Age of Empires (1997)
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Developer: Ensemble Studios
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.
Platforms: Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres: Strategy
Same series
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999)
- Age of Mythology (2002)
- Age of Empires III (2005)
- Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013)
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019)
- Age of Empires IV (2021)
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (2018)
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (2020)
- Age of Empires: Online (2011)
- Age of Empires: Mythologies (2008)
- Age of Mythology: Retold (2024)
- Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (2006)
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