AOE2:DE 'Original' Mods

The "Original" Mods series, using original AOE2 assets to bring some epic nostalgia back to DE! Search "UnluckyForSome" in-game to find them all, or use the links provided here. More to come soon!

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Original Main Menu UI Theme (Night)
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Revive the spirit of the original game whilst keeping the modern UI with this Age Of Empires 2 - AOC inspired theme!

Original Main Menu UI Theme (Day)
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Revive the spirit of the original game whilst keeping the modern UI with this Age Of Empires 2 - AOK inspired theme!

Original Main Menu Ambience (Day)
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The birdsong of childhood is calling... Bring back the soothing ambient street noise from the original Age of Empires 2: The Age Of Kings.

Original Main Menu Ambience (Night)
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The winds of childhood are calling... Bring back the soothing ambient street noise from the original Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Expansion.

Original CD-ROM Music - AOK First
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Unlike the "Official" mod, this features the EXACT same timings on the fades and mixes between tunes as the original AOK featured.

Original CD-ROM Music - AOC First
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Unlike the "Official" mod, this features the EXACT same timings on the fades and mixes between tunes as the original AOC featured.

Original Win-Loss Music
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This mod returns the music in the Win/Loss screens to that of the original games from 1999!

Original Sounds - Definitive Edition
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Get the original sound effects from 1999 back into your game, whilst leaving the new DE sounds which don't conflict in-tact!.

Original Campaign Voices
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Features every single bombastic voiceover from the original Age of Empires 2 campaigns from 1999.

Original Campaign Voices (Other Languages)
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Spanish seems most popular by far, however there are also mods for German, French, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Italian.

Original Civ Emblems
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Quickly tell what civilisation your opponent is with Original Civ Emblems! If you played the original, you'll be familiar with these sprites. New DE civilisations have been included in the same style to give consistency.

Original Unit Icons Remastered
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This mod uses the high-resolution 3D models used from the original game as the unit icons for every original unit!

Original Taunts (Complete)
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This mod ensures EVERY taunt from 1 to 42 is the true original (by default they aren't!), ripped directly from the original games from 1999!

Original Campaign Tauntpack
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Every single bombastic voiceover from the original campaigns, now in taunt form! That's 710 extra taunts, starting from #106.

Original Resource Icons
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The mod nobody asked for! Add a little more nostalgia to your game with these resource icons ripped straight from the 1999 release.

Original In-Game Cataphract
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Those 1999 Cataphracts pack quite a punch - now ported into AOE2:DE in matching 60FPS! Check out an example of them in action here.

Original Barracks
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The original Barracks from 1999 AOE2. Kind of looks like a dark age house with a pallisade around it (deep cut meme there)...

Original Relic
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Praise be, the true relic has returned! The original relic from 1999. Has the added benefit of being easier to see.

Original Campaign Scenarios
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This mod adds the untouched original Age of Kings (AOK) and Conquerors (AOC) campaign scenarios to your scenario editor!

Definitive Edition Campaign Scenarios
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This mod features every available Official Definitive Edition campaign and challenge in scenario form, including the retouched originals.

The Lord Of The Rings 999+ Tauntpack
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Decades in the making, spanning multiple platforms and updated for 2024: The ultimate Lord of the Rings 999+ Tauntpack. Taunt away, precious.