Populous: Difference between revisions

From Videogame Morgue File

mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
 
(4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox
{{InfoboxGame
  |title  = Populous
  |title  = Populous
  |image  = 18297-populous-atari-st-front-cover.jpg
  |image  = 18297-populous-atari-st-front-cover.jpg
Line 6: Line 6:
  |date = 1989
  |date = 1989
  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/populous
  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/populous
|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(video_game)
|tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Category:Populous_series
|hg101 = http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/populous/
}}
}}


'''Populous''' is widely considered the first 'god game'. It sold over four million copies and established the small developer Bullfrog as a leading light in the British software industry. Originally written for the Amiga, it was ported to more than a dozen other computer and console platforms, the SNES release being particularly successful in Japan.
'''Populous''' is often considered the first 'god game'. It sold over four million copies and established the small developer Bullfrog as a leading light in the British software industry. Originally written for the Amiga, it was ported to more than a dozen other computer and console platforms, the SNES release being particularly successful in Japan.
 
== Previews ==
 
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
ACE18-Mar89 pages 18, 19 - Populous Preview.pdf|ACE (March 1989)
</gallery>
 
== Reviews ==
 
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
TheOne07-Apr89 pages 34 - 36 - Populous Review.pdf|The One (April 1989)
ACE19-Apr89 pages 40, 41 - Populous Review.pdf|ACE (April 1989)
</gallery>
 
== Histories and Retrospectives ==
 
* https://www.filfre.net/2016/06/peter-molyneuxs-kingdom-in-a-box/ — ''Peter Molyneux's Kingdom in a Box'' by Jimmy Maher
 
 
[[Category:Game]]

Latest revision as of 18:51, 3 September 2024

Populous is often considered the first 'god game'. It sold over four million copies and established the small developer Bullfrog as a leading light in the British software industry. Originally written for the Amiga, it was ported to more than a dozen other computer and console platforms, the SNES release being particularly successful in Japan.

Previews[edit]

Reviews[edit]

Histories and Retrospectives[edit]