The Elder Scrolls: Arena (Deluxe Edition) (1994)

Platforms

DOS

Where to get it

My Abandonware

How it feels

Navigating a vast, early open world that feels both ambitious and dated, with deliberate, methodical exploration and punishing old-school combat.

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About

Released in 1994 for DOS, *The Elder Scrolls: Arena* serves as the inaugural entry in the franchise's Deluxe Edition collection. This title established a new genre of open-world role-playing games that would influence subsequent computer RPGs throughout the mid-1990s.

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