Players start with an empire that is in one of four 'ages' – the Stone Age, Tool Age, Bronze Age, or Iron Age – which means that only certain technologies are available. Naturally, conquest is the ultimate goal. You command one of 12 historical empires and help them develop their economy, food supply, technology, and military. The first game in the popular Age of Empires series. Windows-compatible sound card with speakers or headphones to hear audio.Ģ8.8-Kbps (or faster) modem for head-to-head play. Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.ĭouble-speed CD-ROM drive for gameplay (quad-speed CD-ROM drive for cinematics).
Local Bus SVGA video display (with 1 MB of VRAM). Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3.ġ6 megabytes (MB) of RAM for Windows 95, or 24 MB of RAM for Windows NT (or Windows 95 for an 8-player multiplayer game).
Personal computer with a Pentium 90 or higher processor.
