Hidden Windows XP Wallpaper Found in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
A visual comparison reveals an unexpected detail in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. The building icons used in the game's interface appear to feature the iconic 'Bliss' landscape—the default Windows XP wallpaper—as their background texture. While the original 1999 release of Age of Empires II predates the 2001 launch of Windows XP, this specific graphical quirk is exclusive to the modern Definitive Edition remaster, serving as a nostalgic nod to the era of classic PC gaming.
Mandatum?
That is actually astounding..... Considering the game came out 2 years before that OS ??
I did not know this
Forghere?
T90, is this true???
Cool!
I learned it today days ago
Fake-ish This is true for Definitive Edition, original icons didn't look like that, you can go look at the sprites. And OG AOE2 came out in 1999, before Windows XP (2001)
makes sense, considering who delevoped it, in what period, and for what system.
Not in the original one: