The game has four resources: food, wood, stone, and gold, which must be acquired by hunting, foraging, fishing, farming, logging, mining, or trade. Age of Empires quickly gained a reputation as a classic with its combination of solid gameplay mechanics and engaging features. In this famous game, you control an ancient civilization through four different ages, from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, with each age providing access to new units and technologies. Later it was also published for Mac OS on August 22, 1998.

Age of Empires is a historical real-time strategy game created by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft on October 15, 1997, for Windows.