Well done ;) I still have on my 10 years old HP: Age of Empires 3 with my all backups and game sessions played...
I used to play just for fun with a cheating code : tuck tuck tuck and you have in the middle of the map a big fat monster truck coming.
You drive this crazy beast to all villages and see how fast they will come back to atttack you... Aahhhh it was a great time.
I don't know how it was at your place when you were "young ;)" but at my place we went to PC clubs were they were linked via router and we paid the session per hour. It was the same for Counter-Strike...
If you show some interest to discover this beast I can share this with you guys ;) enjoy!