Age of Empires
"Age of Empires", released on October 26, 1997, was the first game in the series, as well as the first major release from Ensemble Studios. It was one of the first history-based real-time strategy games made, utilizing the Genie game engine. GameSpot described it as a mix of "Civilization" and "". The game gives players a choice of 12 civilizations to develop from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. The expansion pack, "The Rise of Rome", published by Microsoft on October 31, 1998, introduced new features and four new civilizations, including the Romans. Although the two games had contained many software bugs, patches resolved many of the problems.
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
The Elder Scrolls: Arena is an epic fantasy open world action role-playing video game developed and published by Bethesda Softworks for MS-DOS in 1994. It is the first game in "The Elder Scrolls" series. In 2004, a downloadable version of the game was made available free of charge as part of the 10th anniversary of the series. Like its sequels, "Arena" takes place on the continent of Tamriel, complete with wilderness, dungeons, and a spell creation system that allows players to mix various spell effects.