Vol. I · No. 0289 · 1997
Age of Empires
“Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Mic…”
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Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by advancing it through four ages (the Stone, Tool, Bronze, and Iron Ages), gaining access to new and improved units with each advance.
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Age of Empires requires the player to develop a civilization from a handful of hunter-gatherers to an expansive Iron Age empire. To ensure victory, the player must gather resources in order to pay for new units, buildings and more advanced…
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Single playerMultiplayer
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HistoricalWarfare