Age of Empires

Age of Empires^®
	Choose your favorite form of world domination in an epic game of empire-building and conquest! How will you rule the world? Conquer enemy civilizations? Discover the world’s secrets? Accumulate wealth? As the guiding spirit of a small Stone Age tribe, follow one of these paths to build the greatest civilization on earth.	Age of Empires Web Site

Build your tribe into a powerful, flourishing empire through more than 10,000 years of real-time evolution.
Create your own historically based conflicts with a fully integrated scenario editor. Command powerful armies in some of antiquity’s greatest battles.
Direct a research path that leads to economic, military, or naval technologies best suited to achieving game goals.
Build powerful armies from dozens of military units including infantry, warships, chariots, war elephants, and archers.
Choose from multiple gameplay options including more than 40 preset scenarios, individual campaigns, or randomly generated games.
Conquer or cooperate with up to eight other players in multiplayer games via modem, LAN, or the Internet.

Computer Pentium 90 or higher microprocessor	Operating System Windows® 95 or later or Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3
Hard-Disk 80 MB of available hard-disk space 50 MB free disk space for swap file	Memory 16 MB RAM for Windows 95 24 MB RAM for Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Drives Quad-speed CD-ROM or faster - for cinematics Double-speed CD-ROM or faster - for gameplay	Display Super VGA (for full 256-color support) with local bus video (with 1 MB VRAM)
Peripherals/Miscellaneous Sound card with headphones or speakers required for sound Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device recommended 28.8 modem or faster and Internet access (or Network card) for head-to-head play

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