I don't understand how some of you are getting it to work with leopard. Is this what you guys mean by changing the resolution? or is it in the settings when you hold down command when you launch AOEII. ONE THING: I tried to change my resolution in my system preferences down to 800圆00, and 640x480, or whatever they are ( as well as changing from millions of colors to thousands). Make sure your computer meets the display requirements specified in the Read Me file.' 'Drawsprocket cannot switch to the requested relolution (800圆00, 8 bit, 1 buffer)s)). So then I got that update, and changed the option to play in 256 colors on, and I could then watch the intro movies (without disabling them), but then I get this error once their done:

Make sure that your video card and driver are compatible with DirectDraw.

I just got my new Macbook Pro 3 days ago, and went on ahead and attempted to install AEOII Gold, and without getting that patch talked about on the upper part of this thread, it goes to the error:

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