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OpenTES Arena, The Elder Scrolls Arena, openTES Arena, an open-source engine

Jun 14, 2026

Source: OpenTES Arena, The Elder Scrolls Arena

OpenTES Arena is an open-source engine recreation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the 1994 first-person RPG from Bethesda that launched the long-running Elder Scrolls series. The project, maintained by afritz1 on GitHub, aims to reimplement the original game engine in modern C++ so players can run Arena's original data files on contemporary PC hardware.

Like similar decompilation and recompilation efforts for other classic titles, OpenTES Arena is not a remake or a patch but a ground-up engine reimplementation. It targets PC and requires the player to supply their own copy of the original game data to play.

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