I Played TES II: Daggerfall on the PS Vita

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Published on August 25, 2022 6:00:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHpbVIjRd5A

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The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)

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And it's still better than The Elder Scrolls: Blades!
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Introduction 0:00
Installing Daggerfall on the Vita 0:58
Gameplay 4:16
Arena on the Vita 06:54
Gameplay 07:09
Channel Update 07:34

I Played TES II: Daggerfall on the PlayStation Vita in text form:
OpenMW allows gamers to take the classic RPG on the go with them, playing Morrowind in places once thought impossible.
With Daggerfall Unity supplying a modern engine for The Elder Scrolls 2 then, can the same be done for Daggerfall?
No, not with unity anyway. As of the release of this video, there isn’t a mobile release of Daggerfall Unity, but you don’t need Unity to play DOS games.
Via emulation, you can use DOSBox to play the original version of Daggerfall on most Android phones, made even easier via Retroarch.

This was the conversation that started over on the discord (link in the description), which lead to a question - if Daggerfall can be played on phones, can it be played on the 2011 flagship handheld console?
This is how I got The Elder Scrolls 2 to play in the most cursed way possible.

Daggerfall on the Vita
Our story starts when a member over on the discord, started the adventure by installing Daggerfall on his phone, they then graciously tested whether this would be possible on a Vita by using an emulator - after many hours, they had found that it was possible.
However, you would not be able to utilise any of the easy-loading configuration files that you can normally benefit from with Retroarch.
What do I mean by that, well, look at install Arena onto the Vita. I take the install files from my PC, drop them into the Vita file system, boot up Retroarch, scan for games - and done! Arena is now there to be played.
Daggerfall isn't that easy, so it’s back to classic command line instructions to get anything working. That discord user successfully got the game running, but warned that an overclock would be needed - and so, it was my turn.

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