“ | Mounted infant-ry on a tricycle. A cute, innocent baby with poopy pants and daddy's shotgun. Such a lil' sweetheart. | ” |
—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[]
- ↑ 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) · Big Bertha · Black Rider · Crocodile (Alpha) · Dragon · Elephant (Alpha) · Flying Dutchman · Gazelle (Alpha) · Laser Trooper · Lion (Alpha) · Medusa · Nuke Trooper · Saint Francis · Stealth Archer · Winsett's other Z · Winsett's Z · Zug 209 |
Age of Empires II | Alfred the Alpaca · Cobra Car · Furious the Monkey Boy · Penguin · Photonman · Saboteur · Sharkatzor · Stormy Dog · VMDL |
Age of Mythology | Bella · Football · Flying Purple Hippo · Forkboy · Lazer Bear · Methane Chicken · UFO · Walking Berry Bush |
Age of Empires III | BigAndy · Flaming Hot Dog Cart · Fluffy · Flying Purple Tapir · Gatling Camel · George Crushington · Guardian Lion · Honey Badger · Lazerbear · Learicorn · Leonardo's Tank · Mediocre Bombard · Monster Ice Cream Truck · Penguin · The Tommynator |
Age of Empires IV | Photon Man |