Yes, AoE2 has a skirmish mode where you can use all of the nations, have up to 8 players at a time, teams, your choice of map, your choice of game mode, starting resources, and starting age.
Age of empires 2 is age of kings. So yes. Age of empires II: The Age of kings
2... Age of Empires age of Kings & Age of Empires Conquers Expansion
Either need more GB or its a fake CD or something that is wrong. Age of Empires 2 seems to crash a lot on Vista.
no
Yes 2 of them age of empires dynasty and war chiefs
go to single player then click skirmish game and you can select your maps and teams
yes
This problem may have several causes and solutions. Most often running AOE in XP compatible mode would work.
you can drop oil from towers in age of mytholiges but you cant in age of empires 2 unless it was a mod from "Age of Kings heaven"
yes, you can play single player skirmishes as any faction on Live or not.
Yes you can and its a very good game saing its old :)
Yes, Try age of empires 1 2 or 3, they all include singelplayer/LAN