So I bought this Age of Mythology game from Wal-mart for 10 bucks just out of nostalgia to play video games again. I take it home, I try it out, it's cool and everything, but then when I try going online it says "Your serial cannot be blah blah at the time, try again in a few minutes." It doesn't work. It worked like once or twice, but that was it.

Now I can't go online for shit, but the thing is just to get AoM Customer Support they charge $35 bucks for each call when the game only costs $10! What the fuck is up with that shit? I thought I knew Microsoft better than that, I can't believe they'd pull off cheap scams like this.

Does anybody know how I can fix this? I tried looking for a keygen, but I figured they wouldn't work online either.

Ideas?

That's pretty fucked up; the game has always worked fine for my. Try adjusting your firewall settings.

I too bought it at Wal-Mart for $10 alongside the Age of Empires Collector's Edition for the same price. Haven't installed AoM yet, I'll get around to it this evening and let you know how it goes.

The Age games are shit. Too bad my crappy PC can't perform well when playing AoE3 :(

We should have some AoE II: Conquerors Totse multiplayer matches sometime.

you should have pirated the game.

If it wasn't for the absurd pings, i'd totally dig that.

That's not a bad idea. You should start that thread.

AoM had a lot of issues about serials when it was released. Email ensemble or whoever made it.
Also, the AI is fucking hideous as illustrated by your allies sending a small archer squad to kill a neutral fortress while their base is being ransacked.

8 Totseans playing Shimo style would fucking destroy face.

Shimo style = regicide (everybody starts with a king and a castle and if the king dies, it's game over)

+ Lock teams = off, so you're free to make and break alliances with anyone.

Basically, you have to build alliances with people, trade a lot and can make sneaky deals with other players to try and betray yourself to victory.

If you can't sort out the install or fix it with firewalls, download Hamachi to establish a connection.

8 Totseans playing Shimo style would fucking destroy face.

Shimo style = regicide (everybody starts with a king and a castle and if the king dies, it's game over)

+ Lock teams = off, so you're free to make and break alliances with anyone.

Basically, you have to build alliances with people, trade a lot and can make sneaky deals with other players to try and betray yourself to victory.

Sounds cool, actually. We might try to make some games this weekend.

I'm pretty sure most of you know how to play Age of Empires II: The Conquerors.

I'd play, about to get a new beast of a machine. Ordered a nice dual core barebones system from tigerdirect for a mere 129.00, added a nice cpu fan and an external HD 300gb!

You have very odd posting habits, octopus. I think I've only seen you post a half dozen times in the last half dozen years (apart from '04 or '05 whenever it was when you were very active). You won't recognise me mate, been through as many usernames as years.