0 I-A.D. (ebizwa ngokuba “zero-ey-dee”) ngumdlalo wasimahla, ovulelekileyo, wembali yeSicwangciso seXesha lokwenyani (RTS) okwangoku ephantsi kophuhliso yi-Wildfire Games, iqela lehlabathi labaphuhlisi bomdlalo wamavolontiya. Njengenkokeli yempucuko yakudala, kuya kufuneka uqokelele izixhobo ozifunayo ukuze unyuse umkhosi kwaye ulawule iintshaba zakho.

"0 A.D" lixesha elingazange libekho ngokwenene: Kwikhalenda eqhelekileyo, umntu usuka ku-1 B.C. ukuya ku-1 A.D. kwaye utsibe uziro. Oku kubonisa intsomi engokwembali kulo mdlalo: Ngubani obenokuphumelela ukuba onke amaqela ebebambene xa ngalinye likwinqanaba eliphezulu?

Sizimisele ukubonisa ezinye zempucuko ezinkulu kwiwaka leminyaka lowama-500 B.C. ukuya kutsho kowama-500 A.D. (Yiyo loo nto iphakathi, u-zero.) Elo lithemba lamabhongo, ngoko kuhlelo lokuqala lowama-0 A.D. sigxininisa kwiinkulungwane ezintlanu zokugqibela B.C. Mhlawumbi kwiipakethi zokwandiswa kwexesha elizayo, impucuko ngakumbi iya kongezwa, kunye neempawu ezongezelelweyo zokudlala.

Sibeka ugxininiso oluluqilima ekuchanekeni kwembali ngelixa siphuhlisa i-0 A.D. Sicwangcisa zonke iiyunithi zethu kunye nazo zonke izakhiwo zethu ngokusekelwe ekwakhiweni kwakhona kwendlela iiyunithi kunye nezakhiwo ezinokuthi zikhangeleke ngayo kwihlabathi lamandulo. Side sizibize ngeelwimi zantlandlolo, njengesiGrike nesiLatini. Kodwa kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuba nawuphi na umdlalo kufuneka kube mnandi ukuwudlala, ke, kwiimeko ezininzi, sikhethe ukudlala kunokuchaneka kwembali.

0 I-AD ikhutshelwa ngokupheleleyo ngaphandle kweendleko kwaye iya kuhlala ikhona. Akukho modeli ye "freemium", akukho ntengiso yomdlalo, akukho kubanjwa. Esi sisiqinisekiso sethu sentsimbi.

Nangona unokufumana abantu abathile bathengisa iikopi ze-0 A.D. kwimidiya ebonakalayo, khumbula, uya kuhlala unenketho yokukhuphela i-0 AD mahala kwi-intanethi, ngqo kubaphuhlisi.