I was looking at the elder scrolls site and it appears you can get daggerfall and the arena for free? is this supposed to be like this?

http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm

Yes, they are free now. Enjoy.

When I run this my screen turns black and I have to Alt + Tab out.

Did you use DOSBox & the instructions here?: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/479044-how-to-get-the-past-games-to-run/

If that didn't work there's an auto-setup exe here (it includes DOSBox) with all the patches included. http://daggerxl.50.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=283&start=0

I tried it but my GFX was funky.

Thanks for posting this! It worked beautifully and I was playing Daggerfall within minutes.

One question for all your geeky type people: In the instructions, it says you can smooth out the graphics, which for me are so blocky I'm having a hard time reading text. I tried to follow the instructions by opening up the DosBox.conf file and editing it. When I try to save the file, it tells me the file already exists and do I want to save it. I say yes. Then it says:

Cannot create the c:\program file (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Daggerfall\DosBox.conf file (which is the path where the file is located). Make sure the path and file name are correct.

Then I thought maybe it was because the file was open so I tried to save it as another file name. It says I don't have permission to save to that directory. WHAT? I'm administrator on my computer. So what am I doing wrong here?

You're using Viast/Windows7? Or make sure the file isn't marked as read only. If you're on vista/win7 just move the daggerfall directory out of the program files area.

I had weird GFX on mine. Like purple, green and blue outlines. Some burgundy too