Age of Empires Free Software Remake
C++ reimplementation of Age of Empires and its Rise of Rome expansion on the Genie engine design, written as a non-profit hobby project.
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- Original
- Age of Empires and The Rise of Rome (1997)
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2016, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- wip
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Team
- FolkertVanVerseveld
- Started
- 2016-08
- Runs on
- Linux, Windows
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Age of Empires and The Rise of Rome you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by FolkertVanVerseveld. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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