Age of empires ii: the age of kings is the sequel to the award-winning, best-selling real-time strategy game age of empires.age of empires ii spans a. Age of empires 2 (v.2.0a) works well without compatibility settings (only the registry fix needs to be applied if not working well without). so for me it can be added to the list of working games in the well known thread here on the forum.. How to play age of empires ii in windows 8 so recently i had an itch to play age of empires ii - the conquerors again, having never finished the campaigns yet. i tried it on my 64 bit windows 8 laptop and it just wouldn't work - i tried all sorts of settings, but the game would just start, then crash, without any explanation..
A) right click on the age of empires 3 shortcut, select properties go to the compatibility mode tab check mark it then select windows vista sp1 or windows xp sp3. then click ok. b) restart the game and check.. Windows 10 pro vs age of empires 2 international "age of empires ii: the conquerors" (aoc) community. daily news on events and tournaments, recorded games, tips and tricks, patches, tools, maps.. A windows (8) update received and uploaded today (sept.9, 2015) has caused my age of empires game to stop loading. the cd/dvd device revs up, but then nothing. i deleted the program, and reloaded, but same result..
