Age of Empires 2 was what made my little brother decide being a programmer. It's trigger system in the map editor is so primitive and lacking, you'd have to spend hours for some basic things that can be done in seconds via a loop. We (mostly I) developed a program that multiplied the triggers with special names by changing keywords (or key-numbers like 42^^) by modifying the save file. He loved the reverse-engineering and how easier things get using a proper programming language. On the other hand, I think if someone is creative and analytic that way to find themselves writing scripts-like stuff in a map editor, then they are already good candidates for being programmers.

What I wanted to say, then diverged and started telling a completely unnecessary story, is: AoE2 is a really timeless piece of software. Look at the still kicking community for this 20-year-old game!