Abandon all ware: Bethesda release Elder Scrolls II as free download
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the franchise, Bethesda is offering The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall as a free download, the first game in the series that would set the first-person/open-world tone later popularized by Morrowind and Oblivion.
They've made no attempt to update the game for Vista/XP compatibility, which is actually for the best: the game requires DOSBox, which now runs on a variety of platforms. Skip (or at least only lightly refer to) the frightfully technical installation guide (pdf) they've included: frontends like D-Fend on the PC, and Boxer for the Mac are going to be your best friends here.
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Xanni
#1 – 10:13 AM July 10, 2009
"Elder Scrolls II" is not the first in the series, as you can clearly tell by the "II"! The first game is "Elder Scrolls: Arena" (1994).
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Egypt Urnash
#2 – 10:56 AM July 10, 2009
Oh, wow, I hadn't heard about Boxer. Maybe now I can actually try some of the things my friends say are the classic games I missed by never having a DOS machine without trying random DOSBox configurations.
Abdiel
#3 – 1:25 AM July 11, 2009
Brandon didn't say it was the first in the series, just the first to exhibit the open world feel that we have come to identify with the series in Morrowind and Oblivion.