Well I have to say this is indeed interesting but like the others have pointed out, the thread is unreachable. I hope it wasn't deleted for breaking the rules!
Wait what? The dawn of man alpha? The one which looks like a completely different game with high cliffs and waterfalls and junk? What's this all about? AoM expert can we hve some info please?
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PhatFish Mr. Beta
posted 02-29-16 05:31 AM
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While we are waiting, here's a very interesting interview with Tony:
Out of politeness I've asked him about sharing some of the files. I suppose I could at least share some pics but I'll give it one more day. He was very generous with me.
I was not expecting all of this. This is what the founder of Ensemble Studios sent me, and I am extremely humbled.
Three discs were blacked out because of confidentiality reasons. Until I get the OK from Tony, I won't be revealing these. They're AoM related anyway.
I've only begun to load a few in my computer, unfortunately it doesn't have a floppy drive. I have one on an older pc but it's not set up. I'll probably just head to my local library and load them up there.
And I assume the hats are for me to keep
Feel free to speculate and ask about certain cd's. For now, I'll just be describing them.
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PhatFish Mr. Beta
posted 03-06-16 12:30 PM
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Amazing. You should sincerely thank Mr. Goodman. What an awesome guy!
One of the burning questions I have is did you ask him to share these dev versions or did he offer them to you? I suspect the former? What other information did he share with you?
A thing that I immediately noticed is that there are no "printed" official dev versions (unless the AoM ones that are blacked out are...). Maybe some of them are actually the "master discs", which in itself is extremely rare to own.
Looking at the dates of the AoE CD's, there is at least one late alpha build which I assume is the same that was leaked (and known to us). Then the other two from July, I think that these are possibly from the E3. The last one from september is probably the one used for the public beta test. The behind the scenes disc should prove to be very interesting too. I would love to see the 3D studio max renders on that disc which has Sean duncan written on it. Looking at the date these are def the earliest type of buildings in the history of Age.
I own an official AoK press kit - my guess is that most of the items on the AoE one where used to create the official MS AoE sites and are likely to feature late alpha screenshots too. I'm curious about the AoK cd's too.
And from the looks of it, you could have two Dawn of Man builds in your possession there. Be careful when handling anything.
Looking forward to hearing and seeing more from this amazing collection!
For those who are interested in receiving bits and pieces or a greater amount of what I've shown here, shoot me an email.
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That AoM Guy Clubman
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posted 03-17-16 05:34 PM
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I'm letting PhatFish take over from here. I gave him some things.
I will also be revealing the blackened cds asap.
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Suppiluliuma AoEH Seraph
posted 03-23-16 03:26 PM
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Thanks for sharing! I like what i see.
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posted 03-24-16 11:13 AM
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I'm intrigued by the CD labelled "Tribe Music". People may remember me from that really long thread about the game's music and the difference between the Redbook Audio and MIDI versions.
Can you please listen to that CD and check if there is any 'new' (i.e. old and unreleased) music on there?
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Eurotool Hero
posted 03-25-16 00:22 AM
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+1 for "Tribe Music". Bring it on
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posted 03-25-16 03:14 PM
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Yeah, the tribe music sounds (quite) interesting
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Eurotool Hero
posted 03-25-16 05:56 PM
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Thank you Phatfish! Giving it a listen right now.
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Pawelec_POLAND Clubman
posted 03-29-16 02:07 PM
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Any Aoe/AoE2 building/unit models/renders on the CDs? Modders would go crazy about them (at least I would )
Epd999 Scout
posted 03-30-16 08:56 PM
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Are there any new animated unit graphics?
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