Eärendil the Mage #14: Halls of Colossus | The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux
6Let's play The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux! 🧝 Join me and Eärendil, a High Elf mage, as we journey through Tamriel on my first full playthrough of TES Arena, a classic open world fantasy RPG originally released in 1994. 📜 Along the way, I'll offer tips, trivia, and game design analysis and I hope you'll share your knowledge and opinions, too! ✨ Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ8he4T55R3sAP868mD_1ZhTAPPtDcFbB
In this episode, Eärendil explores the ancient Halls of Colossus in southern Elsweyr, collects six keys (actually seven) for six locked doors, solves two "riddles," and discovers the fourth piece of the Staff of Chaos!
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:03 Halls of Colossus ⚔️
0:05:36 Dwarrowdelf, Moria, Khazad-dûm!
0:20:12 Gold key 🗝️
0:32:13 Iron key 🗝️
0:47:11 Diamond key 🗝️
0:57:47 Sapphire key 🗝️
1:24:52 Ruby key 🗝️
1:35:23 Amethyst key 🗝️
1:40:52 Fire Daemon (Daedra) 🔥
1:42:40 Inscription of Theodorus
1:51:43 Another amethyst key? 🗝️
2:16:27 Six locked doors
2:21:25 Riddle 1
2:24:17 Riddle 2
2:27:40 Homunculi! 😈
2:29:32 4th piece of the Staff of Chaos! ✨
2:32:30 Vision from Ria Silmane
2:33:52 Exploration continues...
2:38:14 Departing the Halls of Colossus...
2:39:51 Outro
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The name "Eärendil" comes from a Half-elf in the works of Tolkien and means "Lover of the Sea" in Quenya. 🌊 To learn more, watch this video by Nerd of the Rings: https://youtu.be/BLDWm1eOTL0
PC: MSI GE62MVR 7RG Apache Pro 💻
OS: Golden Drake Linux (Arch Linux customized for gaming and game development) https://github.com/GoldenDrakeStudios/golden-drake-linux
CPU: Intel i7-7700HQ
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
RAM: 32 GB DDR4-2400
This is the CD version of TES Arena (1.07), packaged by GOG https://gog.com/en/game/the_elder_scrolls_arena, installed via Lutris https://lutris.net/games/the-elder-scrolls-arena, and played through DOSBox. For details about the game, consult the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP): https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Arena
Mods 🛠️
• Sound Patch (Main Files) https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/15
• Title Screen Fix https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/17
• Opening Fix https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/13
• Intro Fix https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/4
I no longer recommend Remapped Keys (https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/1) because it doesn't seem to work well with DOSBox v0.80+. Besides, the default controls are fine once you get used to them!
As for DOSBox settings, I usually stick with the original, glorious, pixelated look of retro games, but TES Arena is a rare exception: I like smoothing its graphics a bit by using "advmame2x" as my graphic scaler. To try it, set "scaler=advmame2x" (or "glshader=scaler/advmame2x" for DOSBox v0.80+) in your game's DOSBox config file.
Speaking of pixels, many of Arena's in-game text boxes have a slow "pixelation" (fade-in, fade-out) effect that, in my opinion, quickly becomes annoying. Press F4 to turn it off.
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