| Age of Empires: The Age of Kings | 
 enlarge | From: Majesco Sales Inc.
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $29.94
Buy New/Used from $14.75
Avg. Customer Rating:   (68 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2345
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 01393
Model: GBA AGB P KYGE
UPC: 096427013938
EAN: 0096427013938
ASIN: B0009R1SQY
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Do not buy this game!! It locks up and becomes useless!!! July 8, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not much else to say. My son liked it...for the three weeks it worked. Locked up and has become unusable. If you search the internet you will find this to be a common complaint. The company will do nothing to help you. I'd probably, given their responses re: these issues, stay away from their other games as well. Bottom line...the product does not work.
 Successful Portable Strategy July 8, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was both pleased and intrigued to hear that Age of Empires could be played on the Nintendo DS. The turn based combat works well, the graphics are pleasing, though simple. Age of Empires in turn-based form ends up feeling somewhat like those early days playing Sid Meier's Civilization. It begs the question, why isn't Civilization on the DS? Age of Empires succeeds in bringing the RTS elements of resource management and expansion into a turn based game. I have heard good things about the multiplayer, but alas, I have not had the opportunity to try it out. If you are a strategy buff, this game is worth a look.
pretty good game July 4, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have found that age of empires ds is not quite as bad as people make it out to be. I have logged 17 hours with this game and although it has frozen twice(both non-lethal to game) that creating a username four characters or longer does indeed help. All that aside it is a really great game with plenty of units and excellent battle animations (though a little repetitive). This game recieves 4 stars because of glitches, but it is an overall good game. Although I wouldn't put this as number 1 on your must have list. It makes a good 2nd or 3rd!
DEFECTIVE July 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is absolutely awesome...... until it starts to freeze up on you and eventually crashes, unable to be played again.
This is what happened to me. Apparently, I wasn't supposed to "Save and Quit." Otherwise I'd still be playing it hours on end. Had the developers let me know this little tidbit (besides the attached instruction for user profile being more than 3 characters long), I'd have no complaints for the game. No wonder Gamestop had a huge sale on every copy!
If you decide to purchase this game, remember: DO NOT "SAVE & QUIT" during gameplay. Simply "SAVE" your game and turn the DS off.
Good luck to all you who have purchased this game and pray that your money doesn't go wasted... I myself purchased two copies of the game with the same problem...
 Great Game June 28, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was hesitant to buy this game, because I really couldn't see the great AOE2 experience on the PC being reproduced on something like the DS. Well, they didn't reproduce the experience, but in creating a similar experience they did one heck of a job. While the simplified economy, military, etc. can be a let down at first, the game still retains a lot of strategy, and is very addictive! More civs and maps would have been nice, but I can understand that there would be restrictions on a portable. The only major issue that I have with the game are the lock-ups. I get one about once every five games. Other than that though (which requires that I save more often), the game is great!
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