This page contains pre-release screenshots for Arena. Most come from promotional slideshows distributed by Bethesda, which can be found here.
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The title screen text
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Player character with a head, skin color, and clothes that are unavailable in the released game. The character sheet layout and font are not finalized.
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Another player character now with final design, although the appearance and equipment don't match the displayed race and class.
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Image from a magazine preview. Dragons at the Crystal Tower, early GUI, and the cut party system.
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A more naturally lit image of the dragons at Crystal Tower
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Map of Tamriel with cities marked. The location of Daggerfall was changed before release.
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The same map of Tamriel, with slightly different lighting
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Map of Morrowind. Settlements are very slightly off from their final positions and Corkarth Run is a town rather than a village. There is a fourth button in the GUI which does not appear in the release version.
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Demonstration of the ability to make notes on town maps in Taneth. The layout is final but the doors are colored differently, water doesn't appear and the player is marked with a red square rather than a yellow arrow.
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The wilderness
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A farm
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The same farm, without lights in the windows
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A dungeon entrance
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The same dungeon entrance, with a different menu up
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A desert town at night
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A snowy town
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A snowy town with fog
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An example of the original party system
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A woman in a town at dusk
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Slave market
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Dungeon
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More goblins
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More spiders
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A troll
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Beholder in an early build
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A demonic appearing monster in an early build, possibly a balrog
