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    Age of Empires: Gold Edition

    Age of Empires: Gold Edition

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    From: Microsoft
    Category: Video Games

    List Price: $19.95
    Buy New: $2.47
    You Save: $17.48 (88%)



    New (20) Used (26) from $1.00

    Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 reviews
    Sales Rank: 8426

    Format: Cd-rom
    Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95
    Genre: strategy_games
    ESRB: Teen
    Media: CD-ROM
    Edition: Gold
    Age: 12 - 20 years
    Operating System: Windows 2000
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
    Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.8 x 1.9

    MPN: 559-00075
    Model: 0028085
    UPC: 659556098759
    EAN: 0659556098759
    ASIN: B00001LDCD

    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
    Shipping: Expedited shipping available
    Condition: Brand New CD Rom in Sleeve with Instruction Booklet.

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    Two award-winning games in one box - Age of Empires & Rise of Rome. As the guiding spirit of a Stone Age tribe, follow one of these paths to build the greatest civilization on earth with Age of Empires. With over 10,000 years of real-time evolution to build your tribe into a flourish empire. Experience all the conflict, intrigue, greed, and power as you create the most feared and celebrated civilization in history with Age of Empires The Rise of Rome Expansion.

    Amazon.com Product Description
    Microsoft Age of Empires is an epic, real-time strategy game spanning 10,000 years, where players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of a small Stone Age tribe. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations. Choose from one of several ways to win the game: by conquering enemy civilizations, exploring the "known" world, or accumulating wealth to achieve economic victory.

    But don't stop there. Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion starts off where Age of Empires left off. Continue your gameplay with several new features, including four additional civilizations, several unique units, and three entirely new campaigns, showcasing the rise of Rome.


    Customer Reviews:   Read 56 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars Cool game   September 10, 2008
    Dina A. Puckett
    I love this game. Yeah, the campaign is way too short, but, in my opinion, it makes up for it with the scenario builder. If you don't like a campaign, then just make a new one! My brother and I always have contests to see who can make the most difficult yet fun campaign complete with story and everything.

    So, yeah, it's a great game: sucky campaigns but the scenario builder makes up for that.



    2 out of 5 stars Outdated   February 8, 2008
    M Spocky (Colorado)
    I would probably have had more fun if I hadn't used Age of Empire II before this one. Age of Empire II/Conqueror has so many more functionalities. Not having these functionalities requires much more manual 'handling'. For instance, in AOE II, double-clicking on a unit will select all units of that type present on the screen. It wouldn't work with this version, very annoying. I played 15 hours, just to give it a fair chance, then I gave up. The disk will be forgotten in a drawer, too bad.


    4 out of 5 stars A classic real time strategy game.   November 22, 2007
    Stephen J. Sirum (Turners Falls, MA United States)
    Age of empires came out in 1997 and is still a exiting game to play anytime.It is a game that never gets old but can get tedius sometimes.
    1.The sound in age of empires is good for its time but now you can notice it is outdated but thats not that big of a deal because its old of course.Some sound is good such as lions growling in the distance but some sounds are obviously canned which is heard in cartoons etc.2.The graphics are solid for a 10 year old game and the citizen modles are 3-d and have good textures.The tedius part of the graphics is when citizens are close to each other or if they are near trees and the end of the map they will get stuck and will not get to their destination.3.There is good value in AOE but the population limit is only 50 but the positive thing about the pop limit is that every other nation has the same thing.There are good game modes for random map like wonder victory but conqest is a little tedius because in order to win you have to destroy every unit instead to destroy a town center.The campiegns are fun and there are many of them but even on easiest they are kinda hard and frustraiting but still have more options than a random map.Creating a scenario is most fun because you can have more than 50 people.For scenario creator you can have a 500 millitary fight on each side and can be very fun and exieting.
    Overall AOE is a very good game and I would recommend it to anybody who likes real time stategy game or anybody who likes older history games.



    4 out of 5 stars Good but...   July 9, 2007
    William A. Fuchs (Arlington, VA USA)
    First off, Age of Empires is an amazing strategy and war game. I can't even begin to describe how much you should get this game.

    However, the version I got didn't come with the owner's manual and history. I owned a version for Mac (this versions pc) but the manuals really add a lot the the game. Make sure the copy you buy includes them. Thats my only complaint.



    5 out of 5 stars Good deal   January 5, 2007
    Laura Hoheisel (MN)
    1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    i love this game, and its a great deal to get 3 other games for free!

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