 Development
11:38 Technical Performance
14:17 Character Creation
21:20 Exploration & World
35:29 Combat & Equipment
40:36 Story & Quests
51:04 Visuals
55:40 Sounds
01:00:42 Conclusion

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📜 GAME DETAILS

🖱 ️ Game Title: The Elder Scrolls I: Arena
🏷 ️ Developer & Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
🗓 ️ Release Date: 26 Apr, 2022 (Free Anniversary Version)

📒 Sources:

Ted Peterson interview on Morrowind Italia (Italian Morrowind fan site)https://web.archive.org/web/20130721072444/http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail...

Todd Howard and Ken Rolston memorable moments on The Elder Scrolls sithttps://web.archive.org/web/20080307074525/http://www.elderscrolls.com/codex/team_tesmoments.htm...

Ted Peterson interview by Indigo Gaming:    • Ted Peterson Interview | Designer & W...  

Julian LeFay interview by Indigo Gaming:    • Interview with the "Father of the Eld...  

Jwlar 2nd Magnum Opus:    • TES I: Arena - A Complete Retrospective  

Joystick magazine issue 041 (French video games magazine)https://archive.org/details/joystick041/page/n37/mode/2up...

Power Play Magazine (July 1994, German video game magazinehttps://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1994-07/page/n97/mode/2up?q=lakshman...

Computer Gaming World issue 113 (December 1993https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993...

Computer Gaming World issue 117 (April 1994https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994...

Computer Gaming World issue 118 (May 1994https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994...

The Escapist Magazine, article by Ted Peterson (April 19, 2019https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-elder-scrolls-at-25-how-i-created-bethesdas-legendary-rpg-series/...

The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESPhttps://en.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Arenaena

Terminator Rampage footage from Zirconi:    • DOS Game: The Terminator - Rampage  

Legends of Valour footage from Squakenet:    • Legend of Valour gameplay (PC Game, 1...  

Underworld footage from Nin:    • Ultima Underworld Speedrun in 16m39s  

Quick Reference Card, Manual, Player Guide and Arena Codex Scientia in the The Elder Scrolls I: Arena "Docs" game folder.

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🎸 MUSIC CREDITS

All music, except the outro, is from the game itself.

Outro -
Forever Young by AudioCoffeehttps://www.audiocoffee.net/et/
Music promoted https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ll/
Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/...

I Played 100 hours of The Elder Scrolls I: Arena. Should you?

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