Video game · 1989
Populous
Released 5 June 1989 on Atari ST, MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Boy, Sega Master System and 9 more
- Developer
- Bullfrog Productions
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Made in
- Guildford, United Kingdom
- Genre
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
- Themes
- Fantasy, Sandbox
- Series
- Populous
IGDB PLAYERS7447 ratings
About Populous
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.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| Atari ST | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Amiga | 5 June 1989 |
| Game Boy | 5 June 1989 |
| MS-DOS | 5 June 1989 |
| Sega Master System | 5 June 1989 |
| PC-98 | 16 March 1990 |
| X68000 | 23 March 1990 |
| Sega Genesis / Mega Drive | July 1990 |
| Super Nintendo (SNES) | 16 December 1990 |
| TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine | 1991 |
| Acorn Archimedes | 1992 |
| Mac | 1993 |
| PC | 1 September 2011 |
| Nintendo DS | later, date unknown |
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Populous series
Populous is game 1 of 4. All 4 in order ›
- Populous 1989
- Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods 1991
- Populous: The Beginning 1998
- Populous DS 2008
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More from Bullfrog Productions
- Theme Hospital 1997
- Dungeon Keeper 1997
- Populous: The Beginning 1998
- Theme Park 1994
- Dungeon Keeper 2 1999
All Bullfrog Productions games ›
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