OpenTESArena
Modern open-source reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena that loads the original data.
Rewrite Human-led releasedFacts
- Original
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)
- Platform
- MS-DOS
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2016, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- MIT
- Team
- afritz1
- Started
- 2016-01
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux, macOS
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of The Elder Scrolls: Arena you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by afritz1. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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