Minimap Feature Discovered in Arena

I was just browsing the Bethesda Game Studios Forums a few minutes ago and came across an interesting topic. This secret was discovered by a member going by the screen name EmperorsDynasty, and posted about a month ago.

It seems that you can make a minimap of the area you're in, complete with dots indicating the player character and non-player characters, by spamming damaging spells into a wall. The poster reports having the game always crash shortly after bringing up the map. The discoverer, EmperorsDynasty recommends using spells with a low cost of magicka, like Fire Dart.
Just goes to show that there is always something new to discover, even in a 13 year old game!

Was this an unfinished feature? A tool used by the developers that was supposed to be removed? An intended cheat, perhaps?

Read the original topic and see screenshots here.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena Free for Download!

Play the game that started it all!

For those who aren't aware, Bethesda offers The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the first game of the series, for free on the Elder Scrolls homepage.

Most new PCs will need a DOS emulator, also conveniently linked to by Bethesda, to run Arena.
The Elder Scrolls: Arena was released in 1994 and is ESRB rated T for Teen with the content descriptors of Animated Blood and Gore and Animated Violence.

After running the .EXE that you download you can install and play Arena by following the instructions found under C: Drive\ARENA\Docs

Download The Elder Scrolls: Arena here.