Age of Empires

Grafted historical age-advancement economics onto real-time strategy combat.

Released 1997 Developer Ensemble Studios Publisher Microsoft Platform PC Genre RTS Era The 3D rupture Website ageofempires.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Age of Empires inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Turn-Based 4X Empire ~~1991~~Real-Time Base and Unit Production ~~1992~~Fog of War ~~1992~~Networked Deathmatch ~~1993~~

The Age of Empires series in this dataset

1997

Age of Empires ~~this page~~

1999

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings ~~1999~~

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