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Game profile

Game directory

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

Bethesda Softworks 1994

Official website 70Review score

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS

Developer

Bethesda Softworks

Release date

March 25, 1994

Game overview

About the Game

The Elder Scrolls - Arena is the first RPG fantasy game of the Elder Scrolls series. The game takes place on a planet called Nirn in the empire of Tamriel. The emperor of Tamriel, Uriel Septim, is planing to gather the whole Nirn under the imperial flag. He allies himself with the mage Jagar Tharn who is unfortunately intent on stealing the emperor's throne. Jagar Tharn imprisons the emperor in another dimension and locks the key inside a dungeon under the imperial city. Your job is to find all the pieces of the key, reassemble it, kill Jagger Tharn and free the emperor.

Storyline

The imperial battlemage Jagar Tharn betrays the Emperor Uriel Septim by imprisoning him in an alternate dimension, then assuming the Emperor’s identity and place on the throne. A lone prisoner must travel to Tamriel’s most famous and dangerous sites to collect the shattered Staff of Chaos, save the Emperor and free the Empire.

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Screenshots

4 images

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Gameplay Trailer

PC requirements

System Requirements

Windows

Entry specification

Minimum

OS
PC/MS-DOS 5.0
Processor
Intel 386 25 MHz
Memory
4 MB RAM
Storage
25 MB available space

Recommended specifications are not published in this game's Steam listing.

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