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Populous
| Title | Populous |
|---|---|
| First release | 1989 |
| Developer | Bullfrog Productions |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Platforms | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Game Boy, Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis, NEC PC-98, PC (Windows), PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, SNES / Super Famicom, Sharp X68000 |
| Genres | god game, real-time strategy |
| Also known as | Populous-Populous-The-Promised-Lands · Populous - The Promised Lands · Populous 1 |
| Players | 1 player |
| Co-op | No |
| ESRB rating | E10+ Everyone 10+ |
| Releases | Amiga: 1989-01-01 (PAL) Atari ST: 1989-06-05 (PAL) DOS: 1989-06-05 Mega Drive / Genesis: 1990-12-01 (PAL), 1991-08-08 Master System: 1991-03-01 PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16: 1991-04-05 SNES / Super Famicom: 1991-09-30 Game Boy: 1993-01-01 |
| Wikidata ID | Q1239244 |
Scattered worlds serve as the battlefield where you command natural forces like earthquakes, floods, and volcanoes. By managing followers to raise crops and build towns, you increase your divine power to smite evil opponents. This strategy simulation requires balancing land manipulation and population growth to expand your influence across the universe.
Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.Sources
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(12): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only.
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Box art
(1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, PAL release) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only.
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Box art, Screenshots, Logos
(5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only.
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Screenshots
(3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only.
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