Bethesda Releases Daggerfall For Free

[Shir'le E. Illios]

Because The Elder Scrolls series exists fifteen years now, Bethesda have decided to release their old game Daggerfall as a free download. Though they're releasing it "as is", meaning you might have to do a bit of work to get it running (such as running it in DOSBox) and the graphics will look quite old I'm sure, it might be worth to give it a go. It's free after all.

Here is [url=http://bethblog.com/index.php/2009/07/0 ... /:3sbzeuw2]the official news[/url:3sbzeuw2]:

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Five years ago, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Elder Scrolls, we released The Elder Scrolls: Arena [url=http://bethblog.com/index.php/2007/07/2 ... /:3sbzeuw2]as a free download[/url:3sbzeuw2]. If you do the math, that means the series is now celebrating its 15th Anniversary. So despite saying we’d never do it, we’ve decided to release The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall as a [url=http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/d ... m:3sbzeuw2]FREE download[/url:3sbzeuw2] too!

One thing to keep in mind — the game is over 10-years-old and we’re releasing it “as is.” In other words, we’re not providing customer support or technical support on the game at this point. That being said, I successfully started up the game running [url=http://www.dosbox.com/:3sbzeuw2]DOSBox[/url:3sbzeuw2] and following QA superstar Mike Mazzuca’s [url=http://static.bethsoft.com/downloads/ga ... f:3sbzeuw2]detailed walkthrough[/url:3sbzeuw2] for installing the game. Follow the directions and you should be in good shape.

Having heard many stories of how you guys wanted to get your hands on the game, we’re excited that many of you will get to experience Daggerfall for the first time. Head [url=http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/d ... m:3sbzeuw2]here[/url:3sbzeuw2] to download the game. Enjoy![/quote:3sbzeuw2]
I've downloaded it myself, but haven't had the chance to try it yet (and might not for some time).

Thanks to [url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi ... e:3sbzeuw2]The Escapist[/url:3sbzeuw2], as well as various other sites, for pointing this out.


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Shir'le

[Lizarus Alkaven]

Better in gameplay, except more glitches and worse graphics. Or at least, that is what I believe from what I heard about the game.