

Bear in mind that all of this is being done entirely by volunteers and you begin to see the shine that 0 A.D. Wildfire created a highly acclaimed and successful ‘mod’ for Age of Empires that offered both the Roman and the Greek civilizations as playable additions to the game. On the heels of that success, Wildfire originally intended to be a total conversion for Age of Empires, after much thought, they decided to release the game as a stand-alone, totally independent program and they have been creating a custom built 3D game engine for that purpose.

The Wildfire website describes 0 A.D.’s premise as follows: “As the military leader of an ancient civilization, you must gather the resources you need to raise a military force capable of dominating your enemies.” That statement gives an idea of the game’s overall goals but doesn’t really touch on the key features and attractions. There have been many other games in the RTS realm that have been released mas freeware but few of them have offered the same high quality as 0 A.D.’s Alpha release. Currently in it’s Alpha testing stages, this game is shaping up to be one of the best freeware RTS games available. is a real time strategy (RTS) game produced by Wildfire Games.
