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2 unusual facts about Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings


Cultural depictions of Edward I of England

Edward is featured as the main antagonist in the cutscenes of the tutorial campaign of the 1999 video game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings.

Sandy Petersen

There, he has worked as a game designer on several of their Age of Empires titles, including Rise of Rome, Age of Kings, and The Conquerors.


Age of Empires: The Age of Kings

The Age of Kings allows the player to command any one of five historical civilizations: the Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens and Japanese.

Mini-map

Similar to custom layers in Google Earth, some team-oriented multi-player games, such as Age of Empires II or Empire Earth, allow players to draw temporary lines, signals or markings on the mini-map for others to see.

Sack of Aquileia

This sack appears as part of the final scenario in the Attila the Hun campaign in the Microsoft computer game Age of Empires II: The Conquerors.

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusef appears in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors as one of the primary antagonists in the "El Cid" campaign.


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