Game cover: Populous

Populous

Release date: 05/06/1989 by Bullfrog Productions

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Real Time Strategy (RTS) • Role-playing (RPG) • Simulator • Strategy

Also known as: Populous.exe

Acorn Archimedes
PC-9800 Series
Sharp X68000
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Atari ST/STE
PC (Microsoft Windows)
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
Mac
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Sega Master System/Mark III

Score

74

Main story

2h

Main + extras

8h

Completionist

26h

Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations. You shape terrain, guide followers, and use natural disasters like floods, volcanoes, and earthquakes to influence or eliminate opposing tribes. The game features an isometric perspective and includes 500 levels (worlds), each with different challenges. Originally developed by Bullfrog and designed by Peter Molyneux, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the god-game genre.

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