465:, and each level represents an area of land on which live the player's followers and the enemy followers. In order to progress to the next level the player must increase the number of their followers such that they can wipe out the enemy followers. This is done by using a series of divine powers. There are a number of different landscapes the world (depicted on the page in the book) can be, such as desert, rock and lava, snow and ice, etc. and the type of landscape is not merely aesthetic: it affects the development of the player's and enemy's followers.
553:, and Molyneux admits that whilst it didn't help the developers to balance the game at all, it provided a useful media angle to help publicise the game. One curious incident related in media coverage involved an attempt by Molyneux to investigate the displacement of water when adding blocks to the world model, this being frustrated by Lego not being watertight and thus causing a "flood" that "dissuaded further experimentation".
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mechanic simply as a way of helping the peeps to move around. Then, as a way of reducing the number of peeps on the screen, he decided that if a peep encountered a piece of blank, flat land, it would build a house, and that a larger area of land would enable a peep to build a larger house. Thus the core mechanics – god-like intervention and the desire for peeps to expand – were created.
387:, the game consists of more than 500 levels, with each level being a piece of land which contains the player's followers and the enemy's followers. The player is tasked with defeating the enemy followers and increasing their own followers' population using a series of divine powers before moving on to the next level. The game was designed by
568:, who had a gap in their spring release schedule and was willing to take a chance on the game. Bullfrog accepted their offer, although Molyneux later described the contract as "pretty atrocious:" 10% royalties on units sold, rising to 12% after one million units sold, with only a small up-front payment.
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gave the game a positive review, noting, "as heavy-handed as the premise sounds, it really is a rather light-hearted game." The simple design and layout were praised, as were the game's colourful graphics. In a 1993 survey of pre 20th-century strategy games the magazine gave the game three stars out
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to skip to the end of the game, as there was insufficient time to play through all 500 levels, and it was only at this point that
Bullfrog realised that they had not included any kind of ending to the game. The team quickly repurposed an interstitial page from between levels and used it as the final
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The most basic power is raising and lowering land. This is primarily done in order to provide flat land for the player's followers to build on (though it is also possible to remove land from around the enemy's followers). As the player's followers build more houses they create more followers, and
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The game received critical acclaim upon release, with critics praising the game's graphics, design, sounds and replay value. It was nominated for multiple year-end accolades, including Game of the Year from several gaming publications. Retrospectively, it has been considered one of the
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508:. The player has the ability to shape the landscape and grow their civilization – and their divine power – with the overall aim of having their followers conquer an enemy force, which is led by an opposing deity.
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added five new types of landscape (the geometric Silly Land, Wild West, Lego style Block Land, Revolution Française, and computer themed Bit Plains). In addition, another expansion disk called
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picked the game as the No. 16 greatest game available in 1991, saying: "Talk about big-time role-playing. Most video games posit you as a mere sword-wielding, perilously mortal human; in
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criticized the game's user interface, but praised the graphics and the ability to "create your own worlds ... you control the world of the game, instead of the other way around".
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Strategy Game of the Year. In 1996, the magazine named it the 30th best game ever, with the editors calling it "the father of real-time strategy games". In 1991 it won the
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as the third best computer game ever. The editors hailed it as "unbelievably addictive fun, and one of the most appealing and playable strategy games of all time."
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you're a deity. Slow-paced, intricate, and difficult to learn: You literally have to create entire worlds while all the time battling those pesky forces of evil."
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was also released on the SNES, developed by
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is an ideal enhancement that breathes new life into weary bytes. Absolute power was never as incorruptible, nor this creative."
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is both highly original and amazingly addictive, with a constant challenge on offer". They gave the Mega Drive version of
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is a must buy for 1989". Peter
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Campbell; Mark Ramshaw; Bob Wade; Trenton Webb; Gary Penn; Andy Smith; Maff Evens (May 1991).
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and was warned that the "good vs evil" nature of the game could lead to them receiving similar
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reviewed the Amiga version, giving it an overall score of 96%. Japanese gaming magazine
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placed the game at No. 25 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time. In 1994,
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in 1990 gave "kudos especially to Peter
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placed the game 98th on their "The Best Super
Nintendo Games of All Time".
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in the United States. Shortly after release, Bullfrog was contacted by the
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fans wanting to be apprentice wizards can share in the magic of that gift.
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of five, calling it a "quasi-arcade game, but with sustained play value".
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graphical interface. In 1991 they developed and released a true sequel,
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perspective, and it is set in a "tabletop" on which are set the command
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1800:"The World According To...Max: Electronic Arts' Populous World Editor"
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2196:"Deluged by Brilliant World-Creation Games: Entertainment Gameplay"
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1611:"Game Developer's Conference - Classic Game Post-Mortem: Populous"
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magazine stated that the game has "super graphics and 500 levels.
2372:"This is Amiga Power: Amiga Power's All-time Top 100 Amiga Games"
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2577:"This Free Game Takes Populous And Gives It A Sworcery Makeover"
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Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (October 1989).
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ranked Populous 70th on its "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time."
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2018:
Harrington, John (September–October 1989). "Computer Games".
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was created in 2012 by Electrolyte and Last17 as a homage to
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had surpassed 3 million units, a commercial performance that
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1386:"Retro museum to host talk by pioneering 80s TV show artist"
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2142:. The Game Manufacturers Association. 1990. Archived from
2318:"How British video games became a billion pound industry"
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that measures the level of the player's divine power or "
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added a single new landscape-type and was released as a
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1834:. No. 14. emap Images. November 1989. p. 8.
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1968:"An Annotated Listing of Pre-20th Century Wargames"
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1423:. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008.
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1139:Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1990
884:Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1990
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367:in 1989, and is regarded by many as the first
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2515:. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008.
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531:having drawn isometric blocks after playing
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2461:"The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time"
2351:. No. 148. November 1996. p. 68.
2343:"150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time"
2113:. No. 74. September 1990. p. 70.
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2420:. No. 3. August 1994. pp. 32–42.
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1510:. No. 11. November 1995. p. 51.
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2487:Top 100 SNES Games of All Time - IGN.com
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1227:Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
1148:Video Games & Computer Entertainment
892:Video Games & Computer Entertainment
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469:this increases the player's mana level.
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413:Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
3240:Games commercially released with DOSBox
2602:"Project GODUS by 22cans — Kickstarter"
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2399:. No. 1. October 1992. p. 79.
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2414:Top 40: The Best Games of All Time".
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1570:"Populous Amiga version user manual"
959:gave the SNES version 31 out of 40.
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2048:. No. 5. May 1992. p. 78.
1355:Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
1322:Curiosity – What's Inside the Cube?
618:
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3320:Video games scored by Yoshio Tsuru
2432:"The Fifty Best Games of All Time"
2262:
2194:Orson Scott Card (November 1989).
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2008:
1944:Eberneezer Bloggo (January 1992).
1914:Boardman, Julian (December 1990).
1772:"Classic Game Postmortem:Populous"
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3315:Video games scored by Rob Hubbard
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2542:"Populous reborn in your browser"
2507:Hatfield, Daemon (17 July 2008).
2250:Strauss, Bob (22 November 1991).
1115:best-selling PC games of all time
1099:By October 1997, global sales of
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539:. The game's budget was £20,000.
377:best-selling PC games of all time
1680:Foster, Michael (5 March 1995).
870:Strategy Game of the Year (1990)
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2225:"Strange New Worlds to Conquer"
2107:"CGW's Game of the Year Awards"
1988:
1946:"The Price I$ Right: Populous"
1808:. No. 96. pp. 40–41.
1750:Advanced Computer Entertainment
1725:. No. 62. pp. 16–17.
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1546:. No. 22. pp. 75–76.
1536:Candy, Robin (September 1989).
1384:Bigwood, Matt (26 March 2023).
965:gave the Mega Drive version of
109:(SNES, PC-98, X68000, Game Boy)
3290:Real-time strategy video games
2575:Hamilton, Kirk (22 May 2012).
2459:Knight, Rich (30 April 2018).
2223:Reese, Andrew (January 1990).
2092:. No. 10. pp. 72–73.
1888:. No. 90. pp. 30–32.
1878:Rignall, Julian (April 1989).
1828:"The One: Final Frontier Disk"
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1415:Edge Staff (1 November 2007).
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1325:, and "is aimed to reimagine"
1143:1990 Computer Game of the Year
898:1990 Computer Game of the Year
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363:, released originally for the
62:Infinity (PC-98, X68000, SNES)
1:
3250:Golden Joystick Award winners
2062:Hamlett, Gordon (July 1989).
1996:"Software A-Z: Master System"
1976:. No. 107. p. 141.
1752:. No. 18. pp. 18–19
1716:Kritzen, Biff (August 1989).
1358:. 13 January 1989. p. 25
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1280:has been re-released through
1262:in Europe), was developed by
355:is a video game developed by
2540:Maxwell, Ben (21 May 2012).
2204:. No. 114. p. 88.
1966:M. Evan Brooks (June 1993).
1856:. No. 150. p. 68.
1449:"IGN Hall of Fame: Populous"
614:
598:Populous: The Final Frontier
592:Populous: The Promised Lands
74:Enigma Variations (Game Boy)
7:
3185:Acclaim Entertainment games
2231:. Vol. 4, no. 6.
2084:Higham, Mark (April 1989).
1798:Eden, Maxwell (July 1992).
1538:"Bullfrog: Ribbeting Stuff"
1480:"What's Next for God Games"
1010:, and stated that "Now all
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3205:Bullfrog Productions games
1952:. No. 27. p. 82.
1922:. No. 2. p. 70.
1718:"And On The Eighth Day..."
1682:"Britain faces game drain"
1617:. UBM Tech. Archived from
1206:In 1990 Bullfrog used the
993:gave the Amiga version of
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438:The main action window in
71:Code To Go (Master System)
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2165:Gutman, Dan (July 1989).
2136:"The 1990 Origins Awards"
2024:. No. 9. p. 48.
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1649:"The Making Of: Populous"
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987:an overall score of 93%.
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969:an overall score of 89%.
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103:Krisalis Software (Acorn)
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1885:Computer and Video Games
1744:Wade, Bob (March 1989).
1609:Molyneux, Peter (2011).
1350:"The World of Computers"
950:Computer and Video Games
639:Computer and Video Games
3260:Krisalis Software games
3225:Enigma Variations games
2849:Populous: The Beginning
2709:Populous: The Beginning
1850:"The Role of Computers"
1299:The browser-based game
1233:Populous: The Beginning
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419:Populous: The Beginning
3190:Acorn Archimedes games
3134:Mucky Foot Productions
2642:at Amiga Hall of Light
2039:"Game Index: Populous"
1746:"And Frog Created Man"
1455:. 2008. Archived from
1000:Maxwell Eden reviewed
521:
520:Lego model of Populous
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3280:Origins Award winners
3220:Electronic Arts games
2348:Computer Gaming World
2269:"EA Signs Molyneux".
2111:Computer Gaming World
1973:Computer Gaming World
1805:Computer Gaming World
1722:Computer Gaming World
1482:. Designer's Notebook
1478:Ernest Adams (2008).
1127:Computer Gaming World
1007:Computer Gaming World
1002:Populous World Editor
918:Computer Gaming World
864:Computer Gaming World
726:Computer Gaming World
582:Populous World Editor
519:
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385:isometric perspective
122:Acclaim Entertainment
3210:Classic Mac OS games
2810:Bullfrog Productions
2768:Bullfrog Productions
2390:"Mega Top 100 Carts"
2256:Entertainment Weekly
1292:sale. It runs under
1290:Humble Origin Bundle
1063:Entertainment Weekly
1018:is a great game and
357:Bullfrog Productions
53:Bullfrog Productions
3305:TurboGrafx-CD games
3265:Master System games
3071:The Indestructibles
2252:"Video Games Guide"
2021:Games International
1916:"Reviews: Populous"
1880:"Reviews: Populous"
1647:Edge Staff (2012).
1188:resource management
942:Games International
850:
777:Games International
770:88% (Master System)
625:
506:divine intervention
3295:Sega Genesis games
2316:Livingstone, Ian.
2146:on 3 February 2013
2086:"Review: Populous"
2064:"Review: Populous"
1784:. 17 January 2017.
1621:on 22 January 2013
1502:"75 Power Players"
1459:on 4 November 2013
1210:engine to develop
1083:The Satanic Verses
1076:The Satanic Verses
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579:Bullfrog produced
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442:is viewed from an
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2604:. Kickstarter.com
2140:The Origin Awards
2070:. pp. 46–47.
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