Video game · 1997
Age of Empires
Released 15 October 1997 on PC and Mac
- Developer
- Ensemble Studios
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Made in
- Dallas, United States
- Genre
- Strategy
- Themes
- Historical, Warfare
- Series
- Age of Empires
IGDB PLAYERS83683 ratings
About Age of Empires
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.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| PC | 15 October 1997 |
|---|---|
| Mac | 1 July 1999 |
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Age of Empires series
Age of Empires is game 1 of 12. All 12 in order ›
- Age of Empires 1997
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 1999
- Age of Empires III 2005
- Age of Empires II Deluxe Mobile 2006
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