Rise Of Nations | 
| From: Valusoft
List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $5.47
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Seller: Starlight Digital
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5769
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
Genre: fighting_action_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 755142106898
UPC: 755142106898
EAN: 0755142106898
ASIN: B000J13GKQ
Release Date: April 8, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Play on a realistic map of the world and expand your nation by conquering one at a time, in exciting wartime strategy action | | • | Research over 50 different technologies and show off the superiority of your civilization, as you build Wonders Of The World | | • | Use a combination of military strength, technological development, diplomacy, trade and espionage to create a world empire | | • | Stunning animation and effects as you experience 220 different unit types, and weapon effects from slingshots to nuclear detonations | | • | Streamlined multiplayer action for up to 8 players on a LAN or an Internet connection! |
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Product Description
Rise Of Nations combines the thrills and speed of real-time strategy with the in-depth management of turn-based gaming for an all new experience! Choose one of 18 major civilizations from the Aztecs to the Nubians -- you will be their guide through 6,000 years of history.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Smooth as silk to run August 20, 2009
Paul Emmons (West Chester, PA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree with the other two reviewers that this is a fascinating game with excellent replay value. I tend to prefer turn-based strategy games. However, simple keystrokes can speed the game up, slow it down, or pause. Believe me, if you're caught in a three-front war on various small continents with lots of naval action as well, you'll appreciate the ability to pause frequently, even with the slowest speed selected.
Game programs have always "pushed the envelope" of whatever computer power and technology existed at the time of their release, mostly for the sake of graphics and other relatively frivolous reasons. They are therefore often ill-behaved, unreliable, plagued with bugs, and liable to become totally unusable when a later operating system comes along with little tolerance for older software that doesn't play by the rules. In this context, it is a relief to find a game that runs so smoothly as Rise of Nations, and never crashes. Perhaps its Microsoft imprimatur means that the authors have an unusually thorough understanding of Windows.
My only criticism is that, when saving games, it writes a large number of files in various directories all over the C: drive and provides no way to delete them. If your disk space is not infinite, be cautious.
Old, but still fun April 10, 2009
Zachary Schlieder (Sheboygan, WI USA)
I got this game along with some friends, and then played online multiplayer. I'm not normally an RTS fan, but I found this game fun, at least with friends. It's old, and friendly on the hardware, but is still entertaining. The basic premise of each match is to progress from the Stone Age to modern times and beyond. The progression keeps things interesting in multiplayer, and in singleplayer, the game introduces enough variations on this formula to keep things from getting too repetitive.
IF you are looking for a fun distraction, pick this up. It's only $10.
 It's ok.. August 17, 2007
Neal Vanderstelt (Ormond Beach, FL)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Released date was in 2006 and I was expecting a little more. For a $10 game it is ok. Gameplay is a little awkward. It's like playing a classic board game with some modern affects and modern stategy. I think they could have been a little more creative. There's 2 main modes. The first mode is like risk where you are in map mode. The second mode is where you control the battle front. If the maps were larger and the gameplay a little better the game would have potential.
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