still playin?

Darth Potato · Post by **Darth Potato** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:35 pm

does anyone play elder scrolls I or II ?

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:47 pm

Not any more, neither will run on my new pc and the old one I was using to play older games finally fried

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:01 pm

You might try downloading DOSbox, and try running it in that. I've had success with other blatantly DOS-based games that XP wouldn't run, using it. Assuming you want to, that is.

I don't, simply because Daggerfall was to, well, generalized. Think of the dialog options for NPCs in Morrowind: Daggerfall was like that in just about every sense. It had far too much to customize, so that most dungeons followed 10 floorplans, and each guild had 6 (if I recall correctly) quest types they'd give out randomly each time you asked for one. I did like Daggerfall's refusal to give you access to higher level guild functions until you rose through the ranks, as opposed to Morrowind's giving it all to you; but then, there's a mod for Morrowind that makes guild services act like Morrowind. I use that, and I'm happy.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:51 am

I actually liked the huge dungeons and large areas of Daggerfall as opposed to the (much) smaller Morrowind

That is also one of the reasons why I'm not that impressed by Morrowind, because in so many aspects it was the same as Daggerfall. So I'm impressed by Daggerfall and loved playing it - but not so much with Morrowind.

But I'm not playing (or even trying to) install Daggerfall again, because the game was very buggy, even with all the patches installed, also because I've got other things to play now.
In a nostiagic moment I still look at the manual and CD, but ... it is better to stay nostalgic

Locutus · Post by **Locutus** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:25 pm

i had a copy of daggerfall ages ago....must be lost somwhere in the Oblivion

i can't find the game in the stores, and i dont belive they gave up the licence.
is there any.....alternative way of getting it?

Darth Potato · Post by **Darth Potato** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:26 am

yeah in austrailia there's a PC mag called PC powerplay that had a dvd with daggerfall on it.

thats the only way i can think of beside what fable said.

Ragin Cajun · Post by **Ragin Cajun** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:09 am

With the celebration of Arena's 10 year anniversary, Bethesda Softworks has released a free download of the full game. As mentioned above, it does require DosBox but the game works fine with it. I was unable to install the box version on my newer computer but the download with the DosBox setup is working fine.

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:56 am

thanks Fable for the heads up about dosbox, I've got tons of older games that i get nostalgic about once in a while

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:40 pm

I know the feeling. I've been using it to play Darklands successfully.

hodge · Post by **hodge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:43 am

yeah

i don t play elder of the scrolls 1 anymore but i play the 2nd when i am bored

Darth Potato · Post by **Darth Potato** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:18 am

where did you get it from?

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:45 pm

If anyone's interested, both games are available from time to time up on Amazon. I've seen Daggerfall selling there for about $15, recently.

vrykyl · Post by **vrykyl** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:00 am

I still haven't completely finished my game on Elder Scrolls I....and I haven't even started one on II.

Hey...I don't have a lot of spare time, alright?

Rookierookie · Post by **Rookierookie** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:52 pm

I've horrible lag using DOSBox with Arena. I tried overclocking DOSBox to 20000 CPU cycles, and then it crashed.

dreawulf · Post by **dreawulf** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:18 pm

Reoccurring Arena

in my expereance with arena i bought it win it first came out and every year i half to pull it out and beat it

i have remebered were all the good items are and all the good money making tricks

even with all the technoligy today i still think its the best game ever

Legin · Post by **Legin** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:31 am

Neverending story

I tried installing it on my new PC recently, but to no avail. Thanks to the posts above, I'll try it again over the next while. It's definitely a game I play every year or two. I'd say over the years I've spent hundreds of hours playing it but never got anywhere near finishing it. I'd usually go off and explore, and fail the main story. Not even sure what the main storyline is about! Perhaps I'll try to stick to it this time. Is the main plot any good?

REal953 · Post by **REal953** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:24 pm

I do play Arena sometimes but it sometimes have a really bad lag useing the DOSBOX-0.63.

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:58 am

I downloaded Arena today.

It feels like I take one step . . . wait a few minutes, and take another.

And I can't figure out how to pick up that key!