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Description

source: wikidata1989 video game

source: wikipedia_enPopulous is a video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga in March 1989, then quickly the Atari ST and MS-DOS. Many conversions followed, including for the Genesis, Super NES, and PC Engine consoles. Populous is considered the first god game. With over four million copies sold, Populous is one of the best-selling PC games of all time. The player assumes the role of a deity, who must lead followers through direction, manipulation, and divine intervention, with the goal of eliminating the followers led by the opposite deity. Played from an isometric perspective, 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 Peter Molyneux, and Bullfrog developed a gameplay prototype via a board game they invented using Lego. The game received critical acclaim upon release, with critics praising the game's graphics, design, sounds and replay value. It was nominate

source: romuあなたは神となり、他の神々と共に天界の征服ゲームを繰り広げます。勝利するためには、あなたが選んだ民を助けて世界を征服し、別の神を崇拝する害虫を排除しなければなりません。 各神は、荒野の真ん中に投げ込まれた一人の人間からスタートします。時には住める土地が見えることもあれば、そうでないこともあります。勝利を収めるためには、風景を変え、信者たちが建設できる平坦な土地を作り出さなければなりません。信者が多ければ多いほど、あなたは強力になりますので、大切に育ててください。できるだけ早く建設を進めましょう、他の神も同じことをしていますから。

Metadata

First release1989-06-05
Categorymain_game
PlatformMega Drive / Genesis

External IDs

wikidataQ1239244
mobygames613
igdb248

ROMs (4)

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Populous (Europe) eu T-50026-00 524288 B crc32: 83d56f64
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sha1: fe388caefbad7c08…
sha256: 6c0b7ba360cf8c29…
Populous (Japan) (En) jp T-50026-00 524288 B crc32: 97c26818
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sha1: 9abd1806c6e921a6…
sha256: cd4e7c8310501592…
Populous (USA) (Unl) us 524288 B crc32: bd74b31e
md5: 23495b29851e9d49…
sha1: 89907c4ba4fd9db4…
sha256: 22698c6039417c12…
Populous (USA) us 524288 B crc32: bd74b31e
md5: 23495b29851e9d49…
sha1: 89907c4ba4fd9db4…

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