Age of Empires

1997

real-time strategy, historical video game

Developer

Microsoft

Publisher

Xbox Game Studios

Platforms

PC/Mac

Game modes

multiplayer video game, single-player video game

Released

1997-10-15

Age of Empires is a 1997 real-time strategy video game based on the ancient world, developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft, and the first game in the Age of Empires series. The game uses the Genie Engine, 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, gaining access to new and improved units with each advance.

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