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Age of Empires: Gold Edition

Microsoft's Age of Empires: Gold Edition is an epic real-time strategy title that collects the original Age of Empires and its Rise of Rome expansion set onto a single tactics-packed disc. Spanning more than…

24 September 1999

Age of Empires: Gold Edition is an adventure developed by Ensemble Studios, released 24 September 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Age of Empires: Gold Edition is

Age of Empires: Gold Edition is an adventure game developed by Ensemble Studios and released in 1999. It was published by Microsoft. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Genie Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Age of Empires requires the player to develop a civilization from a handful of hunter-gatherers to an expansive Iron Age empire. To ensure victory, the player must gather resources in order to pay for new units, buildings and more advanced technologies. Resources must also be preserved, as no new resources become available as the game progresses, meaning if you cut a tree down, the tree will not grow back. Twelve civilizations are available, each with individual sets of attributes, including a varying number of available technologies and units. Each civilization has technologies unique to them, so that no civilization possesses all the technologies possible within the game. A major…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Age of Empires: Gold Edition launched on 24 September 1999, within three weeks of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Freespace 2.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Freespace 2.

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When did Age of Empires: Gold Edition come out?
Age of Empires: Gold Edition was released on 24 September 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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