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Old News 9

December 28, 1998 - It seems that the downloads are not working. It should only be a temporary problem. Sorry for the inconvenience.

December 27, 1998 - I've changed part of the design at the bottom of the page.
Also I'm updating the FAQ. It will be completed soon.

December 25, 1998 - First of All, Merry Christmas.
Next up, I've received a new campaign for the original Age Of Empires. It's been a while since I got a new campaign on this site. This can be found on the Age Of Empires Campaigns Section.
Next is some information on the downloads, the downloads may be broken if they are moved. ClanWorld has not informed me of it's moving yet.
And next, I will be updating the strategy pages soon. It might take a while because what I'm about to do is a difficult task.
Finally, I've added a Safe Audit Banner to the bottom part of my page and the links section of my page. The one on this page is very small.
...OK. I have something else, I might be moving to a new server soon since some people have complained about my site's down time. If you've ever experienced a down time or if you have a suggestion of where I can move to, please E-Mail Me.

December 23, 1998 - This page has just upgrade to V2.05. There are some new features and pages on this new version.

Here are the new features:

Here are the changes:

  • I've started to use image maps for the navigation. It hope it loads faster now since the size of the navigation images have been cut down to half. The image number has been reduced from 55 to 24!
  • The links to other websites are now fixed so they do not load in the right frame.
  • Switch of the BBS and CHAT loctaions.
  • The Ocean Maps series and the Extra Maps are now removed from this site.

The Power Play Page is updated, finally. Please go to it and vote for your favourite map pack, campaign, and/or program.

Also sorry about the delay, it seems that my ISP was upgrading their FTP. Now it's way faster than before.


December 21, 1998 - Testings of the new image maps are almost complete, it will be released on December 23, 1998. The date is not confirmed yet. Also the downloads for the Ocean Maps series and the Extra maps will be removed when this page is upgraded.

December 20, 1998 - This site will be down for about half an hour when I put the new image maps on my site soon. A few other things will be changed/added too. This means my page will be upgraded to V2.05, it is currently being tested under my computer. This will happened in a few days.
And now the very good news! This site broke it's daily hit record by 33, now it stands at 199.
And some real news, the president of the United States of America was impeached yesterday. I don't know much about it since I live in Canada. From what I heard, he's going to court. I'm going to The Star to see the whole story.

December 19, 1998 - The Ocean Maps series and the Extra Maps are going down in 3 days(December 22, 1998). This means if you still want them, get them NOW! These are being removed because these were gathered by someone from various sites without permission. There are still other sites with these maps though. Also I'm experimenting with image maps, you cannot see them now but they may be released later on.

December 18, 1998 - The Jeka Maps are out. They can be found in the Rise Of Rome Downloads Section.

December 18, 1998 - I've added a new Rise Of Rome Campaign. Frank Zhang converted this campaign. I have not tested the campaign so there is no confirmation that it works, however, I will test it this weekend. It is supposed to be a deathmatch campaign. Click Here to go to the Rise Of Rome Campaigns Page.

December 17, 1998 - I've added a site information page. It is located in the about section. You may access it by clicking here. More information will be added to it later.

December 14, 1998 - Laser Wars are out! They can be found on the Rise Of Rome downloads page. Also these maps are included in the Pacific maps, so if you have them, don't download this. I have received an e-mail on TC4 maps and TM40 maps, I'm not sure if it's just a rumor. If you have any information about these maps or where to get them, please E-Mail Me.

December 14, 1998 - There will be a Site Information page very soon. Also for the Technology and Units information page, I will try to get some pictures of actual units for it. I will also try to get the map, Laser Kings on very soon. I must find a good site to download it from.

December 12, 1998 - I've added one more question to the FAQ. It's about screen shots.

December 12, 1998 - The next major update to this page will probably be to the strategy pages. I was planning this for the new version but thought it would take too long. There will also be some new pages soon.

December 10, 1998 - After a hard struggle, this page is now updated to it's new version. As you might know, this does not have all the new features I wanted in it. Those features will be added through time. Here are new features of my page:

  • Welcome page with choices of Frames, No-Frames, and Text Versions.
  • Navigator is split up in to main sections and then sub-sections.
  • New images for each sections including welcome page.
  • A description of each page.
  • A bottom navigator.
  • Each section has it's main music so it isn't that same opening music.
  • New sections and pages including the about section and the technology and units page.
  • Many more little new features...

Here are some differences:

  • Inability to scroll in the left navigator.
  • The E-Mail Me link will take you to the e-mail page and no longer gives a direct link to my e-mail address.
  • The Chat Room and BBS(Board Room) links take you directly to the page.
  • Many other differences...

The text version has only three images, it's the counter, the World 1000 image, and the Age Of Empires webring image. I won't tell you how to navigate through the pages since it's going to take a long time. I'll leave that for you to find out. I hope to get more visitors with this new page. Please tell your friends about this page.

Also note that images on this site are preliminary. They may be changed if I make better ones. Some images I have to fix up to look better.

Here are some stats of this new site.

  • 159 files in 1 main folder and 4 subfolders using up 1.28MB of space.
  • 47 HTML files for frames version using up around 380kb of space. Some can never be accessed by the public because they were never released.
  • 55 images taking up around 480kb of space. Some were for the old version and cannot be accessed by the public.
  • 12 midi files taking up around 180kb of space. All midi uploaded are used.
  • Many downloads using over 100MB of space. It's going to take a good effort to count all the downloads, including the banned ones.

I hope you enjoy the new site.

Almost forgot something. I still need some help with this page. If you think you can help in any way, please E-Mail Me. Note that you do not have to know how to program HTML. I just need some people to gather information or write it.


This last news bulletin before the upgrade (unless there is a critical situation) signifies that I've finished all version of my page. It's currently going under tests on my computer. It will be uploaded to this server on December 9, 1998. It might be down for testing that day. The reason I'm not going to update this until December 9/10, 1998 is because I haven't completed this particular page, yes, the one you're reading now, and must complete it.

More Good New!
The downloads are back up and the emergency downloads page is no longer needed. It's still there if you still have trouble downloading.

Good News!
I've finished the frames version of the new version of this page. All I have to do now is to convert it to make a text version. I hope I get that done soon. Also as you may notice, I'm testing an ad banner.

I'm gathering information of Age Of Kings now.
I have to tell you that after this page is upgraded, I will need some help with making this site. More information will be posted when this site is upgraded. For now, if you are interested, please E-Mail Me.
Also the new upgraded page won't have everything I want in it since it's taking so long, I will add more things to it as the time passes. If you can't stop the music, it's because I have started updating this page for the new version. Some other facts about the new version, it will have dated news, maybe like this Date.

I have made an emergency backup downloads page. Only the Rise Of Rome downloads are here though. This is the same server but different URLs.
Click Here to visit it.
Many things may be wrong there but downloads will work. Also I know the old downloads page is not working because of their new program. If there is anything wrong on the new page, please E-Mail me the error.

I'm currently in the process of making images. This might take a long time. I will try to have the new version up by next week.

Clanworld.org is down. Some of the other domains aren't though. If you want to access the newer downloads which aren't on the old downloads page, go to the downloads page. Now right click on a link and click on copy shortcut or something like that. Now change the www.clanworld.org to www.clanworld.dk , it should work then. If you are still having trouble, please E-Mail Me.

Clanworld has been experiencing problems lately, so please go to my old downloads page for downloads. Click Here for the Extra Maps.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

My site reached 5000 hits today, Thursday, November 26, 1998. Other than that, there is no news today, but that is news. I'm getting confused.
OK, there is news today. It's what you read above.

I'm been experiencing problems with the board room lately. Please E-Mail Me if you're having problems too.

The Extra Maps are up. They aren't in the downloads page though.
Click Here to get the Zip file.
Click Here to get the Self-Extracting file.
I'm now testing music for the site. I am still, however, making new pages for this site.

I'm still busily updating my page. I'm currently in the process of making new pages for this page. Then I will make the text version. Also I will try to get the Extra maps up sometime tomorrow.

The David Saga #1 is no longer avaliable due to the asking of the author. You will still see the link there but note it will not work since I made an official announcement that the pages aren't going to be updated until the new version since there has been changes.

This is now official, there won't be any more updates to any other page then this one until I update it to the new version. If there are some new releases of newmaps and other things to download, I will put them on the index page. The upgrade may take a long time, The date can't be determined now. All I can tell you is when the new version is up, many pages will be completely up to date.

I've just added Atlantic Maps and Pacific Maps. Two more in the ocean maps series. They can be found in the Downloads Section. If you know, please tell me where they are from. I thought they were from the Age Of Empires Dome but they are not. This page is now in major construction so there won't be much updates for a few days.

There will be no updates to any other page for now. I will only be listing new features that will be include in the new version of this page.
Some new features of the upcoming new version are:

  • A choice between the frames, no-frames, and text version.
  • The downloads help page will be complete.
  • There will be more additions to this page.
  • Navigation bar at the bottom.
  • Most mistakes eliminated.
  • Might have a whole new look.

The comments page is officially up. This means that this page will be getting an upgrade. I haven't started on it yet and it will be a tough job. Click Here to see what the new index page may look like.

The comments test page is up.
Click Here to test it. After the release of this, I will be very busy working on the new version of this site.

I've just added Arctic Maps.
Click Here to go to the downloads page. If you are having trouble, you may go to the Old Downloads Page.
This page needs some help with the Downloads Help section. If you think you can help, please E-Mail me.

The comments test page will be up tomorrow. I will be updating the Downloads Help page soon.

I've added one new strategy on the Strategy Page. There will be some changes to this page later in the month. I will be switching the spots of my search engine and the Amazon.com referrer search.

I will be releasing a comments test page tommorrow if I have the chance. I've put new links to Age Of Empires Trial Central since they will be moving in a few days. Also a reminder for the Power Play page, please use different selections. I have been getting some with the same selections.

Just a reminder that TIC Campaigns will be released monthly instead of bi-weekly since the release of Rise Of Rome. This means that there will no TIC Campaigns this weekend but two weekends later.

The powerplay page is up.
Click Here to see it.
Also the test center will just be in the links section. There will be a subject that says test pages.

I will soon take the downloads away from my YesIC server. I have to do this since I'm running out of space. I'm already up to 4.8MB. The limit is 5MB. There will still be the GeoCities, SpacePorts, and the ClanWorld servers. This will probably happen when I there are new downloads.

I have made a link to the new section, Power Play.
Click Here to test it. This will be a poll section(I know I already have a poll, this one's more complicated). There will be an update to this after my four other projects. The fifth project(this one) may be the hardest.
Also I've added a new Rise Of Rome campaigns to my Downloads Page.

I have posted up all 6 campaigns from TIC Campaigns V1.20.
Click Here to see more information. I will be changing the server soon for the campaigns.


I will make three new sections or more in the following week or two. First up is the more complicated poll section, I will put up a link to it tomorrow. Second is the test center where I will put links to my new test pages. This isn't that useful. Last I will add the comments page. After all that, I will begin to add more entries to the Downloads Help Page

I guess I'm not going to get the JavaScript to work on my new section. I can't figure out the coding. If you can help on this, please E-Mail me. I will put up a preview version in a couple of days, and then I will officially release it around 3 days later. Also this site reached 3000 hits on November 1st, 1998. To celebrate this, I will make a comments page as voted in the last poll.

The new downloads page is up.
Click Here to see it. You still have access to the old page. A link can be found on the new downloads page.

I changed my poll questions today. Thanks to everyone who voted on the last poll. I've been working on the new section. I will tell you what it is in a couple of days. I'm trying to get the JavaScript to work on the new section.

I'm working on a new section which won't be released until probably November 5th. The release of the DHTML will come first, if I actually figure it out. The DHTML may also include Visual Basic Script.

I will be trying to use DHTML for the new downloads page. The start may be after the release of the newdownloads page. Also PNNWeb has finally submitted my site to over 300 search engines. If you don't know what PNNWeb is, click on the button just above the World1000 button.

I will change my poll at the turn of the month. I've added a preview page for the help downloads page.
I may also take the downloads off the YesIC server. There will still be the ClanWorld, GeoCities, and SpacePorts server though.
I will be testing CGI for the next couple of days on this server. I'm not sure if it supports it but I e-mailed technical support and they said maybe.

The new downloads page is ready to go. It will not be official until November 1st.

I've found an error on my downloads page. The TIC Campaigns V1.20 is listed as V1.10. Sorry for the confusion, if you downloaded it from before, it will still work. Also my new downloads page will be launched November 1st, 1998. You may test the page by Clicking Here.

I've added a new campaign for Rise Of Rome Trial.
Click Here to download.
The downloads page will have a design change in the next week or so. Therefore, I will use a test document for the new downloads page. After the update, the old page will still be there.

TIC Campaigns V1.20 is out.
Click Here to download.
I've made this one self-extracting.

I've added a new BBS because of abuse to my old BBS.
Click Here to check out the new BBS.

I haven't been able to make the campaigns work for Rise Of Rome. I have some better news though.
The four Rise Of Rome beta version campaigns which I've converted for the trial have been released due to popular demand. I've also added all the September and October Maps for Rise Of Rome including Multiplayer Rumble for Rise Of Rome. There's also the two campaigns that were made at the Age Of Empires Map Central.
Details are avaliable on the Download Page.
There will be another major update to the downloads page soon.


I've been able to make the scenario files in Rise Of Rome campaigns to .scx. What I've not been able to do is make the scenarios work. The scenarios load and Rise Of Rome crashes when it says Starting new game. I'm now testing with practice maps to make this work.

I'm now on the edge of figuring how to convert the original trial version campaigns to ror trial. I've downloaded hex workshop. A hex editor and found some filenames I have to change. If I do get it, I will post instructions up tomorrow.

There have been many requests for the Rise Of Rome Trial Campaigns. If there are too much requests, I will post them on my site. Sending them in the mail just takes too long. If you would like to try one, E-Mail me with a request.

My search engine is up and running. Please E-Mail me if you have any problems.
Click Here to test the search engine.

The campaigns are now downloadable.
Click Here to visit the trial campaigns page.
Sorry for the confusion.
The search page will be up tomorrow if there are no problems. Please e-mail your search problems about the Search Test Page
Also a note that I have 6 playable campaigns in my Rise Of Rome Trial campaigns directory. 1 is the original, 4 from beta that I've converted, and 1 from Age Of Empires Map Central. If you would like to try a beta campaign that I've converted, E-Mail me with a request. Please note that some scenarios crash your computer but nothing serious will happened.

All right, Campaigns from TIC Campaigns V1.10 are up.
Click Here to visit it.
The links don't work yet. I'll tell you when it does. It now includes all 12 campaigns from the TIC Campaigns. Next release will probably be October 25, 1998.

The Instructions for converting Rise Of Rome Campaigns are up.
Click Here to visit the help page.
I've also added how to convert Age Of Empires and Rise Of Rome scenarios on the help page.
The search engine will be up on Thursday if I experience no problems with it. It will use JavaScript functions so you must have JavaScript Enabled. I've added a version that you may test Here.
My next plan is to add a members page. Although I don't know what I should put on it yet. Please E-Mail Me with your ideas.

I've in the testing of the search engine for my site. This may be up as soon as Thursday. I will add the instructions for converting Rise Of Rome Campaigns tomorrow.

I've added October Maps V1.2 to my site.
Click Here to download October Maps V1.2.
Click Here to download October Maps V1.2 Practice.

I've added TC Maps 3 for Rise Of Rome.
Click Here TC Maps 3.
I'm still finding a way to make practice maps.

I now know how to convert campaigns for Rise Of Rome Trial(and yes, I figured it out myself). I used some of the beta version campaigns to try this. I still have to test this out with more campaigns. I may have time to post up the instructions tomorrow or the day after that.


I'm on the edge of figuring out how to convert the version of Rise Of Rome scenarios and campaigns. I've downloaded beta even though I don't have the full to see what it's like(I can't play it). Come back later and if I've figured it out, I will give you the instructions.

The strategy page has been updated. I've added one new strategy for Age Of Empires and one for Rise Of Rome.

The civilizations page is updated. It now has all four new Rise Of Rome Civilizations. I've added tables to the Civilizations page also.

I'm experimenting with ror trial maps. I will put them up later in the day or tomorrow. I will add information on the Rise Of Rome Page later.

OK. Age Of Empires:Rise Of Rome Trial is finally out. It came out approximately at 7:00PM Eastern(Toronto time). If there is a more accurate time, e-mail it to me. I'm in the process of downloading right now. I will try to go on the Zone and play it today.
Download NOW! Link may not work, if if doesn't work, Click Here to get it.

MOA Maps are out.
Click Here to download the MOA Maps.
Click Here to download the MOA Practice Maps.
I have a slow modem so it may take some while for me to download the trial version of Rise Of Rome. I will go to the trial room, the first one, sometime during the evening (9:00 eastern). I will then try out the multiplayer. See you there. Also a note that Rise Of Rome trial is stand-alone and is 30MB to download(I think).
I've also added a Rise Of Rome Beta Download link on the Links Page.

Good news to everyone who owns the trial version of Age Of Empires. The Expansion Pack, Age Of Empires:Rise Of Rome will be coming out October 16th(tommorow). I will put up a link as soon as I get home tommorow from school. The link below may be the link for the download. This isn't the direct download link though.
Link to download.


I've just added AM maps.
Click Here to download the AM Maps.
Click Here to download the AM Practice Maps.
I will be adding MOA maps soon. I am downloading the new version of tc3 maps which will be uploaded again later today.

OK, Free For All Links Page is up and working again. Please add your site on it.

Don't add anything to the Free For All Links Page. The server that was on crashed. I have to edit the file again so don't add anything until I tell you to.

I've added 3 new links on my Links Page today.
I couldn't upload the new version of the TCmaps3 today. The ones there may be bad.
Click here to download them for now.
I will be adding AM and MOA maps soon.

Campaign List page is up. There are currently 6 trial version campaigns on there.
Click Here to visit.
I will soon be adding 6 more campaigns from V1.10 on there. I also updated the help page and the dictionary page.

TIC Campaigns V1.10 is now released.
Click Here to download.
I've added a list of all the campaigns which you can download seperatly but it's still under construction.

I've updated my help page and added a dictionary page. I've added help for converting campaigns.

My Cheat Pages are updated. I've added new cheats for the trial version and beta version of Age Of Empires.
Click Here to see the new cheats.

The tc3 maps are up. I've put them on the SpacePorts Server which is slow. I'm not sure because I'm located close to where the company is.
Click Here to download Trial Central 3 Maps.
Click Here to download Trial Central 3 Practice Maps.
Just reminder that I do not have the full version of Age Of Empires. I cannot make newmaps but I can make practice maps out of newmaps other people made.

I've started editing my other pages in this site. They will be uploaded together. Watch for the tc3 maps today.

Sorry, tc3 maps won't be uploaded today. I will upload it tomorrow evening.

I've just added a poll to my site. Questions will be changed every month. I will upload the tc3 maps this evening.


I've just added October Maps and October Maps Practice.
Click Here to download the October Maps.
Click Here to download the October Practice Maps.
I will soon upload the TC3 Maps.

There's a new navigation ddlist on my page. It's the list above. I made this for people with old and/or non-frame supported browsers. This ddlist uses JavaScript, so you need a JavaScript supported browser and make sure you don't disable it. I plan to add a poll and other stuff to this too.
October Maps will be uploaded now. I will put a link in later.

I've just added a free for all links page
Click Here to add you site
I've also added a Rise Of Rome Section and a Age Of Kings section. I don't have much on them yet. Microsoft may release a trial version of ror(Rise Of Rome).
I will soon add a search engine to my site.
I will also add octmaps and tc maps today or tomorrow.

I've been trying to upload self-extracting files on to the GeoCities Server. Unfortunatly, it doesn't accept the exe files. I will probably be uploading my files onto either xoom or tripod. I've just visited the october maps site. I will have it up soon.

I've just added Kings Maps and Kings Practice Maps.
Click Here to download Kings Maps.
Click Here to download Kings Practice Maps.
I will be adding the october maps soon.

I will soon upload TIC Campaigns V1.00 again since I've added something in the readme. It may be called V1.01. I'll warn you not to download in the time when I'm uploading this. I will not upload it today, maybe tomorrow.

I already have the files for the TIC Campaigns V1.10. I'm currently testing them. Please check back in the next week, approximately October 8th. Sorry about the wait. These campaigns are released bi-weekly, I don't think you wouldn't of finished the six campaigns in TIC Campaigns V1.00. I've added a Old News Section.


Downloads Pages are updated again. You can now download via different servers in case you have trouble downloading. Also Please e-mail me if you can't download the newmaps via YesIC. I'm not sure if the server is slow.

Alright, sepmaps V1.4 is up. The practice maps is also up.
Click Here to downlaod sepmaps V1.4.
Click Here to downlaod sepmaps V1.4 Practice.
Also I have uploaded all my files on the GeoCities Server. I will make a link to it ASAP. If you are having trouble downloading files, you can use the GeoCities Server. Check back tonight or tomorrow to see if I have the GeoCities Server up.

I've just downloaded sepmaps V1.4. I will have it up by tonight.

I just found out that the link to the TIC Campaigns are broken.
Click Here to download.
Sorry for the delay.
I've also organized my downloads section. Also I won't be putting up sepmaps V1.4 since the Trial Center is too slow. I hope to have it up by tommorow.

I've just added a mailing list to my site. Click Here to see. I've been trying to download the Age Of Empires Trial September Maps, the server is very slow. Also if you didn't know, I have a V3 URL it's fly.to/ticaoe

TIC Campaigns V1.00 is out. Click Here to download. How fast does this page load? I've just added images to the navigation bar. Please e-mail me on how fast this page loads. Also if you would like to contribute a campaign or scenario, e-mail me with the attachment. This is the URL that's going to be the mirror for my site:
http://www.oocities.org/TimesSquare/Battlefield/9485/

I just added images to the navigation bar. This is just to experiment, some things may be wrong. I will fix them in a day or so.

I just joined the Amazon.com Associates Program. You already know because it's the search box you see up there. I might get a link to The Age Of Empires Stategy Guide too.

I now have a chat room and a board room like I was telling you.
Click Here to visit the chat room.
Click Here to visit the board room.
I am currently uploading newmaps on the GeoCities Server. I will check for newmaps everyday.

I just joined the World 1000. I will be adding a chat room and a board room soon, they will probably be hosted by BeSeen. Thanks to everybody who e-mailed me, also if you do not know how to use the Campaign Builder, please consult read the cpnbld12 after you download. If you still have trouble, e-mail me with what you want to do with the scenarios and/or campaigns. If you e-mail me, please include your e-mail address and you URL. I might add you as a link.

September Maps V1.3 and September Practice Maps V1.3 are out.
Click Here to download September Maps V1.3.
Click Here to download September Practice Maps V1.3.
I've just found out that Age Of Empires Trial Maps Domain has been copying my idea of practice map. I don't really care because I'm using their sepmaps. I'm currently uploading my file into my crosswinds account. I will soon test it. Coming soon are trial version campaigns.

I've just change all three of the Practice maps. They are now only one campaign. So that means augmaps are in one campaign instead of 15 campaigns.
Click Here to download the NEW Practice augmaps.
Click Here to download the NEW Practice sepmaps.
Click Here to download the NEW Practice sepmaps V1.2.

September Practice Maps V1.2 are out. Click Here to download. I've fixed the broken link to the September Maps V1.2. Click here to download. The Cheats Section is up. I've just joined the aoe webring. I've already established an account at Crosswinds.

September Maps V1.2 are out. Click Here to download. September Practice Maps were also released by me. Click Here to download. I need to move the downloads to a different server, probably Crosswinds since they have unlimted space. Also don't forget to sign the guestbook.

September Maps(sepmaps) are out. Click here to download. Also if I didn't tell you where to put the newmaps, you have to put them in
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age Of Empires Trial\scenario\. I've used up half of my space already, I will either use the crosswinds server or the Geocities one. The Civilizations are also up.

Think you are going to be beaten badly when you first use the augmaps, then I've got the thing for you. Click Here to download the Practice augmaps. They are in campaign files so you don't need to make them into a campaign yourself. I made them exclusively on this site. This is probably the only site which you can find these practice maps (unless you steal them).
I will soon be adding Practice newmaps.

You can now download Age of Empires New Maps and Age of Empires August Maps
Go on the Zone to use these newmaps or make them into a campaign using the campaign builder.

Age Of Empires copyrighted Microsoft. TIC Age Of Empires: Game Page copyrighted Wang Xi.

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