Age of the Empire: Age of Kings is the better of the three launched versions of Age of the Empires.  With great graphics, more options and greater control of your game, Age of the Empires allows the player to control what kind of game they like.  Unlike the original version of Age of the Empires you can increase your total population to up to 200, which many times is what is needed in order to achieve world domination.  One hint, you must have a very fast proccessor in order to play the game smoothly.