To enter cheat mode
Press [Enter] during game play then enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.
| Code | Effect |
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| cheese steak jimmy's | 1000 food | | robin hood | 1000 gold | | rock on | 1000 stone | | lumberjack | 1000 wood | | how do you turn this on | Cobra car | | natural wonders | Control nature | | black death | Destroy all opponents | | aegis | Fast building | | woof woof | Flying dogs | | marco | Full map | | resign | Instant loss | | i r winner | Instant victory | | torpedo1 | Kill Opponent 1 | | torpedo2 | Kill Opponent 2 | | torpedo3 | Kill Opponent 3 | | torpedo4 | Kill Opponent 4 | | torpedo5 | Kill Opponent 5 | | torpedo6 | Kill Opponent 6 | | torpedo7 | Kill Opponent 7 | | torpedo8 | Kill Opponent 8 | | polo | No fog of war | | to smithereens | Saboteur unit | | wimpywimpywimpy | Suicide | | i love the monkey head | Tall, fast moving, useless villager | | furious the monkey boy | Furoius The Monkey Boy appears at original town center. It has 9 HP, 99 attack, 99 pierce armor, and kills anything (including buildings) in three hits |
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To enter cheat mode (demo version)
Press [Enter] during game play then enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.
| Code | Effect |
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| marco | Full map | | polo | No fog of war | | lumberjack | 1000 wood | | jimmys steak pizza | 1000 food | | robin hood | 1000 gold |
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Demo version losing old saved games on Windows XP
When you click on the "Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo" icon for the first time on Windows XP, it states that you need to reinstall Age of Empires II Demo before you can play it. You do have to install Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo again, but you can keep your old Age of Empires II Demo, as well. Once you have installed Age of Empires II Demo again, go to your old shortcut to Age Of Empires Demo and click on it. The game should launch and act as it did when you had your other system, have all its saved names, but some of the music files may not play. Note: You need to have a shortcut to your old Age Of Empires Demo before installing Windows XP and before reinstalling the Age Of Empires Demo.
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Fast resources
Use the following trick to rapidly enter the cheat codes and get resources quickly. For wood, press [Enter], type woodstock, press [Shift] + [Home] to highlight the word, then press [Ctrl] + C to copy it. Press [Enter] to activate the cheat. Press [Enter] again, then press [Ctrl] + V to or [Shift] + [Insert] paste the word on the screen for activation. Repeat to get resources quickly. This may be used with the quarry, coinage, pepperoni pizza, and photon man codes.
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Free ally
When you build a market, there is a chance that a rival tribe will ask you to send them a certain amount of wood, stone, gold, and food. When they do, click on "Diplomacy" or press [Alt] + D and click "Ally" on the name of that tribe. They will become an ally free of charge. However, when you do this you will no longer be able to align yourself with any other tribes. This is helpful if there are four tribes in the game.
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Jet fighters
Click on an archery range and press enter, then type WORLD WAR 2 and press enter again. Jet Fighters will come out of the archery range where your flag is.
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More bases advantage
To have a better chance of winning, you might want to build more than one base. Enlarge the base you start out with, making it completely fortified with at least two castles. Then, send a scout cavalry, or some other fast moving unit, to the opposite side of the map from your base. After you have checked the area and confirmed that it is safe, send a villager to build a castle at that location and fortify that base. This is very helpful if your enemy knows where one of your bases are located, especially during online play.
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Multi-player coastal map in single player mode (de
To play the multi-player coastal map with out going online, find the scenario folder and located the "Trial Multiplayer Map" and "Trial Coastal Map". Rename "Trial Muitiplayer Map" to "Trial Coastal Map" and rename "Trial Coastal Map" to "Trial Multiplayer Map". Start the game, select "custom Scenario" and choose on the map name "Trial Coastal Map". When the game begins, it will actually be the Trial multi-player map with four enemies instead of two. Note: Backup the files before renaming them.
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Save resources
When you are allies with others, do not build a market to avoid giving them resources.
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To enter cheat mode
Press [Enter] to display the chat window and type one of following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: The codes can not be enabled in a multi-player game unless the host selects "Allow Cheats" check box when the game is set-up.
| Code | Effect |
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| rock on | 1000 stone | | lumberjack | 1000 wood | | robin hood | 1000 gold | | cheese steak jimmy's | 1000 food | | marco | Full map | | polo | No shadows | | aegis | Fast building | | natural wonders | Control animals | | i r winner | Instant victory | | resign | Instant loss | | wimpywimpywimpy | Suicide | | i love the monkey head | Tall, fast moving, useless villager1 | | furious the monkey boy | Infantry unit that acts like a monkey but has 99 attack, 99 armor, 99 range, and 9 HP | | hoyohoyo | Priests have 900 points | | how do you turn this on | Shelby Cobra car with twin machine guns | | torpedo<number> | Kill indicated opponent | | black death | Destroy all opponents | | big daddy | Military cars2 | | to smithereens | Saboteur unit |
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To enter cheat mode (alternate)
Enter one of the following codes during game play to activate the corresponding cheat function.
| Code | Effect |
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| [Ctrl] + P | Build immutable structure | | [Ctrl] + T | Alternate resource menu | | [Ctrl] + Q | Fast construction | | [Ctrl] + C | View ending sequence |
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To enter cheat mode (command line)
Start the game with one of the following command line parameters to activate the corresponding cheat function.
| Command Line Parameter | Effect |
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| 800 | 800 x 600 screen resolution | | 1024 | 1024 x 768 screen resolution | | 1280 | 1280 x 1024 screen resolution | | autompsave | Auto save game | | Mfill | Fix display problems with some video cards | | Msync | Fix SoundBlaster AWE freezes | | NoMusic | Disable all music. | | NormalMouse | Standard mouse pointer | | NoSound | Disable all sounds except during FMV sequences | | NoStartup | No pre-game FMV sequences | | NoTerrainSound | Disable all terrain sounds |
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To enter cheat mode (demo)
Press [Enter] to display the chat window and type one of following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.
| Code | Effect |
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| pepperoni pizza | 1000 food | | coinage | 1000 gold | | quarry | 1000 stone | | woodstock | 1000 wood | | gaia | Animal control | | reveal map | Full map | | steroids | Instant building | | no fog | No fog of war |
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Play Age Of Empires 2: Age Of Kings campaigns
Start the game, click "Single Player", then click "Age of Kings campaigns". All the original campaigns can be played.
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