how can i play aoe with my friend online

tango_cash said:

hi i have recently got a broad band coonnecton .i have age of empire game my friend also has it we want to play it via internet

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1. Which age of empires.
2. Only original games are allowed to be played in net.

u can play pir games with unofficial servers

thunderbird.117 said:

1. Which age of empires.
2. Only original games are allowed to be played in net.

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i have age of empires 2 conqueres. i have 64kbps net connection.i tried the tcpip option in it and entered my friends ip address but i got no response. but we tried playing 3d live pool the same way and when i entered his ip address we got connected.i would like to mention one thing though,i just copy pasted the whole game dir from my friends hdd i did not install it is this the reason.if i get the cd and install it then will i be able to play.and also pls tel me abt gamespy arcade and other such sites what are they all abt???

tango_cash said:

i have age of empires 2 conqueres. i have 64kbps net connection.i tried the tcpip option in it and entered my friends ip address but i got no response. but we tried playing 3d live pool the same way and when i entered his ip address we got connected.i would like to mention one thing though,i just copy pasted the whole game dir from my friends hdd i did not install it is this the reason.if i get the cd and install it then will i be able to play.and also pls tel me abt gamespy arcade and other such sites what are they all abt???

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Well Yeah!!.... ummm im no wizard..but dont u hafta install games b4 playin them???

i suggest u goto *www.gamespyarcade.com/games/ageofempires/
i think its free only..try n see

nd plzzz oh plzz install the game frst

Check your firewall settings to make it allow incoming connections for AoE (give it full access)

Or simply, use Hamachi.