What is the Past Games Section?
The Past Games Section is the forums for all the older Elder Scrolls games.

What are the Past Games?
The Past Games are as Follows:

MAIN CHAPTERS:
1. ARENA.
2. DAGGERFALL.
LEGENDS
1. BATTLESPIRE.
ADVENTURE
1. REDGUARD.

And here is some information on them from the Old Past Games Section of the old forums:



The Elder Scrolls series spans many years, and is has established itself as one of the many true masterpieces of the gaming industry.


** SPOILER WARNING **

The following game descriptions and plot synopsis encompass material that may reveal a great deal of the story of each game, including the endings. Read at your own risk.



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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

Release Date: April 4, 1994
Designer: VJ Lakshman & Ted Peterson
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
ESRB Rating: Teen
Genre: Role-playing
Platform: PC
Story: After trapping Emperor Uriel Septim VII in an alternate plane, Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn assumes the Emperor's identity, and rules without care as the provinces wage war. The ghost of Ria Silmane frees a hero from the depths of the Empire's dungeons and guides his search for the Staff of Chaos, a potent artifact which Jagar Tharn has broken in eight parts and hidden. The hero journeys to eight well-defended citadels in eight different provinces, recovering the Staff's pieces. Then, armed with the reforged Staff, the hero confronts and defeats Jagar Tharn in the labyrinths beneath the Imperial Palace, and the Emperor is returned to the throne.

Description: The first chapter in the award-winning The Elder Scrolls series, Arena includes full character generation, 18 unique character classes, 2,500 magical items, and over 400 cities, towns, and villages for you to explore. Arena won awards and acclaim from every major media outlet for it's engrossing storyline and in depth gameplay. Although it does not include all of the features that have become trademarks to the series, Arena remains a strong role-playing game and a classic installment in the series.



The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

Release Date: 31 August, 1996
Designer: Julian Lefay & Ted Peterson
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
ESRB Rating: Mature
Genre: Role-playing
Platform: PC
Story: From a complex weave of arcane plots, Imperial intrigues, and personal betrayals, an agent of Uriel Septim resolves two historic feats: the laying to rest of the ghost of treacherously slain King Lysandus of Daggerfall, and the reactivation of Numidium, the titanic iron golem once used by Tiber Septim to forge the Empire. The agent who won the Mantella from the plane of Aetherius and gifted his patron with the Totem artifact decided who should command Numidium, and who would shape the future of the Empire.

Description: The recipient of every major "Best RPG of the Year" award, The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall revolutionizes the world of role-playing games, creating a new standard in 3D graphics and role-playing expansiveness. The second chapter in The Elder Scrolls, Daggerfall contains, literally, hundreds of hours of gameplay. Prepare to experience your new obsession.

Starting off in Daggerfall can overwhelm the senses. No other game has such a huge world to explore. Travel around a land mass twice the size of Great Britain, exploring dungeons, castles, tombs, and even alternative dimensions. Just to walk from one end of the world to the other will take over 2 full weeks in real-time (we actually tested this!) Converse with over 750,000 characters that inhabit this world. Daggerfall is a game that sets new boundaries with over 200 hours of gameplay. It's no wonder that it took almost 3 years to develop this epic game.

You can literally do anything you want and go anywhere you want. Join a guild and climb in rank to become a respected member of a Knightly Order. Become a spy and infiltrate the royal ranks, and even rebel against your own king. Become a thief who slips in and out of the shadows and steals the rare treasures of the world. There are six different endings, if you choose to play out the main story quest, but ultimately the life you choose to live will be a unique experience that no other gamer will encounter.

An Elder Scrolls Adventure: Redguard


Release Date: October 31, 1998
Designer: Michael Kirkbride & Todd Howard
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: Adventure
ESRB Rating: Teen
Platform: PC
Story: In 2E 864, the Redguards of Hammerfell rose in rebellion against the Imperial administration of Provincial Governor Amiel Richton. The Restless League, led by Cyrus and Iszara -- brother-and-sister agents of the province's hereditary rulers -- destroyed the Imperial fleet in Stros M'Kai harbor and routed the Legion garrison. With Admiral Richton dead, and Stros M'Kai in rebel hands, Emperor Tiber Septim was forced to sue for peace on terms favorable to Hammerfell.

Description: This award-winning adventure from the creative team behind Arena and Daggerfall combines the epic sweep of The Elder Scrolls universe with swashbuckling duels, a handcrafted 3D world, and a staggering story line to create a genre-breaking experience.

You are Cyrus, a Redguard mercenary who has returned to his homeland on an urgent mission. His sister has been kidnapped and a great conspiracy has consumed his homeland. Your quest leads from the Iron Governor of the Island Stros M'kai, to a restless band of pirates, and even into another dimension. Along the way you'll interact with dozens of characters and face creatures of every shape and size. You'll explore beaches, mountains, caverns, ruins, and more as the storyline unfolds.



An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

Release Date: November 30, 1997
Designer: Todd Howard
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
ESRB Rating: Mature
Genre: Action/Adventure
Platform: PC
Story: The Impostor Jagar Tharn betrayed the Battlespire, the war college of the Imperial Battlemages, to the legions of Daedra Lord Mehrunes Dagon. Two trainees trapped in the Battlespire escaped by fighting their way through daedric gates until they came to the citadel of Lord Dagon, where, by a subtle trick, they cast the Daedra Lord into Oblivion. Having lost Lord Dagon's support, Jagar Tharn's plot to supplant the true Emperor was doomed to fail.

Description: From the epic role-playing world of Arena and Daggerfall springs forth a sinister tale of mortal conflict and triumph. The celestial citadel known as Battlespire has been ravaged by a black-hearted Daedra Lord. If this evil Lord and his minions can so easily brush aside an entire defending garrison of the Empire's Battlemages, how can you, a solitary hero, stand against them?

Battlespire features the rich fantasy setting of Bethesda's award-winning Elder Scrolls series. This hi-res, hi-color 3D texture-mapped world is brilliantly detailed, from sinister dungeons to towering castles, each with unprecedented interactivity. With stunning special effects, including dynamic light sources and transparent water effects, players are given complete freedom of movement and view the action from a first person perspective. The custom SpellMaker system allows the player to customize his own magic spells on the fly. Numerous fiendishly rendered original monsters as well as cunningly-crafted tactical challenges and action puzzles. Battlespire also features a unique character design system, with unrivaled power to custom-build the exact type of hero you want, based on the Daggerfall game system.


More Indepth Information.


Where can we find more information on the Past Elder Scrolls games?
You can find more information about the Past Elder Scrolls games here: http://elderscrolls.com/tenth_anniv/tenth_anniv.htm.

Where can we buy Past Elder Scrolls games?
You can purchase the past Elder Scrolls games on http://www.ebay.com/ http://www.amazon.com/ and you can no longer buy BattleSpire at http://www.cdaccess.com/.

Where do I download DOSBOX?
You can download DOSBOX at http://dosbox.sourceforge.net.

How do I use DOSBOX?
You can interact and get to Arena/Daggerfall with the following commands.

Mount C C:\ (C is the drive you installed the game too, this could be F,G whatever.)
C: (This is to give your Search parameter where to look)
Chdir [game folder] (Chdir is Change Directory. [game folder] is the default folder where the game is installed [ARENA for Arena and DAGGER for Daggerfall)
[game .exe]. ( This is the .exe file that runs the game, [Arena or A for Arena and Dagger to run Daggerfall off the CD or Fall.exe Z.cfg to run it with the no CD, just type this to play!).

Note: To Speed or slow down the game, Press CTRL+F12 to speed, CTRL+11 to slow down.

Are there any Remakes of the older games?
There are a number of remakes being created for Daggerfall and Arena that can be found at the http://www.dfworkshop.net/

The Elder Scrolls 1 :Arena

Where can I download the demo?
You may download the demo here: http://www.uesp.net/file.shtml?arena/files/arenadmo.zip. (1MB)

Is The Elder Scrolls 1: Arena REALLY Free?
Yes. As of 2004 the Elder Scrolls Arena is free.

Where can I download The Elder Scrolls Arena?
You can download The Elder Scrolls Arena from the Official Elderscrolls website: http://elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm. (8MB)

Can you give me some tips to install it?
To install Arena just open the package you download from the Elder Scrolls site and click and unpack it too anywhere you want (Where you can remember it, I would suggest C:\ARENA) Then go and click the install.exe and install through there (I suggest C:\Arena) and pick SOUND BLASTER as your sound card! And there your set. (Note to play through DOS *Suggested only for Windows 2000 down* just go to C:\ARENA and click Arena.exe!)

Running Arena in XP without DOSBox

First things first, get the game off the site and extract it, then download http://www.myfilestash.com/userfiles/rabish12/MOUSECTL.zip file. Without it you can still run the game, but you will not be able to use the mouse properly. Go to that file, and extract 'MOUSECTL.COM' to your ARENA folder. You can delete the zip now, as you won't need it.

Now you'll be wanting to make a file in Notepad. This will be the thing that actually makes the game run. Here's what you'll want to type:



Save that as AUTOEXEC.BAT in your ARENA folder.

Now you're already close to being finished. Go to your ARENA folder, right-click A.EXE, and go to the 'Memory' tab. Set everything to 'Auto'. Now, go to the 'Program' tab and click 'Advanced'. A new window will pop up and allow you to change the AUTOEXEC and CONFIG files for the game - change the AUTOEXEC to this address:

C:\ARENA\AUTOEXEC.BAT

Now double-click ARENA.BAT. It should run the game fine, though you may have some sound problems. If that's the case, you'll probably want to go and ask around in the forums, or (if you know what you're doing) mess around with the various sound settings by running INSTALL.EXE in the ARENA folder.

How do I attack?
You attack in Arena by holding your right mouse button and moving the mouse in a random direction, this will allow you to attack.

How do I go into fast travel?
You can right click on the map or press SHIFT+M to access the quick travel screen.

How do I go through the shift gate?
When the shift gate asked you for the spell costs your were originally suppose to go look through your manual (This is copy protection for the game) but Bethesda has been so nice to give us all the information in a text or html document which is located in your Arena directory under the docs folder. From there it should not be that hard to find!


The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall

Is the Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall free?
Yes, you can download it from http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm together with instructions on how to install and run the game on newer Windows machines.

Can you give me some installation tips?
The best tips I can give you are to use the Unofficial Daggerfall installer which you can get here: http://www.uesp.net/file.shtml?dagger/files/dfinstall.zip (Direct Download Link) You pretty much have to use this on ME Up if you do not have DOS Experience, and if you want to install otherwise, the installer for Daggerfall should be able to help you out without any problems.

How do I Access the travel map?
You can access the travel map in Daggerfall by pressing 'W' on the default keyboard setting.

Where can I download the demo (s) for Daggerfall?
You can download the two demos for Daggerfall You can get the smaller dungeon only demo (16MB) here http://www.uesp.net/file.shtml?dagger/files/dagdemo.zip and the Larger "Betony" demo here http://www.uesp.net/file.shtml?dagger/files/dfbetony.zip (58MB)

Is it true that there are multi-endings for Daggerfall?
Yes there are seven endings for Daggerfall, after this the ending it is called a "Dragon Break".


The Elder Scrolls Battlespire

Is Battlespire free?
No Battlespire is not free.

Is there a Battlespire demo?
No there is not a Battlespire demo.

Where can I buy Battlespire?
You can only buy BattleSpire now on auction sites such as http://www.ebay.com/

Battlespire is online?
Yes Battlespire has a Cooperative, Deathmatch and Teamplay Multiplayer modes.

Does anyone still play Battlespire online?
Yes, there are a few people that still play, there is a link to the site that has them all there in the links area of this sticky.

What do you need to play Battlespire online?
You need a program called Kali, http://www.kali.net/ to play online.

What kind of computer do I need to play Battlespire?
You need a computer that has Windows ME and down on it (DOS can also be played in except not online, but is LAN enabled.) Also, DosBox .65 will run Battlespire but at a very low rate for most computers.

Are there any guides to help in Battlespire?
Yes, The Elder Tomes has a collection of guides (And growing) for Battlespire, the link to the site I at the bottom.

Does the type of internet effect your gameplay?
No not really, it really does not matter if you have dialup or high speed internet.

What if Battlespire won't work?
It may work with the latest patch (1.5) which you can get at http://www.uesp.net/file.shtml?battle/files/batpat15.exe.

The Elder Scrolls Redguard

Is the Elder Scrolls Redguard free?
No The Elder Scrolls Redguard is not free. You may buy it at http://www.amazon.com or http://www.ebay.com/.

Is there a Redguard demo?
Yes, there is a 3DFX only demo for Redguard (It will work with the glide wrappers also) http://www.uesp.net/file.shtml?redguard/files/redguarddemo.exe.

How do I make it work in 3DFX mode?
If you do not have a 3DFX card (A Voodoo 1 or 2) then you will have to use a program called a glide wrapper, there are two available to use, one is free and the other one is 10$ American currency. One is DGVOODOO (Free) which you can download here: http://dege.freeweb.hu/ . The other one is GLIDOS a demo of it can be downloaded at http://www.glidos.net/ you can also buy it there.

How do I make it work in DOS mode?
You can get Redguard to work in DOS mode through http://www.advsys.net/ken/build.htm.

LINKS TO INTERESTING SITES/FEATURED SITES:

Ebay: This site you can buy all the past Elder Scrolls games ( http://www.ebay.com/ )
Amazon: You can buy all the past Elder Scrolls games ( http://www.amazon.com/ )
UESP: The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages the number one TES resource on the net! ( http://www.uesp.net/ )
DGVOODOO: This is the home site for DGVOODOO. ( http://dege.freeweb.hu/ )
GLIDOS: this is the home site for GILIDOS ( http://www.glidos.net/ )
KALI: The home site for the Kali online client ( http://www.kali.net/ )
DOSBOX: the home site for DOSBOX DOS Emulator. ( http://http:/dosbox.sourceforge.net )
The Elder Scrolls Official Site: The Official site for The Elder Scrolls ( http://www.elderscrolls.com/ )
The Elder Tomes: An Unofficial Multiplayer haven for Battlespir.e ( http://www.eldertomes.tk/ )
The CVS Build of DOSBOX that will work with BattleSpire. ( http://ykhwong.x-y.net/page.htm )
A Daggerfall fansite that has modules and interesting content on the game. (http://www.svatopluk.com/Daggerfall/ )
An amazing resource for walkthroughs and almost anything you would need to know about Daggerfall http://www.izhtex.com/tes2/index.htm )

Last updated April 13 2006