Players take operational command of one of twelve ancient world civilizations, including the Egyptians, Greeks, Babylonians, and Yamato. Through a series of sweeping historical campaigns, you manage the progression of your society, evolving your technology, economy, and military forces across thousands of years of human conflict to establish absolute territorial dominance over your rivals.
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Behind The Scenes
The game was built using the proprietary Genie Engine, designed by Bruce Shelley, who had previously co-designed Civilization with Sid Meier. The team combined the resource-gathering and tech-tree progression of turn-based historical epics with a smooth, 2D isometric real-time combat engine, paving the way for the golden era of historical RTS games.
