I have compiled another wineskin wrapped application that allows you to play Age of Empires 2: The Forgotten Empires on your Mac and run it just like any other Mac app, thanks to Paul the Tall, and some time spent on multiple forums.
I am giving you guys this in good faith that you *ahem, have purchased the game. That being said it's not required to use your physical copy to play the game, it's not required for any part of this.
Here's what's included, set up, and good to go:
AoE2: The Base Game
AoE2: The Conqueror's Expansion
The Famed 1.0.e Patch
The UserPatch (everything but Windowed mode, since that causes it to crash.)
The Forgotten Empires Expansion
Just unzip the app with Keka and drag it to your Applications folder.
What isn't working:
Multiplayer
Some minor features from the UserPatch and ForgottenEmpires.
Other than that everything is good to go! I've got it running a full 1680x1050 right now with no lag. (Note that it will be in it's usual rubbish resolution until you change it in the settings, and even then it only affects the in-game resolution. Lobby will still look like ass.
If there are any major issues, as always feel free to comment/message me. I do prefer comments over PM's though, since questions/issues can help other users.
Have fun guys!
Ps. I'm trying to get multiplayer working, it shouldn't be too hard, but I've only got like a half hour of free time a week to devote to this. I figured you'd like to at least be able to play single player for the time being. I don't play multiplayer at all so it's not of the highest importance for me. But I'll get it working eventually and send out an update then.
Download Link: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byu8Cq ... GRZbzA2QU0
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1 ... r_any_mac/