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July 18, 2000 - The Persian Civilization Strategy has been
released! The new site release will come withing a week.
July 15, 2000 - The Shang Civilization Strategy has been
released! One more until the site upgrade.
July 13, 2000 - The Babylonian Civilization Strategy has
been sent in by _MJ_Heat, who own this excellent site: http://mj_heat.tripod.com/!
The Chinese strategy is coming later.
In other news, the circle, I mean the new site design, is almost complete. All I need
to do is implement the AOK nav pages and then i am all done. I plan two more strategy
releases before releasing the new version of this site.
July 11, 2000 - The Yamato Civilization Strategy has been
released! More to come later in the week.
July 9, 2000 - The Choson Civilization Strategy has been
released! Come back on Tuesday for the House of the Rising Sun.
July 8, 2000 - I'm very sorry for not updating the past
few weeks. I had exams, got a new computer, and it took me quite a while to get the new
computer all set up. I am still working on a new version of this site. But for now, here
is the Pheonicians Civilization
Strategy.
June 11, 2000 - I've finally figured out a way to get rid
of the bottom banner (in frames). Now you can use http://aoe.ticaoe.com
for your accessing needs rather than http://thisiscool.clanworld.org/aoe/.
June 10, 2000 - I won't be able to update as often during
the next 2 weeks. I hope to release the new version of the site by the end of the month.
Also, I found a cool place to read
jokes & comics  .
June 7, 2000 - The Assyrian.civilization strategy is up.
Check it out!
June 4, 2000 - Here's the site of the AOE player who has
been submitting the civ strategies. Check it out: http://mj_heat.tripod.com/mj_heat's_academy.
June 3, 2000 - The Sumerian.coverage is up. Go see it!
June 2, 2000 - Here's a small preview for the new version
of this site:
- more graphics
- no more splash page
- AOE and AOK combined into one page
- page should be viewed under a 600*800 screen resolution
May 31, 2000 - Here is the first of a series of AOE
civilization strategies. The first coverage is on Hittite.
In other news, this site will go under its final re-design incorporating more graphics.
I can't tell you when it's going to be complete, but I'm working hard on it.
May 30, 2000 - Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been
really busy in the past few days. But today, a screenshot update!
May 25, 2000 - The downloads search engine, along with
the listing by game and map type, is now complete! Go to the main downloads page and check
it out! Also you may notice the featured downloads line at the top of this page. This will
change from time to time so you can get all the best downloads.
May 23, 2000 - Good news everyone! Especially for those
of you who don't know how to find AOE or ROR trial maps, campaigns, etc. In a few days,
you won't have to click on every letter in the downloads to find the map you're looking
for, I will have a special search engine just for that. With this search engine, like the
one at the bottom of this page (surprise, surprise) will also conduct usual searches of
downloads, as well as these special map searches. This will also mean a small redesign to
the current downloads page. I'll be busy tomorrow but hopefully, I will have this engine
up by the weekends. Meanwhile, have some fun at SpeedyClick
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May 21, 2000 - New Screenshot. Not much going on in the
AOE world. I'm making an AOK units sheet.
May 19, 2000 - The Screenshot Archives are
back up. There was something wrong with the Xoom server. Now you can view all of the
11 previous screenshots. Also, I'm making a cool links page with lot of interesting
places to go! Also, I found a great place to download
wallpaper  for Windows.
May 16, 2000 - New Arya Campaigns are up! These are
excellent campaigns for ROR Trial. Try out Arya Campaigns 2 here.
May 15, 2000 - Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've
been working on the Age Of Kings page lately. Now that I have the new message board running, I will most
likely post minor news items there instead of on the site. Please check there once in a
while. Also, a TIC Starcraft page is coming soon.
May 8, 2000 - The ROR Trial Population changer has
finally been uploaded. Grab the download here. Start the
program and play Rise Of Rome. Alt-Tab out of the game and press Ctrl+P to activate the
new population. Enjoy!
May 6, 2000 - I'd like everyone to know that from now on,
Age Of Kings news will be posted only in the AOK section.
This means you will not see this page updated as much as before, but there will be more
updates to the AOK section. Screenshot of the day also updated.
I have found a nice site on AOE & ROR Trial. This is owned by the person who helped
me on the AOK conversion rules. His site is @ http://1.gs/trial.
May 4, 2000 - Age Of Kings Trial reaches a whooping 1
million downloads from Microsoft's website alone. This for a game that has new maps for
it.
May 1, 2000 - Two things to announce today. First, there
are new Age Of Kings conversion rules on how to play the multiplayer map in single player.
Read more about it in the AOK FAQ.
Next, there is a new message board! Please post your discussion topics on the new forum. I will start posting Age Of
Kings Conversion topics on the forum.
April 30, 2000 - More information about The Conquerors
have been released. They are the new civilizations, unique units, and campaigns that will
be in the expansion pack.
The five new civilizations will be: Aztecs, Huns, Koreans, Mayans, and Spanish.
Four new unique units are: Halberdiers, Hussars, Petards, and Turtle Boats
The four new campaigns are: Atilla the Hun, El Cid, Eric the Red, and Montezuma.
This information is written on the June issue of Computer Gaming World.
April 29, 2000 - As I promised, the screenshot has been
updated. Usually, I would not add this as a news bulletin but SithNerdawar, the AOK player
who sent this in, requested that I link to his site, Gaming
Palace. It is a nice site devoted to Age Of Kings Deathmatch, especially for players
on Heat.net. Please give his site a visit. It is still
under construction but it seems to be pretty popular. He asks you to do him a favour and
click on the ad banners to let him get Age Of Kings: The Conquerors, when it comes out so
that he can expand his site.
Also, a new message board will be coming to this site. I have realized that my current
message board takes too long to load. I hope that the forums will become active when this
new BBS comes into place.
April 28, 2000 - OK, no more laser wars. Today I have
uploaded the Africlan Map Pack. It is not that new, but I
just found it on the Internet. I'm also making up a plan to get rid of the banner ad at
the bottom of the screen when you use the URL http://www.ticaoe.com.
I hope to get a new screenshot by Sunday. Please send your exciting ones in.
April 28, 2000 - Some people are asking me questions
about the new URL. Here is a better explanation. If you want to access the splash page, go
to http://www.ticaoe.com. If you want to get to this
Age Of Empires page, go to http://aoe.ticaoe.com/. If
you want to go to the Age Of Kings page, which is hardly ever updated, go to http://aok.ticaoe.com/. Please e-mail
me if you have anymore questions. (The e-mail page is now fixed, you can now use it
send me mail.)
April 26, 2000 - More Laser Wars? You can now download
called Lilako Laser Wars 2. Watch for a map pack release
on Friday (another laser wars?). Screenshot updated today, check it out. Also, ICQ 2000a and WinZip 8.0
have just been released. And last but not least, you can now access the site using http://www.ticaoe.com, but there is a banner ad bar on
the bottom from the company I got this domain name from. If you don't want to see that
banner, just access the site using http://thisiscool.clanworld.org/aoe/.
April 23, 2000 - I've found some more Laser Wars maps.
This map-duo is called Lilako Laser Wars, and features a
2-player version.
April 21, 2000 - Happy Easter Everyone! As promised, Laser
Wars is back. Click here to download it!
April 18, 2000 - I have found two map packs, the AOD and
APO maps. You can download them here. Also I request for
anyone who has the following maps to please tell me where to download them. They are: Ayra
Sandstorm, Cyclone, Perspolis, Ruins, 1999, Long Road, and Waterworld. Thanks to anyone
who responds. Look for a screenshot update tomorrow. Also look for the return of Laser
Wars on Friday!
April 15, 2000 - Sorry for the lack of updates. Nothing
really happened in the world of trial. I'll post some Rise of Rome bugs next week.
Screenshot of the week updated.
April 5, 2000 - Not Age Of Empires related but just for
you to know, Netscape 6 Preview 1 was released today. (Is it me, or did they skip Netscape
5?) Some of you may want to download this, but be warned that it is a preview only, and
thus it may crash sometimes. You may download it or read a review from
CNET.
April 1, 2000 - I've added a new recorded game in the Age
Of Kings downloads section. This game features Britons and Chinese vs. 2 random
civilizations. Click here to get it.
March 26, 2000 - Great news! The downloads are back up
again! It seems that Clanworld lost my site while switching servers. I'm going to be very
busy in the next week so there isn't going to be any major updates.
March 21, 2000 - A big update today. First, I reuploaded
the first set of Jeka Maps. They can be found on the new downloads
page. I will hopefully get Jeka Maps 2 up by tomorrow.
Next, this site now boasts a new URL. It is: http://www.bigfoot.com/~ageofempires/.
This URL leads you to this site, but in case of a site crash, you can use this to access
the new URL for the page. Please start using this URL to visit this site. It is very easy
to remember too.
Next thing on the agenda, the beloved site Age Of Empires: Graphics Headquarters has
gone offline because of an unexpected deletion which happened a week ago. This is much
like how ClanWorld has deleted my site with all my downloads stored on it.
Last thing (related to Age Of Empires), I got the full version of Rise of Rome (kind of
late though) and I will be making a few new deathmatch maps for trial players. Please
stayed tuned to this site for progress.
Finally, Blizzard is going through the beta
testing process of their new game, Diablo II. It is bound to be a best-seller. You can
give their site a visit to win a chance to participate in this beta test. Go to their site
for full details.
March 20, 2000 - I have just found out that my downloads
aren't working. This probably happened yesterday because for an unknown reason, ClanWorld
has deleted my account. Now I will have to reupload the downloads. I will only upload the
Jeka Map Packs since they are the most popular. Then I will upload only by requests. Send
in your requests later. I will upload the Jeka sets tomorrow. The Age Of Kings downloads
still work though.
March 15, 2000 - There a new screenshot posted. This one
isn't very exciting, but it tells you the value of relics. Also I recorded the game. But
since I didn't put the CD in and instead used the cracked version of AOK, you will need
that cracked version to play the game video. Click
here to download it.
March 12, 2000 - See something new? Of Course! There is
the new screenshot of the week! If you liked the voting booth better, be sure to tell me. Anyway, here are the results from the last poll:
| Do you know a lot about
Age Of Kings? |
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Yes (47) |
47% |
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No (39) |
39% |
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Kind Of (15) |
15% |
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Total Votes: 101 |
There is also a new addition to the strategy section, a real game where I played a 1
vs. 3. I was the one and I won! Click here to
read about it.
March 11, 2000 - I've linked the Rise of Rome patch
download. Click here to get it.
March 9, 2000 - This page has been revised again!
New features of this page include:
- Age Of Kings Section get a major update!
- Fixed Links
- Splash page with an Age Of Kings section link.
- No more annoying music.
- Many small additions and fixes to this site.
I advise you to visit the Age Of Kings page because there is a newly released
civilization coverage there! Please visit often!
Also, Age Of Empires is set to release for Sega Dreamcast. Please go to this article
and scroll to the bottom of the page. It will list Age Of Empires for Sega Dreamcast as a
pre-order for March 2000!
March 6, 2000 - Some new features of AOK: TC has been
released:
- Smart Villagers: when sent to build a lumber camp, they will start chopping the closest
tree to the lumber camp. While two villagers are building walls, they will start at both
ends.
- Farm queues: Telling villagers how many times to rebuild farms (no more worrying about
them while attacking).
- 12 new types of maps including country outline maps, oasis, king of the hill, and
Mongolia (cliffs and elevations, wallable).
- "Garrison" inside of battering rams.
March 4, 2000 - There will be some major changes to this
site later in the week. I am going to improve this site my making the pages load faster!
Please stay tuned to find out what changes I will make.
March 2, 2000 - Fresh off of the printing press. The
first Age Of Kings Expansion has been confirmed. It will be entitled Age Of Kings: The
Conquerors.
This expansion will feature 5 new civilizations, unique skill/technology (just like
unique units), capture the flag multiplayer games, country outline maps, and many other
new features. It is expect to release fall 2000. Here it is from
Gamespot.
March 1, 2000 - Microsoft has launched Gamestock 2000! This coverage
includes game previews and sweepstakes!
February 29, 2000 - If you haven't already downloaded Campaign
Builder V1.21 (offsite link), I suggest you do so. This version fixes the program not
accepting Rise Of Rome files that end in .cpx and .scx.
February 28, 2000 - Updates on three consecutive days?
You're not hallucinating. This page is now officially alive again.
I've posted some AOK bugs on the Age Of Kings Page.
February 27, 2000 - I am starting an in-depth coverage of
the Civilizations of Age Of Kings. At least one page will be released every week. Please
check back often for this coverage.
Also, I'm going to post the two AOK (cheating) bugs very soon.
February 26, 2000 - I finally own Age Of Kings the full
version. Just for some of you to know, I have a Pentium 133mhz computer and it runs very
well. I am trying to convert some maps but still no luck.
Also I found this utility very useful if you don't want to scratch your CD. Click here to download the
No-CD-Required Crack. After downloading, simply replace the empires2.exe file from the
download with the one in your AOK full version folder. Then run Setupreg.exe and you're
all set!
February 22, 2000 - Small update today. I'm sure ZONE
players already have downloaded the v1.0c patch. If you haven't, you can get it here. (Note: This patch doesn't allow some people to play
saved games.)
If you are wondering why this patch was released, see Microsoft's download page.
February 19, 2000 - I am working on a program which will
allow you to convert AOK scenarios (and maybe campaigns) without a lot of hassle. There is
no confirmed release date yet but I will update on the status of this program. Please
check back often.
Jaunuary 22, 2000 - The AOK
section has updated with Conversion Rules! With credit to me and Andrew A. Frisch.
Please note that these procedures will only work when the scenario supports the trial
version. When you achieve success with these rules, please send me the playable scenario.
Thanks.
Also, since I didn't updated on January 1st, I'd like to say happy new year! |
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