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title="Age of Empires – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(i%C3%BB-h%C3%AC)" title="Age of Empires (iû-hì) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Age of Empires (iû-hì)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Boarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(videojoc)" title="Age of Empires (videojoc) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Age of Empires (videojoc)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(videohra)" title="Age of Empires (videohra) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Age of Empires (videohra)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(Computerspiel)" title="Age of Empires (Computerspiel) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Age of Empires (Computerspiel)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="عصر فرمانروایان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="عصر فرمانروایان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(jeu_vid%C3%A9o)" title="Age of Empires (jeu vidéo) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Age of Empires (jeu vidéo)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(videoxogo)" title="Age of Empires (videoxogo) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Age of Empires (videoxogo)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80_%EC%98%A4%EB%B8%8C_%EC%97%A0%ED%8C%8C%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4_(%EB%B9%84%EB%94%94%EC%98%A4_%EA%B2%8C%EC%9E%84)" title="에이지 오브 엠파이어 (비디오 게임) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에이지 오브 엠파이어 (비디오 게임)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ladin</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8F%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%82%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_(%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B_%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82)" title="ഏജ് ഓഫ് എം‌പയേഴ്സ് (വീഡിയോ ഗെയിം) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഏജ് ഓഫ് എം‌പയേഴ്സ് (വീഡിയോ ഗെയിം)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="ايج اوف امبايرز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ايج اوف امبايرز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(permainan_video)" title="Age of Empires (permainan video) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Age of Empires (permainan video)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(computerspel)" title="Age of Empires (computerspel) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Age of Empires (computerspel)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8_%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96_%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2" title="エイジオブエンパイア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エイジオブエンパイア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(videospill)" title="Age of Empires (videospill) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Age of Empires (videospill)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(jogo_eletr%C3%B4nico)" title="Age of Empires (jogo eletrônico) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Age of Empires (jogo eletrônico)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_(joc_video)" title="Age of Empires (joc video) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Age of Empires (joc video)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Age of Empires" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forgotten_Empires" title="Forgotten Empires">Forgotten Empires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantalus_Media" title="Tantalus Media">Tantalus Media</a></li></ul> </div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></li><li>Definitive Edition: <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Microsoft Studios</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_creative_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game creative director">Director(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Shelley" title="Bruce Shelley">Bruce Shelley</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game designer">Designer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Sullivan_(game_designer)" title="Brian Sullivan (game designer)">Brian Sullivan</a><a href="#cite_note-AoETech-4">[4]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Goodman" title="Rick Goodman">Rick Goodman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_programmer" title="Video game programmer">Programmer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Angelo Laudon</li><li>Matt Pritchard</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game artist">Artist(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Brad Crow</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_composer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game composer">Composer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Rippy" title="Stephen Rippy">Stephen Rippy</a></li> <li>David Rippy</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires">Age of Empires</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Game_engine" title="Game engine">Engine</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Genie_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Genie (game engine)">Genie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Mobile" title="Windows Mobile">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">NA</a>: October 13, 1997<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>: October 23, 1997<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genre(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Real-time_strategy" title="Real-time strategy">Real-time strategy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mode(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-player_video_game" title="Single-player video game">Single-player</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game" title="Multiplayer video game">multiplayer</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Age of Empires (AoE) is a <a href="/wiki/Real-time_strategy" title="Real-time strategy">real-time strategy</a> <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> based on <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>, developed by <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_Studios" title="Ensemble Studios">Ensemble Studios</a> and published by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, and the first game in the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires" title="Age of Empires">Age of Empires</a> series. The game uses the <a href="/wiki/Genie_Engine" title="Genie Engine">Genie Engine</a>, a 2D <a href="/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics)" title="Sprite (computer graphics)">sprite</a>-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an <a href="/wiki/Civilization" title="Civilization">ancient civilization</a> by advancing it through four ages (the <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Tool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Ages</a>), gaining access to new and improved units with each advance. Originally touted as <a href="/wiki/Civilization_(video_game)" title="Civilization (video game)">Civilization</a> meets <a href="/wiki/Warcraft" title="Warcraft">Warcraft</a>, some reviewers felt that the game failed to live up to these expectations when it was released.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Despite this, it received generally good reviews, and an <a href="/wiki/Expansion_pack" title="Expansion pack">expansion pack</a>, titled <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires:_The_Rise_of_Rome" title="Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome">The Rise of Rome</a>, was released in 1998. The game is now generally regarded as one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best" title="List of video games considered the best">best video games</a> ever made. Both the original Age of Empires and the expansion pack were later released as "The Gold Edition". The first sequel, <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires_II" title="Age of Empires II">Age of Empires II</a>, was released in 1999. <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires:_Definitive_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Age of Empires: Definitive Edition">Age of Empires: Definitive Edition</a>, a remastered version of the game, was released on February 20, 2018. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gameplay">edit</a>]</div> Age of Empires requires the player to develop a civilization from a handful of <a href="/wiki/Hunter-gatherer" title="Hunter-gatherer">hunter-gatherers</a> to an expansive <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> <a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">Empire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> To assure victory, the player must gather resources in order to pay for new units, buildings and more advanced technology. Resources must be preserved, as no new resources become available as the game progresses; for example, trees that are cut down will not grow back.<a href="#cite_note-GameRevolution-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-GSPreview-7">[7]</a> Twelve <a href="/wiki/Civilization" title="Civilization">civilizations</a> are available, each with individual sets of attributes, including a varying number of available technologies and units. Each civilization has technologies unique to them, so that no civilization possesses all the technologies possible within the game.<a href="#cite_note-Ensemble-8">[8]</a> A major component of the game is the advancement through four ages. These are the <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nomad" title="Nomad">Nomad</a>/<a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a>), the Tool Age (<a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a>/<a href="/wiki/Chalcolithic" title="Chalcolithic">Chalcolithic</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a>. Advancement between ages is researched at the Town Center, and each advancement brings the player new technologies, weapons, and units.<a href="#cite_note-GSPreview-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-CVGReview-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modes">Modes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Modes">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Champions_Of_The_Magnificent_City.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/Champions_Of_The_Magnificent_City.JPG/220px-Champions_Of_The_Magnificent_City.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/Champions_Of_The_Magnificent_City.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>A custom scenario: <a href="/wiki/Champa" title="Champa">Champa</a> invaders attack the <a href="/wiki/Khmer_Empire" title="Khmer Empire">Khmer Empire</a>, which attempts to construct the legendary <a href="/wiki/Angkor_Wat" title="Angkor Wat">Angkor Wat</a>.</figcaption></figure> The game features four <a href="/wiki/Single-player" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-player">single-player</a> campaigns in which the player is required to complete specific objectives. Campaigns are a collection of scenarios which are completed in a linear fashion. The campaigns follow the history of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egyptian</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Greece" title="History of Greece">Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yamato_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="Yamato Period">Yamato</a> civilizations; there is also a complete campaign specially made for the demo version that takes place in the <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittite</a> Empire.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Aside from the campaigns, there is a game mode called "<a href="/wiki/Random_map" title="Random map">random map</a>", in which a different map is generated for each new game. Variations of random map, such as the resource-heavy "<a href="/wiki/Deathmatch_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deathmatch (gaming)">death match</a>", are also available.<a href="#cite_note-GSPreview-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Age of Empires facilitated <a href="/wiki/Online_game" title="Online game">online</a> and <a href="/wiki/Computer_network" title="Computer network">network</a> play with up to 8 people simultaneously. Because the network play is less sophisticated than that of modern games, <a href="/wiki/Lag_(video_games)" title="Lag (video games)">lag</a> and disconnections often occur.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Until June 19, 2006, multiplayer gameplay was supported by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Gaming Zone">Microsoft Gaming Zone</a>. At that point, the Zone abandoned support of most CD-ROM games, including Age of Empires and <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires_II:_The_Age_of_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings">Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The creation of user-made scenarios or series of scenarios (campaigns) for the game was made possible using the Scenario Builder. This tool is simpler and easier to learn than comparable editors used in more modern games, but it has fewer capabilities as a result. <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_Studios" title="Ensemble Studios">Ensemble Studios</a> used the Scenario Builder to make the single-player campaigns which shipped with the retail game. Various unofficial sites exist where custom scenarios can be submitted and downloaded. In late 2005, it was discovered that by modifying various data files, units present in the <a href="/wiki/Beta_version" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta version">beta versions</a> of the game could be made available in the editor. Some obscure units include a <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">spaceship</a> and a hero that changes ownership when units move near it. Through data editing, the rules of unit placement can also be modified. This allows units to be placed on any terrain and on top of other units, which creates new possibilities for design. Other significant discoveries include new terrain templates, a mode to triple each unit's hitpoints and a tool to edit map sizes.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civilizations">Civilizations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civilizations">edit</a>]</div> Players choose to play as one of 12 civilizations: the <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylonians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gojoseon" title="Gojoseon">Choson</a> (Koreans), <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egyptians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minoans" class="mw-redirect" title="Minoans">Minoans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Empire">Persians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenicians">Phoenicians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shang_dynasty" title="Shang dynasty">Shang</a> (Chinese), <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumerians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yamato_period" title="Yamato period">Yamato</a> (Japanese). The civilizations are sorted into four distinct <a href="/wiki/Architectural" class="mw-redirect" title="Architectural">architectural</a> styles, based on <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesopotamian">Mesopotamian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egyptian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> architecture, which determine their in-game appearance.<a href="#cite_note-FeaturesHistorical-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technology">Technology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Technology">edit</a>]</div> Technology is researched at specific buildings, to which they are generally related; for example, religious research is done in temples and improved armor is researched in the storage pit.<a href="#cite_note-GSPreview-7">[7]</a> Technological advances come in many categories, such as military upgrades (better arms and armor for units), economic upgrades (increasing the efficiency of resource gathering), religious upgrades (faster conversion rates and more abilities for priests) and infrastructure upgrades (stronger fortifications and more resilient buildings). As basic technology research is completed, more advanced technologies may become available. Some technologies are not available to certain civilizations.<a href="#cite_note-GSPreview-7">[7]</a> Technology plays a very important role in the strategy of the game.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> As a civilization progresses through the ages, technology becomes more and more expensive, which makes collecting the necessary resources to research them difficult.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> As a consequence, balancing the workforce of villagers across the various resources can make the difference between victory and defeat.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AgeOfEmpiresScreenshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/AgeOfEmpiresScreenshot.jpg/220px-AgeOfEmpiresScreenshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/AgeOfEmpiresScreenshot.jpg/330px-AgeOfEmpiresScreenshot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/AgeOfEmpiresScreenshot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="273" /></a><figcaption>Two armies squaring off, sporting an array of units</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Units">Units</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Units">edit</a>]</div> Players control a variety of <a href="/wiki/Civilian" title="Civilian">civilian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> units.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> Most units can be upgraded through research (e.g. faster gathering for villagers, stronger armor for military units, and longer range for archers).<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> Land-based units are the most prevalent in gameplay. Villagers are the most basic units in Age of Empires. Their primary function is to collect resources, cutting down trees for wood, mining for stone and gold, and <a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">hunting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foraging" title="Foraging">foraging</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Farming">farming</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> to acquire food.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> Villagers can construct buildings and repair both buildings and naval vessels, and are capable of engaging in hand-to-hand combat when necessary. Priests are non-combat units which can heal allied units or "convert" enemy units (in which case the target unit changes allegiance). Infantry units, such as <a href="/wiki/Club_(weapon)" title="Club (weapon)">clubmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swordsmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Swordsmen">swordsmen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hoplite" title="Hoplite">hoplites</a> use melee combat to attack at short range. Mounted units include <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">chariots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/War_elephant" title="War elephant">war elephants</a>. Archers, mounted or on foot, attack at range. Siege units are of two types: <a href="/wiki/Catapult" title="Catapult">catapults</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ballista" title="Ballista">ballista</a>. Catapults hurl stones which generate blast damage, affecting all units in a small area, and are especially effective against buildings and groups of units. The ballista is less damaging against buildings and units, but it fires faster and is cheaper than the catapult. Nautical units often play a secondary role, but can be essential to victory. <a href="/wiki/Fishing_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing boat">Fishing boats</a> are similar to villagers in that they can gather fish. <a href="/wiki/Merchant" title="Merchant">Merchant</a> ships trade resources from the stockpile and exchange it for gold at another player's dock, with the amount of gold earned being relative to the distance between both docks. <a href="/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">Transport</a> ships carry land units from one area of land to another. As well as attacking enemy ships, warships can be very effective in attacking land-based units close to the shoreline (because melee units cannot fight back). Warships come either as <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galleys</a> which fire arrows or <a href="/wiki/Trireme" title="Trireme">triremes</a> which launch bolts or boulders (very effective against buildings near the shoreline). Unit types are identical, regardless of civilization (though certain civilizations may have improved variations of these units). So, for example, a Korean <a href="/wiki/Gojoseon" title="Gojoseon">Choson</a> broad <a href="/wiki/Swordsman" class="mw-redirect" title="Swordsman">swordsman</a> is identical to a Persian or Phoenician one, as are bowmen, axemen, short swordsmen, <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>, and so forth. Some armors and clothes are historically inaccurate, with the long swordsman bearing more resemblance to a Roman <a href="/wiki/Praetorian_Guard" title="Praetorian Guard">praetorian</a>. Some units were also available in the game to civilizations that never, historically, had them; hoplites can be trained by every civilization except Persia, and some middle-Asian civilizations can train <a href="/wiki/Roman_legion" title="Roman legion">Legions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Centurion" title="Centurion">Centurions</a>, while Japanese <a href="/wiki/Yamato_Province" title="Yamato Province">Yamato</a> can build triremes. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Buildings">Buildings</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Buildings">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AoE_4_Wonders.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/AoE_4_Wonders.JPG/220px-AoE_4_Wonders.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/AoE_4_Wonders.JPG/330px-AoE_4_Wonders.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/AoE_4_Wonders.JPG 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption>The four different wonders for each of the four architectural styles</figcaption></figure> The Town Center is one of the most important buildings in the game. Here villagers are created, and age advancement is researched.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> Most scenarios have each player begin with a single Town Center; the ability to build multiple Town Centers is unlocked by the construction of the Government Center during the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> The Town Center provides population support for four units. In order to build more units, houses must be constructed. Each house supports four units, and although any number of houses can be built, they can only support a maximum of fifty units.<a href="#cite_note-Allgame-17">[17]</a> Military units are produced at specific buildings relevant to their area. All sea units are created at the docks. Walls and towers are defensive fortifications (Age of Empires was one of the first real-time strategy games to include walls strong enough to form a feasible means of defense). Farms are used to produce food. Granaries, storage pits, and the Town Center are used to store resources deposited by the villagers. Wonders are enormous monuments representing the architectural achievements of the time, such as the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Pyramids" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Pyramids">Egyptian Pyramids</a>. They require huge amounts of resources to build and are constructed very slowly. Wonders can neither produce units nor conduct research. In scenarios with Standard Victory conditions, a player can win by constructing a wonder and keeping it from being destroyed for 2,000 years (about 10 minutes in the real world). Building a wonder also greatly increases a player's score, which is beneficial in "score" games. Players typically make it their top priority to destroy enemy wonders, especially under Standard Victory conditions. For this reason and because a wonder is relatively easy to destroy, a wonder must be well-guarded at all times.<a href="#cite_note-FeaturesHistorical-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Development">edit</a>]</div> Age of Empires (under the working title Dawn of Man)<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> was the first game <a href="/wiki/Game_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Game development">developed</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_Studios" title="Ensemble Studios">Ensemble Studios</a>. Its historical setting was chosen to be more plausible and accessible, particularly to casual gamers, than existing games.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> At the time, other real-time strategy games had science fiction and fantasy settings, so the historical setting of Age of Empires enabled it to stand out.<a href="#cite_note-BehindBruce-20">[20]</a> The designers received much of their inspiration from the game <a href="/wiki/Civilization_(video_game)" title="Civilization (video game)">Civilization</a>, with its proven historical setting; this was noted among reviewers as something positive.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> The game was announced in June 1996 at the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Entertainment_Expo" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Entertainment Expo">Electronic Entertainment Expo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-announcement-22">[22]</a> Age of Empires was designed by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Shelley" title="Bruce Shelley">Bruce Shelley</a>,<a href="#cite_note-BehindBruce-20">[20]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Goodman" title="Tony Goodman">Tony Goodman</a> (in charge of the game's artwork),<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Pottinger" title="Dave Pottinger">Dave Pottinger</a> (in charge of the game's <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a>).<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Rippy" title="Stephen Rippy">Stephen Rippy</a> was the music director (a role he kept through the series), with occasional help from his brother, David Rippy.<a href="#cite_note-m4g-25">[25]</a> He created the original music in Age of Empires using sounds from actual instruments from the periods in the game, as well as their <a href="/wiki/Sampler_(musical_instrument)" title="Sampler (musical instrument)">digital samples</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AoEH-26">[26]</a> The tunes were the result of extensive research on the cultures, styles and instruments used.<a href="#cite_note-AoEH-26">[26]</a> Angelo Laudon served as the coding lead and Matt Pritchard led graphics and optimisation.<a href="#cite_note-PC_Gamer_Stanton-27">[27]</a> Age of Empires was mostly written in x86 <a href="/wiki/32-bit_computing" title="32-bit computing">32-bit</a> <a href="/wiki/Assembly_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly code">assembly code</a> totalling approximately 13,000 lines, similar to that of <a href="/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_1" class="mw-redirect" title="RollerCoaster Tycoon 1">RollerCoaster Tycoon 1</a>.<a href="#cite_note-PC_Gamer_Stanton-27">[27]</a> This was done so that sprites could be loaded faster which was faster than other RTS rivals like <a href="/wiki/StarCraft_(video_game)" title="StarCraft (video game)">StarCraft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-PC_Gamer_Stanton-27">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Rise_of_Rome">The Rise of Rome</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Rise of Rome">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires:_The_Rise_of_Rome" title="Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome">Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires:_The_Rise_of_Rome" title="Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome">Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Expansion_pack" title="Expansion pack">expansion pack</a> for Age of Empires. It is based on the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>, and adds the Roman Empire and three other playable civilizations to Age of Empires. It was officially released on October 22, 1998.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Gameplay-wise, the expansion introduced numerous interface tweaks, such as unit queuing, the ability to double click a single unit and highlight others of the same unit-type, balancing damage done by <a href="/wiki/Catapult" title="Catapult">catapults</a>, and the option to increase the population limit beyond 50 (only in <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game" title="Multiplayer video game">multiplayer</a> games). By installing the 1.0a update from 1999, it is also possible to use the <a href="/wiki/Full_stop" title="Full stop">period</a> key to cycle through idle villagers.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The Rise of Rome also features a new <a href="/wiki/Roman_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman architecture">Roman architectural design</a>, shared by all four new civilizations, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palmyra" title="Palmyra">Palmyrans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginians</a>. Four new researchable technologies have been added. Additional new features include five new units, four new random map types, and a larger map size option.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pathfinding" title="Pathfinding">Pathfinding</a> for all units is also considerably improved. New music was composed for this expansion, which replaced the original score entirely. After the last official <a href="/wiki/Patch_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patch (software)">patch</a> by the developer, the <a href="/wiki/Game_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Game community">game's community</a> continued the support by an <a href="/wiki/Fan-made" class="mw-redirect" title="Fan-made">own-made</a> <a href="/wiki/Unofficial_patch" title="Unofficial patch">unofficial patch</a> to address remaining <a href="/wiki/Bug_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bug (software)">issues</a> and to improve compatibility with modern hardware and OSes.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> According to Microsoft, The Rise of Rome demo received one million downloads from its official website alone by April 1999,<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> and another 350,000 from <a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a>'s Download.com.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Sales of the game reached 1.2 million copies by June 2001.<a href="#cite_note-cgwsales2-34">[34]</a> The Rise of Rome won <a href="/wiki/Computer_Games_Magazine" title="Computer Games Magazine">Computer Games Strategy Plus</a>'s 1998 "Add-On of the Year" award. The editors wrote that it "added whole new campaigns, refined rules, and a fresh new gaming experience for a title that was already highly regarded."<a href="#cite_note-cgmawards1998-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sales">Sales</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sales">edit</a>]</div> In the United States, Age of Empires debuted at #7 on <a href="/wiki/PC_Data" title="PC Data">PC Data</a>'s computer game sales rankings for October 1997.<a href="#cite_note-oct1997-36">[36]</a> It secured places eighth and 13th the following two months, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-nov1997-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-dec1997-38">[38]</a> By the end of 1997, Age of Empires totaled sales in the country above 178,000 units, for revenues in excess of $8 million. This performance made it the United States' most successful real-time strategy game during late 1997: a writer for <a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer_US" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Gamer US">PC Gamer US</a> noted that its sales surpassed the combined totals of rivals <a href="/wiki/Total_Annihilation" title="Total Annihilation">Total Annihilation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War" title="Dark Reign: The Future of War">Dark Reign</a> over the same period, and were over four times greater than those of <a href="/wiki/Myth:_The_Fallen_Lords" title="Myth: The Fallen Lords">Myth: The Fallen Lords</a>.<a href="#cite_note-strategysellers-39">[39]</a> Age of Empires was also successful worldwide, according to Microsoft. It was released in 55 countries during its first four months,<a href="#cite_note-850k-40">[40]</a> and over 650,000 copies were shipped globally by December 12.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-650k-42">[42]</a> Microsoft reported that it was consistently the top-selling computer strategy title in the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom through January 1998.<a href="#cite_note-850k-40">[40]</a> Globally, the game <a href="/wiki/Sell-through" title="Sell-through">sold-through</a> 850,000 units by February.<a href="#cite_note-850k-40">[40]</a> Age of Empires was a hit in the German market,<a href="#cite_note-focus-43">[43]</a> where it debuted at #1 on <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Control" class="extiw" title="de:Media Control">Media Control</a>'s sales rankings for the latter half of October 1997.<a href="#cite_note-oct1997-de-44">[44]</a> After holding this position in the first half of November, it remained in Media Control's top 5 through the end of 1997.<a href="#cite_note-nov1997-de-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-dec1997-de-46">[46]</a> The following year, Age of Empires placed consistently in the top 3 through March, when it rose again to #1 in the last two weeks of the month.<a href="#cite_note-jan1998-de-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-feb1998-de-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-mar1998-de-49">[49]</a> By the end of May, it had spent 28 consecutive weeks in Media Control's top rankings, with placements of fifth and eighth that month.<a href="#cite_note-charts2-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-may1998-51">[51]</a> Age of Empires proceeded to become the fourth-best-selling computer game in the German market during 1998's first nine months.<a href="#cite_note-focus-43">[43]</a> It received a "Gold" award from the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verband_der_Unterhaltungssoftware_Deutschland" class="extiw" title="de:Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland">Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland</a> (VUD) in August,<a href="#cite_note-vud1998-52">[52]</a> for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.<a href="#cite_note-gameprogold-53">[53]</a> Sales in the German market totaled 115,000 units by the end of September,<a href="#cite_note-focus-43">[43]</a> and the VUD raised Age of Empires to "Platinum" status, for 200,000 sales, by November.<a href="#cite_note-vud1998-2-54">[54]</a> At the 1999 Milia festival in <a href="/wiki/Cannes" title="Cannes">Cannes</a>, Age of Empires took home a "Gold" prize for revenues above €15 million in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> during 1998.<a href="#cite_note-eccsell-55">[55]</a> It remained at 14th on Media Control's charts for the German region by January 1999, continuing a 60-week streak on the charts.<a href="#cite_note-jancharts-56">[56]</a> Sales of the game in South Korea alone reached roughly 150,000 units by 2000.<a href="#cite_note-pcxl-57">[57]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/PC_Data" title="PC Data">PC Data</a>, it was the United States' 10th-best-selling computer game during the January–November 1998 period.<a href="#cite_note-jannov-58">[58]</a> Age of Empires was a commercial success, selling 3 million copies by 2000 and grossing $120 million in revenue.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reviews">Critical reviews</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Critical reviews">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1217379840">.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 1em 1em;text-align:center;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-none{float:none;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-single{width:23em}.mw-parser-output .vgr-edit-on-wikidata{border:1px solid 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href="#cite_note-GameRankings-60">[60]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></td><td>83/100<a href="#cite_note-Metacritic-61">[61]</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="vgr-reviews wikitable"><caption class="vgr-stacked">Review scores</caption><tbody><tr class="vgr-hrow"><th scope="col">Publication</th><th scope="col">Score</th></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/AllGame" class="mw-redirect" title="AllGame">AllGame</a></td><td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-Allgamerev-62">[62]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World" title="Computer Gaming World">Computer Gaming World</a></td><td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-cgw-63">[63]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games" title="Computer and Video Games">Computer and Video Games</a></td><td>9/10<a href="#cite_note-CVGrev-64">[64]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/GameRevolution" title="GameRevolution">GameRevolution</a></td><td>B+<a href="#cite_note-GameRevRev-65">[65]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a></td><td>6.8/10<a href="#cite_note-GameSpotRev-66">[66]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a></td><td>7/10<a href="#cite_note-IGNMac-67">[67]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine)" title="Next Generation (magazine)">Next Generation</a></td><td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /><a href="#cite_note-NG-68">[68]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/PC_Zone" title="PC Zone">PC Zone</a></td><td>9.4/10<a href="#cite_note-PCZrev-69">[69]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center">PC Gameworld</td><td>91%<a href="#cite_note-PCGameworld-70">[70]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center">Coming Soon Magazine</td><td>90%<a href="#cite_note-ComingSoon-71">[71]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center">Game Vortex</td><td>75%<a href="#cite_note-GameVortex-72">[72]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div> Age of Empires was generally well received by critics, and scored highly on <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> websites<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> including an 8.3 out of 10 on <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Metacritic-61">[61]</a> an 87% on <a href="/wiki/GameRankings" title="GameRankings">GameRankings</a>,<a href="#cite_note-GameRankings-60">[60]</a> an 85 out of 100 on <a href="/wiki/MobyGames" title="MobyGames">MobyGames</a>.<a href="#cite_note-MobyGames-74">[74]</a> <a href="/wiki/Game_Informer" title="Game Informer">Game Informer</a> ranked it the 81st best game made in its 100th issue in 2001. They called it a cross between <a href="/wiki/Warcraft" title="Warcraft">Warcraft</a> and <a href="/wiki/SimCity" title="SimCity">SimCity</a> and praised its multiplayer and its popularity among gamers.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <a href="/wiki/Game_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Game Revolution">Game Revolution</a> categorized the game as "a cross between <a href="/wiki/Civilization_II" title="Civilization II">Civilization II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warcraft_II:_Tides_of_Darkness" title="Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness">Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness</a>",<a href="#cite_note-GameRevolution-6">[6]</a> while <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a> lamented that it was "a simple combat game rather than a glorious empire-builder", describing it as "Warcraft with a hint of Civilization."<a href="#cite_note-gamespot-76">[76]</a> While <a href="/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World" title="Computer Gaming World">Computer Gaming World</a>'s Elliott Chin compared the game extensively to WarCraft II, he said that it has "great depth, and when compared to its real-time brethren, it has to be the most sophisticated of the bunch".<a href="#cite_note-cgw-63">[63]</a> GameVortex wanted less of a combat-oriented gameplay, but praised the modes of play, commenting that "the random map generation [...] really keeps the game spiced up."<a href="#cite_note-gamevortex-77">[77]</a> GameSpot decried the level of <a href="/wiki/Micromanagement_(gameplay)" title="Micromanagement (gameplay)">micromanagement</a> necessary to control the game (which was due to absence of production queues and low <a href="/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Artificial Intelligence">AI</a> of the player's units) calling it "a poor idea", which "seriously diminishes [Age of Empires'] enjoyability."<a href="#cite_note-gamespot-76">[76]</a> GameVortex echoed this criticism,<a href="#cite_note-gamevortex-77">[77]</a> while PC Gameworld pointed out the subsequently released <a href="/wiki/Patch_(computing)" title="Patch (computing)">patches</a> improving some of the faulty AI programming.<a href="#cite_note-pcgameworld-78">[78]</a> Elliott Chin criticized the game's population limit, which he thought to be its "most serious grievance".<a href="#cite_note-cgw-63">[63]</a> While noting the similarities with Warcraft II, PC Gameworld praised the uniqueness of each playable civilization, and noted that the "graphics are extremely detailed and have a hand-painted feel to them. It's rare to see a game this beautiful with such detailed unit movements."<a href="#cite_note-pcgameworld-78">[78]</a> Game Revolution was impressed by the amount of different units of the game, and noted that the developers "obviously did [their] research here, and the result is a well rounded, historically accurate product (at least for a game)".<a href="#cite_note-GameRevolution-6">[6]</a> The soundscape of the game was also criticized, with GameVortex stating that "the oral clues just aren't enough to let you differentiate just what's going on."<a href="#cite_note-gamevortex-77">[77]</a> With a view to the future of the game, Game Revolution emphasized the scenario editor, which "allows you total control in the design of scenarios and campaigns", a "tool at your disposal to create a scenario exactly to your liking."<a href="#cite_note-GameRevolution-6">[6]</a> <a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine)" title="Next Generation (magazine)">Next Generation</a> reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "Having been in development for nearly an eternity, Age of Empires has largely delivered what was promised by Civilization co-creator, Bruce Shelley, and his team at Ensemble Studios."<a href="#cite_note-NG-68">[68]</a> The game won numerous awards, including <a href="/wiki/Gamecenter" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamecenter">Gamecenter</a>'s 1997 "Game of the Year",<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> and tied with <a href="/wiki/StarCraft_(video_game)" title="StarCraft (video game)">StarCraft</a> for "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Strategy/Simulation_Game_of_the_Year" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year">PC Strategy Game of the Year</a>" at <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Interactive_Arts_%26_Sciences" title="Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences">AIAS</a>' <a href="/wiki/1st_Annual_Interactive_Achievement_Awards" title="1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards">inaugural Interactive Achievement Awards</a> (it also received nominations for "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year" and "<a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Game_of_the_Year" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year">Interactive Title of the Year</a>").<a href="#cite_note-Finalists1998-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-Winners1998-81">[81]</a> Age of Empires was a runner-up for <a href="/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World" title="Computer Gaming World">Computer Gaming World</a>'s 1997 "Strategy Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to <a href="/wiki/Myth:_The_Fallen_Lords" title="Myth: The Fallen Lords">Myth: The Fallen Lords</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cgwpremier1997-82">[82]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definitive_Edition">Definitive Edition</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Age_of_Empires_(video_game)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Definitive Edition">edit</a>]</div> In June 2017, Adam Isgreen, creative director of Microsoft Studios announced Age of Empires: Definitive Edition at the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Entertainment_Expo_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017">Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017</a>. New features include overhauled graphics with support for <a href="/wiki/4K_resolution" title="4K resolution">4K resolution</a>, a remastered soundtrack, online multiplayer through <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Live">Xbox Live</a> servers and other gameplay improvements, such as better pathfinding. It was initially planned to be released on October 19, 2017, but was delayed until February 20, 2018.<a href="#cite_note-pcgamer_definitive-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Development of the game was handled in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Forgotten_Empires" title="Forgotten Empires">Forgotten Empires</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tantalus_Media" title="Tantalus Media">Tantalus Media</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> Age of Empires: Definitive Edition was released at first exclusively through the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Store" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Store">Windows Store</a> and met with mixed or average reviews, with a weighted score of 70 out of 100 in <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer" title="PC Gamer">PC Gamer</a> gave the game 60/100, calling the game "solid remake of a game past its time".<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a> gave the game 6/10, praising its 4K graphics and upgraded soundtrack, but criticizing old problems still persisting.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> In May 2019, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Spencer_(business_executive)" title="Phil Spencer (business executive)">Phil Spencer</a>, head executive of Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Xbox" title="Xbox">Xbox</a> division announced to reverse the decision on releasing Age of Empires products exclusively through Windows Store and committed to releasing them on <a href="/wiki/Steam_(service)" title="Steam (service)">Steam</a> as well.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> On August 19, 2019, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition re-released with a new client on both the Windows Store and Steam, with cross-play available between the two platforms. 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