Age of Empires 1

Age of Empires is an epic real-time strategy game spanning 10,000 years, in which players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations. Gamers can choose from one of several ways to win the game, including: world domination by conquering enemy civilizations, exploration of the known world and economic victory through the accumulation of wealth. Age of Empires was developed by Ensemble Studios and features the expertise of Bruce Shelley, co-designer of the hit strategy game Civilization.

Here are the weapons you need and the forces to amass for your entry into the Age of Empires:

System requirements

The minimum hardware configuration for Age of Empires is:

Pentium 90 or higher processor

16 MB RAM

Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3

Local SVGA bus video display (with 1 MB VRAM)

80 MB of available hard disk space

50 MB free disk space for swap file

Quad speed CD-ROM drive - for cinematics

Double speed CD-ROM drive - for gameplay

Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Sound board plus speakers or headphones to hear audio

28.8 Kbps modem for head-to-head play

Install Age of Empires 1 Now
\games\empire\MSAoE.exe

There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.