The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
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The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard is an action-adventure game
developed and published by Bethesda Softworks
with a third person style, set in the world of The Elder Scrolls
. The game takes place in Tamriel in the year 864 of the Second Era, some 400 years prior to the events of Arena
and the rest of the series. The story is about Cyrus, a young Redguard, who arrives on the island of Stros M'kai in order to find his missing sister, Iszara, and subsequently finds himself in the middle of political intrigue.
Redguard runs on MS-DOS
through the XnGine
engine, however the CD-ROM shipped with the Windows-only InstallShield
installation program, and features a software renderer as well as a hardware accelerated Glide
renderer. The game's manual also included a section called the Pocket Guide to the Empire (often abbreviated as PGE, or PGttE), in which details were given on all the provinces of the Empire during that Era. This guide is written from the point of view of an Imperial, and has several handwritten notices in it written by an anti-imperial. Lastly, in some distributions of the game, the map that was provided in the box was partially burnt to provide an additional level of verisimilitude
.
Bethesda Softworks has never released a patch for this game.
Early copies of Redguard also shipped with a comic book depicting the events that led up to Cyrus' adventure on Stros M'kai. The main character Cyrus is referenced in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
: in a song sung by the first mate of the ship, the Marie Elena.
Action-adventure game
An action-adventure game is a video game that combines elements of the adventure game genre with various action game elements. It is perhaps the broadest and most diverse genre in gaming, and can include many games which might better be categorized under narrow genres...
developed and published by Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
with a third person style, set in the world of The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls is a role-playing video game series developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.-History:...
. The game takes place in Tamriel in the year 864 of the Second Era, some 400 years prior to the events of Arena
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first game in the Elder Scrolls series. It is a first-person computer role-playing game for MS-DOS, developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1994...
and the rest of the series. The story is about Cyrus, a young Redguard, who arrives on the island of Stros M'kai in order to find his missing sister, Iszara, and subsequently finds himself in the middle of political intrigue.
Redguard runs on MS-DOS
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
through the XnGine
XnGine
XnGine was a 3D engine developed by Bethesda Softworks.In 1997 support for higher resolutions was added and in 1998 it was made compatible with 3dfx graphics cards....
engine, however the CD-ROM shipped with the Windows-only InstallShield
InstallShield
InstallShield is a software tool for creating installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, but it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices...
installation program, and features a software renderer as well as a hardware accelerated Glide
Glide API
Glide is a 3D graphics API developed by 3dfx Interactive for their Voodoo Graphics 3D accelerator cards. Although it originally started as a proprietary API, it was later open sourced by 3dfx. It was dedicated to gaming performance, supporting geometry and texture mapping primarily, in data...
renderer. The game's manual also included a section called the Pocket Guide to the Empire (often abbreviated as PGE, or PGttE), in which details were given on all the provinces of the Empire during that Era. This guide is written from the point of view of an Imperial, and has several handwritten notices in it written by an anti-imperial. Lastly, in some distributions of the game, the map that was provided in the box was partially burnt to provide an additional level of verisimilitude
Verisimilitude (literature)
Verisimilitude, with the meaning "of being true or real" is a likeness or resemblance of the truth, reality or a fact's probability. It comes from Latin verum meaning truth and similis meaning similar.-Original roots:...
.
Bethesda Softworks has never released a patch for this game.
Early copies of Redguard also shipped with a comic book depicting the events that led up to Cyrus' adventure on Stros M'kai. The main character Cyrus is referenced in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a single-player action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks and the Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Games...
: in a song sung by the first mate of the ship, the Marie Elena.
Main characters
- Cyrus: The main character looking for his sister.
- Iszara: Cyrus' sister.
- Admiral Lord Amiel Richton: After the empire won over Stros M'kai, Lord Richton was put in charge to keep order.