
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is a real-time strategy (RTS) video
game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. Released
in 1999 for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems, it
was the second game in the Age of Empires series. An expansion, The
Conquerors, was released in 2000. A PlayStation 2 version was released
by Konami in 2001, and a Nintendo DS spinoff, Age of Empires: The Age of
Kings was developed by Backbone Entertainment in 2006. A Dreamcast
port, by Konami, was canceled.