Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (in Off-topic)


mexitl July 12 2009 10:27 PM EDT

I remember rocking out to Daggerfall, the second in the Elder Scrolls series. It was the first real massive world role-playing game I ever go into, and I lost too many hours to count trying to beat the game.

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of it's release, Elder Scrolls is releasing it as a free download. You'll need an emulator to run it, but they provide a link to one on their website.

Rock on, you old-school gaming geeks.

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

KrossOut July 12 2009 11:12 PM EDT

hey im trying this out =) is there a way we can find each other in the game? maybe you can help me with the basics =)

mexitl July 12 2009 11:38 PM EDT

No, it's not an online game.

KrossOut July 12 2009 11:46 PM EDT

oh ok well if i have questions i will post here for some answers =)

smallpau1 - Go Blues [Lower My Fees] July 13 2009 12:37 AM EDT

that's actually been up for quite some time, lol, although I never downloaded it, =P

Marlfox [Cult of the Valaraukar] July 13 2009 9:11 AM EDT

It has been up for a while, I was reading about it via RPS.
DOSBox is really the only choice to run it. Although, you should already have DOSBox on your computer.

I've never played it (however, I did try Arena), but wow. According to Wikipedia:
Daggerfall is the largest Elder Scrolls game to date, featuring a game world estimated as being 161,600 square kilometres (62,394 square miles or 40,400,000 acres) with over 15,000 towns, cities, villages, and dungeons for the player's character to explore. According to Todd Howard, Elder Scrolls programmer, the game's sequel, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is 0.01% the size of Daggerfall, but it should be noted most of Daggerfall's terrain was randomly generated

[Where Shirt]Freekie [Lower My Fees] July 13 2009 9:13 AM EDT

I cant seem to install it... maybe its vista...maybe its not... idk i cant figure it out.

Daz July 13 2009 9:21 AM EDT

"You'll need an emulator to run it, but they provide a link to one on their website. "
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