Later this week, the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series will be released. Considering the franchise is seventeen years old, that's not many Elder Scrolls games!
It's been quality over quantity, though, and over the years the series has sought to continuously evolve and improve, staying a perennial favourite while competing games come and go.
With Skyrim upon us, then, today is as good a day as any to look back on the history of the Elder Scrolls series.
In the gallery above you'll find footage from every major release in the series (not counting expansions), from the numbered "main" games to the less awesome spin-offs.
Total Recall is a look back at the history of video games through their characters, franchises, developers and trends.
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