Ensemble Studios

Age of Empires: Gold Edition

Microsoft's Age of Empires: Gold Edition is an epic real-time strategy title that collects the original Age of Empires and its Rise of Rome expansion set onto a single tactics-packed disc. Spanning more than 10,000 years of game time Age of Empires: Gold features three entirely new campaigns that showcase the bloody battles of Rome, in addition to four brand new civilizations with their own strengths and weaknesses and dozens of different scenarios. Whether you choose to win by world domination, economic victory, or a combination of both, the choice of how your rule the planet is ultimately yours.

Released: 24 September 1999
Developer: Ensemble Studios
Publisher: Microsoft
Engine: Genie Engine
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Age rating: ESRB T
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Simulator · Strategy · Adventure
Also known as: Age of Empires & Expansion Der Aufstieg Roms · Age of Empires. Золотая коллекция · Age of Empires: Złota Edycja · AoE1 Bundle · 世紀帝國II黃金版

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Age of Empires: Gold Edition

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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 technologies. Resources must also be preserved, as no new resources become available as the game progresses, meaning if you cut a tree down, the tree will not grow back. Twelve civilizations 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 major component of the game is the advancement through four ages. These are the Stone Age (Mesolithic/Paleolithic), Tool Age (Neolithic/Chalcolithic), Bronze Age and Iron Age. Advancement between ages is researched at the Town Center and each advancement brings the player new technologies, weapons, and units.

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