Age of Empires Demo
Lead an ancient civilisation from the Stone Age through combat scenarios in the Macintosh demo of Ensemble Studios' real-time strategy classic.
Ensemble Studios, 1999
Build an empire
Command Egyptian chariots and soldiers against the Greeks in the demo's combat showcase, or play the Reign of the Hittites campaign.
Choose Single Player, then Campaign, enter a name and pick a scenario. Click a unit to select it and right-click or click the map to order it.
License
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Game archive
- License
- Maintainer-accepted freely distributed promotional demo
- Rights holder
- Microsoft / Ensemble Studios; MacSoft
- Redistribution
- Recorded as permitted
Permission
Hosting was accepted by the Systemless maintainer on 1 November 2026 under the policy for unchanged, freely circulated promotional demos. The unchanged demo appeared on at least 17 period Macintosh magazine cover discs. The bundled documents contain no explicit redistribution grant or restriction. Preserve the complete unchanged archive and remove it if a rights holder objects.
Notes
PowerPC trial build with the demo campaigns Armies at War and Reign of the Hittites; Random Map and full campaigns are locked.
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