Populous

Video Game
1989
E

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You play a god, gaming against other gods in a celestial game of conquest. To win, you must help your chosen people take over the world and wipe out the vermin who worship that other god. Ea... Read allYou play a god, gaming against other gods in a celestial game of conquest. To win, you must help your chosen people take over the world and wipe out the vermin who worship that other god. Each god starts out with a single human, dumped into the middle of the wilderness. Sometimes... Read allYou play a god, gaming against other gods in a celestial game of conquest. To win, you must help your chosen people take over the world and wipe out the vermin who worship that other god. Each god starts out with a single human, dumped into the middle of the wilderness. Sometimes there is inhabitable land in sight, sometimes not. To get a chance to win, you must chang... Read all

Directors
- Syouichi Iida
- Akifumi Kodama
Writer
- Peter Molyneux

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Syouichi Iida
- Akifumi Kodama
Writer
- Peter Molyneux

See production info at IMDbPro

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7.491

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10marklightfoot-05954

The first god game

Quite probably the very first god game, Populous had you controlling your people in their bid to survive and prosper. It was a game so addictive that back in 1989 I had to remove the disk from my Atari ST and crush it, in a bid to get my life back.

10hotspur95

the start of the God Game

Populous defined the God Game genre. I played it on the Amiga, and it was one of my favourite games for a long time.

Like all 'god games' you manage a group of people who are struggling in a tough world to survive. The game world was a colourful 3D environment that varied from level to level, from grass lands to snow scape's and even volcanic areas.

You built up your fortresses and followers, the more you had the more power you gained.

Meanwhile though, on another part of the playing area another god was doing the same, and to win the level you had to defeat him. As you gained more power you gained increasingly more powerful means of destruction. You could visit storms and volcano's on your enemy for instance.