Age of Empires
Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user…
Age of Empires is a strategy developed by Ensemble Studios, released 15 October 1997 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 57 cheat codes for it.
What Age of Empires is
Age of Empires is a strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and released in 1997. It was published by MacSoft Games. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). 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…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 4,806 hrs.
What it launched against
Age of Empires launched on 15 October 1997, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online and Frogger.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online, Frogger.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 57 cheat entries for Age of Empires — 57 cheat codes. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Age of Empires cheat codes
Add 1000 gold
Adds 1000 gold to your stockpile.
Press Enter for the chat box, type the code, press Enter.
Single-player only.
Add 1000 food
Adds 1000 food.
Type into the chat box.
Add 1000 wood
Adds 1000 wood.
Type into the chat box.
Add 1000 stone
Adds 1000 stone.
Type into the chat box.
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