Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings · Windows
First print (0799 / 0899 date code)
Why this is the first print
The part number at the bottom left of the back starts 0799 or 0899. The box part number X04-78890 sits at the bottom right of the back and on the front sticker. One side panel has no Age of Kings 2 logo or text.
Traits
- Box size
- Big box
- Part number
- X04-78890
- Date code (MMYY)
- 0799 or 0899
Notes
The guide lists three sticker variations of X04-78890: an employee-store purchase sticker, a "free inside" sticker, and no sticker. The X04 code was also used on the smaller EU box with the same art. The guide is unsure whether X04 and X05 are separate prints or variants of one first print, and leans toward X04 being first.
Source: PC Game Box Print Variation Guide | NTSC by Snah (Instagram: sealed_video_games) — https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S7cBjy7HLXlevR5YXa-ik8f4rj0Fkoz8i_84ZxK7pZY/edit
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Back — Date code location
Other versions of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- Second print (1099 / 1199 / 0100 date code)Print 2North America · FP-000196
- Third print (medium/small box)Print 3North America · FP-000197
- Game of the Year boxLater printNorth America · FP-000198