GUIDE · CUSTOM GAMES
Cheat-only units
Age of Empires II has a small set of hidden units that can be summoned by cheat commands in permitted modes. Examples include the Cobra Car, Saboteur, War Penguin, Sharkatzor, and Photonman; these are separate from the standard and civilization-specific unit rosters.
Overview
Age of Empires II has a small set of hidden units that can be summoned by cheat commands in permitted modes. Examples include the Cobra Car, Saboteur, War Penguin, Sharkatzor, and Photonman; these are separate from the standard and civilization-specific unit rosters.
How this system affects decisions
This rule affects custom games. Read the entry’s stated mechanics together with its requirements and related unit or technology pages; its practical value depends on which parts of that system are active in the current match.
How to use this reference
Age of Empires II has a small set of hidden units that can be summoned by cheat commands in permitted modes. Examples include the Cobra Car, Saboteur, War Penguin, Sharkatzor, and Photonman; these are separate from the standard and civilization-specific unit rosters. This rule is easiest to understand by identifying its trigger, the game objects it affects, and the resulting change. Those details determine whether it matters during an opening, a battle, or a custom scenario.
- Focus
- Custom games
- Signature / category
- How it works
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Custom games
- Classification
- Game systems