These two in the bottom-left corner are Select Free Citizen and Select General, and both of them have icons that differ from final versions. There's a bunch of buttons near the mini-map, with the purpose of some of them being unknown. There's a line between the bottom part of the interface and game screen that contains information about the current nation and age. However, the Age Advance button is absent. Resources amount\produce speed and commerce limit numbers are located in the top edge of the screen. HUD is completely different, more similar to Age of Empires 2's HUD. One of the earliest available screenshots, dated March 2002, more than a year before the final release. As a result, there's a HUGE amount of pre-release content that can be found. Beta screenshots and facts were posted on different game sites, multiple copies of beta versions were distributed between game critics, game developers had been interviewed many times, and even a fan-site creation kit was produced by Microsoft. Pausing the game causes it to play Sound 24.wav, while in the final version there's no sound at all.īefore the game's release, there was a large amount of work done to advertise and promote this game. There is one minor difference between this version and the original game, such as: The Trial version of Rise of Nations was released on June 5th, 2003 two weeks before the final US release.
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