Age of Empires 1.0

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Popularity:
#2 in Historic (out of 88 products)
License:
Free to try
Editor's Rating:
4.0 stars
Average User Rating:
4.5 stars (out of 1933 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
2,064,046
Requirements:
Pentium 90, Windows 95/NT, 16MB RAM, 80MB disk space (game), 50MB disk space (swap file), local SVGA bus video display (with 1MB
Limitations:
No limitations
Date Added:
October 02, 1997

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Publisher's description of Age of Empires

From Microsoft Games:

Age of Empires is a civilization-building strategy game with few competitors. Designed at Microsoft by the same people who crafted the award-winning Civilization, Age of Empires features advanced gameplay that's comprehensive enough for hard-core fans of strategic gaming, yet simple enough for the newest gamer to pick up. It also has breathtaking 3D graphics, unusual in this area of the gaming world. Start the game with only your powers of persuasion, and then get your tribe learning essential skills and adapting and developing important technologies to advance. In time, you'll reach out to other civilizations through peaceful trade or through combat and annexation. Age of Empires is anything but predictable--single out a scenario to play and repeat, and you'll be greeted with a different situation every time. This demo version allows you to play one campaign.

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Editor's review of Age of Empires

4.0 stars

Kind of a mix of Civilization 2 and Warcraft II, Age of Empires is a real-time strategy classic that has in turn spawned countless imitators. If you've ever played any title from the Age series, you'll feel right at home gathering the troops, gathering natural resources, and building structures. The game's graphics and sound are a bit rough by today's standards, but the challenging gameplay and classic control definitely stand the test of time. Although only one campaign comes with the demo, it's split up into several scenarios that can take hours to get through. If you're any kind of real-time strategy fan, this should have a mandatory spot in your download library.

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Average user rating: 4.7 stars out of 1933 votes
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3 stars

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Age of Empires 1.0

"you know if Hitler had this kind of game in his time he wouldnt of went to war"

by glens on December 16, 2007

Pros: its not easy BUt its lots of fun to play
once you get started and you begin to understand the game you just cant get off
the game .its like some kind drug make that makes you want more and more
that how fun it is

Cons: i rate it 6.5 out of 10
worth the download even thowe its not a full virson
there more than a copy of hour of fun you can play
then you want to run and buy the thing !
its Cool easy to understand once you played for about an hour

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5 stars

7 out of 9 people found this review helpful

Version: Age of Empires 1.0

"Brilliant Strategy Game!"

by suleman1uk on April 28, 2005

Pros: Absolutely Brilliant thats what i use to describe this game to my friends. Addictive, detailed and clever! This game would take quite a while to complete, fully. Graphics are OK but who cares it's how the game works that matters.

Cons: May be frustrating for some gamers

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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

Version: Age of Empires 1.0

"My favorite game Ever!!!"

by LoW_Reviewer on May 11, 2005

Pros: Works well on older PC's that aren't overloaded with RAM.

Cons: Extremely addicting. Can't stop playing it long enough to post a review! Gets boring without free add-ons.

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5 stars

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Version: Age of Empires 1.0

"Very fun game"

by Dangerlike on January 25, 2007

Pros: Not many games can run on my computer, but Age of Empires is one of those games that does. This game is still fun (for me) even though it's a few years old.

Cons: There will probably be people who gripe about how old the graphics are, but there are always going to be people like that...

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5 stars

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Version: Age of Empires 1.0

"This is an excellent game."

by ajaxthegreater on October 2, 2005

Pros: This game is very fun. Although the graphics aren't excellent, the gameplay is great! I'd recomment this game to ANYONE.

Cons: Once a villager is done with a farm, he moves to another, but gathers no food. This makes you think his farm is still good.

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