The Elder Scrolls: Arena

March 25, 1994

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The Elder Scrolls

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The Elder Scrolls

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DOS PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Bethesda Softworks

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

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In a 2018 interview with designer Ted Peterson, he revealed that the spirit of Ria Silmane was portrayed by of one of the game's developers, who can be seen to be programmer Jennifer Pratt.

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Ted Peterson interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzjvWQCND54#t=2220

Photo of eight developers who worked on The Elder Scrolls: Arena including Jennifer Pratt:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ElderScrolls/comments/4je5kz/developer_team_of_tes_i_arena/

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Despite coming out in 1994, the first run of boxes was dated as being released in 1993. The game was planned for a holiday release in 1993, but it ended up coming out in March 25th, 1994.

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena was originally designed around arena battles, requiring your team to go from city to city becoming the champion in each of their arenas. During development, they decided to partially shift the focus away from the arena and eventually removed them from the game entirely.

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena is so far the only game in the series in which the continent of Tamriel is fully explorable.