Age of Empires: Gold Edition (PC, DVD-ROM)

Age of Empires Gold Edition brings the unlimited game play of Age of Empires and Age of Empires Expansion Pack: The Rise of Rome together in one compelling package! Microsoft Age of Empires is an epic, real-time strategy game spanning ten thousand years, where players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of a small Stone Age tribe. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations. Choose from one of several ways to win the game: by conquering enemy civilizations, exploring the known world and economic victory through the accumulation of wealth. But don't stop there! Age of Empires Expansion: The Rise of Rome starts off where Age of Empires left off! Now continue your gameplay with several new features, including four additional civilizations, several unique units, and three entirely new campaigns, showcasing a campaign focusing on the Rise of Rome. From the Stone Age to the Age of Iron, you have over 10,000 years of real-time evolution to build your tribe into a flourishing empire. Choose from four new civilizations (in addition to the twelve already available in Age of Empires), with unique technology trees and distinct strengths and weaknesses. Now you can experience intense clashes between fierce adversarial superpowers such as Carthage and Rome, Palmyra and Macedonia. A fully-integrated scenario editor lets you create your own historically based conflicts.