The fundamental libraries that the game was built on no longer existed, we weren’t even sure if all of the game assets were around anymore. Google was still in Beta, YouTube and Netflix hadn’t been invented yet. In 1999 people had just upgraded from their 56K dial-up modem and traded in their 486 PC for a Pentium class machine with a 14” CRT monitor. But 15 years in the Internet era is a *really long time*. We first considered a minimum possible port…just get it running on modern hardware and operating systems – easy right? If it was a 3 or even a 5 year old game – recompile with new libraries boom, ship it. Not game stories after all, but human stories– about friends and family, victory and defeat - and learning about ancient cultures as a nice side benefit.īecause a few people were still keeping the dream alive, we ended up talking to the right person at Microsoft who also really wanted to make that happen.
For the last 14 years I’ve heard the dramatic re-enactment of people’s favorite stories from the game “No kidding, there I was - just me and the wonder against 4 other guys…” often sadly followed by “I miss that game, I wish I could still play it”.
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The technology has moved forward – operating systems change, old software libraries die, even ’The Zone’ faded away in 2006 taking matchmaking with it.
Hey, I’m Mark Terrano – Chief Creative Officer at Hidden Path Entertainment, and this is the first in a series of Developer Diaries for Age of Empires II: HD Edition…which feels a little weird for me because the last time I wrote one of these for Age of Kings it was 1999 (as Lead Designer at Ensemble Studios in Dallas).Īge of Empires II: HD happened because a lot of people wanted to keep that dream alive. Age of Empires II: HD - Developer's Diary
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