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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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This page details pre-release information and/or media for The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

Oh dear, I do believe I have the vapors.
This page contains content that is not safe for work or other locations with the potential for personal embarrassment.
Such as: Human enslavement and once again, fantastical nipples.

To do:

  • Completely restructure the layout of pre-release images to match the original Magazine sources.
  • Add the concept art by Jeff Perryman and David Lee Anderson.

Please elaborate.
Having more detail is always a good thing.
Specifically: where did these screenshots come from? There are also way more screenshots as well.

Scans and Screenshots

Introduction Cutscene render
Introduction Cutscene render
A battle with an early troll.
A battle with an early troll.
Possibly the most interesting of the May 20th build screenshots, featuring a slave caravan with a fully naked woman and two other half naked men. It could have been a place you would've been able to gain followers through buying them out.
Possibly the most interesting of the May 20th build screenshots, featuring a slave caravan with a fully naked woman and two other half naked men. It could have been a place you would've been able to gain followers through buying them out.
A prostitute standing near a building in a dark alley. A pair of cut armored men sprites loom in the background of the alley.
A prostitute standing near a building in a dark alley. A pair of cut armored men sprites loom in the background of the alley.
Five days after the May 20th screenshots were created, the first slideshow shows an image of the character stats screen prior to the August 10th build.
Five days after the May 20th screenshots were created, the first slideshow shows an image of the character stats screen prior to the August 10th build.
A couple of dragons flying over a tower in a scene that isn't present in the final game. Both this screenshot and the one below feature a different HUD.
A couple of dragons flying over a tower in a scene that isn't present in the final game. Both this screenshot and the one below feature a different HUD.
A shot of a cave outside. - September 1993
A shot of a cave outside. - September 1993
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An early version of the auto-map feature.
An early version of the auto-map feature.
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Comparison between multiple versions of the same screenshot, including a scan of the image from the box art on the bottom left.
Comparison between multiple versions of the same screenshot, including a scan of the image from the box art on the bottom left.

Monsters#

Found through a couple scans from a French magazine, some were included in the first slideshow, released in August of 1993, although none of them have the HUD in them. The screenshots show heavy inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons.

A sprite of what appears to be Lord Bel from D&D.
A sprite of what appears to be Lord Bel from D&D.
Another monster from D&D that doesn't appear.
Another monster from D&D that doesn't appear.
Another view of the Beholder-like enemy.
Another view of the Beholder-like enemy.
A normal goblin, within a similar structure as the Beholder, Lich, and Lord Bel screenshots.
A normal goblin, within a similar structure as the Beholder, Lich, and Lord Bel screenshots.

Lich#

"May 20" Build

Final Game

Also included is an earlier version of the Lich, which does appear in the final game.