Age of Empires II: Gold Edition Hints & Cheats

PC Hints & Cheats

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Cheat	Effect
HOW DO YOU TURN THIS ON	Gives a 'cobra' car
TO SMITHEREENS	Gives a saboteur
FURIOUS THE MONKEY BOY	Get a Furious Monkey Boy
AEGIS	Immediate Building
RESIGN	Defeat yourself
WIMPYWIMPYWIMPY	Destroy yourself
TORPEDOx	Kills opponent x
BLACK DEATH	Destroy all the enemies
I R WINNER	Victory
NATURAL WONDERS	Control nature (lose control of men)
I LOVE THE MONKEY HEAD	Gives a VDML
CHEESE STEAK JIMMY'S	+1000 Food
ROBIN HOOD	+1000 Gold
LUMBERJACK	+1000 Wood
ROCK ON	+1000 Stone
POLO	Remove Shadow
MARCO	Reveal Map
WOOF WOOF	Turns birds into super dogs

Start the game with one of the following command line parameters to activate the corresponding cheat/function.

Plus a tip on inputting cheats in faster.

Cheat	Effect
Autompsave	Saves your game automatically for you every few minutes.
NoTerrainSound	Removes the sounds of the Terrain/Nature
NormalMouse	Removes the given mouse icon and replaces it with the Mouse Arrow(standard pointer)
NoSounds	Turns off ALL sounds.
NoMusic	Removes all music from gameplay.
800	Resolution 800x600
1024	Resolution 1024x768
1280	Resolution 1280x1024
Mfill	Fix's display problems with some video cards
NoStartup	No pre-game FMV sequences
Msync	Fix Sound-Blaster AWE freezes
Enter continual cheats faster:	Copy with CTRL+C , Paste with CTRL+V

Press Enter, enter a code and press Enter again.

Cheat	Effect
CHEESE STEAK JIMMY'S	Gives you 1000 food.
LUMBERJACK	Gives you 1000 wood.
ROBIN HOOD	Gives you 1000 gold.
ROCK ON	Gives you 1000 rock.
I R WINNER	Instant win.
MARCO	Reveals map.
POLO	Removes Fog of War.
AEGIS	Instant build and unit creation.
BLACK DEATH	Destroys all enemies on the map.
RESIGN	Lose current mission.
HOW DO YOU TURN THIS ON	Gives you a Cobra Car.
TO SMITHEREENS	Gives you a Saboteur.
I LOVE MONKEY HEAD	Gives you a VDML.
NATURAL WONDERS	Gives you control of nature.
WIMPYWIMPYWIMPY	Eliminate yourself from map.
TORPEDO# (where # is the opponent number)	Destroys opponent with the coresponding number.

Type	Name	File Size
Other	Units FAQ by gaparr64	40K
FAQ/Walkthrough	FAQ/Walkthrough by namod65	24K
Strategy Guide	Strategy Guide by JChamberlin	345K
Other	Siege Guide by CGorman	40K
FAQ/Strategy Guide	FAQ/Strategy Guide by JChamberlin	440K
Other	Time Study by PyroFalkon	10K
Other	Final Levels Tips by Odge	26K
FAQ	FAQ by Gullibility 92	87K
FAQ/Strategy Guide	FAQ/Strategy Guide by doomsayer13	42K
Other	Civilization Bonuses by BlueEye	6K
Hints and Tips	Hints and Tips by Dee	43K

Hints & FAQs provided courtesy of GameFAQs.

Platform	GameSpot	Metacritic / User Score
PC Review this game	- -	- - 8.9
MAC Review this game	- -	- - 8.7

PC Release Info
- Release Date: Aug 24, 2001 (US)
- ESRB: T
  Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older.
MAC Release Info
- Release Date: October 2001 (US)