โ | Mounted infant-ry on a tricycle. A cute, innocent baby with poopy pants and daddy's shotgun. Such a lil' sweetheart. | โ |
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition |
BabyPrez is a cheat unit available in Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome. It is an infant mounted on a tricycle armed with a single large mini-gun, hence its name. BabyPrez always spawns at the most recently built Town Center. Despite its superior stats compared to a standard unit, its stats cannot be upgraded and it is vulnerable to conversion.
The unit is also available in the Scenario Editor (Definitive Edition only). The unit and its cheat code are not present in the Age of Empires game mode in Return of Rome.
Trivia[]
- The toddler is based on the child of Scott Winsett, lead artist of The Rise of Rome.[1] Additionally, the unit's internal name is "Winsett's_baby".
- The primary fire sound of the BabyPrez's gun is the same as the one from the original Quake shotgun, albeit without the pump-sound effect.
- When it dies, the infant rolls forward off the tricycle with a loud cry and will remain on the ground eternally. Unlike other units, it will not decompose and disappear off the map; however, building any structure over it will remove its remains. The only other unit that shares this unique feature is the Zug 209, although with a different death animation.
- Like several other cheat units in Age of Empires, BabyPrez has no icon. Other cheat units eventually received icons in Return of Rome.
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References[]
- โ Discussion with Mark Terrano (July 2012) on Reddit
Cheat units in the Age of Empires series | |
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Age of Empires | |
BabyPrez (removed) ยท Big Bertha ยท Black Rider ยท Dragon ยท Flying Dutchman ยท Laser Trooper ยท Medusa ยท Nuke Trooper ยท Saint Francis Stealth Archer ยท Winsett's other Z ยท Winsett's Z ยท Zug 209 | |
Age of Empires II | |
Alfred the Alpaca ยท Cobra Car ยท Furious the Monkey Boy ยท Stormy Dog ยท Penguin ยท Saboteur ยท VMDL ยท Sharkatzor ยท Photonman | |
Age of Mythology | |
Bella ยท Flying Purple Hippo ยท Forkboy ยท Lazer Bear | |
Age of Empires III | |
BigAndy ยท Fluffy ยท Flying Purple Tapir ยท George Crushington ยท Flaming Hot Dog Cart ยท Monster Ice Cream Truck ยท Lazerbear Learicorn ยท Mediocre Bombard ยท The Tommynator ยท Honey Badger ยท Penguin | |
Age of Empires IV | |
Photon Man |