Found by Litude a little over a month ago - this is truly another amazing discovery!
"I came across a new very early screenshot of Age of Empires from the English PC Zone magazine. It's from the period where Ensemble Studios was messing around with the GUI quite regularly but unlike the screenshots we already have which show a peaceful village, this one shows a quite huge battle taking place.
Another interesting fact is that this screenshot also shows that the Ice Age was indeed in the game at some point, as you can see written in the lower right corner.
Also, it gives some new food for thought since I and DarkRain654 were almost sure these screenshots were simply mock-ups but the surfacing of this screenshot pretty much disproves that theory."
See the screenshot below:
I mean, holy F. I just love gazing at the amazing early graphics. They look so freaking great, absolutely fantastic stuff!
The original news announcement onAoE Beta also features awesome original cutscenes.
Hats off toLitude!
Another interesting fact is that this screenshot also shows that the Ice Age was indeed in the game at some point, as you can see written in the lower right corner.
Also, it gives some new food for thought since I and DarkRain654 were almost sure these screenshots were simply mock-ups but the surfacing of this screenshot pretty much disproves that theory."
See the screenshot below:
The original news announcement on
Hats off to