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Created by Peter Molyneux, Populous is a series of strategy games where the player takes on the role as God, and lead their tribe to victory against rival Gods and tribes.

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The original game was published in 1989, and the series has had several sequels over the decades since, as well as the spin-off Powermonger (Game) and several spiritual successors. Peter Molyneuxhimself was the lead designer of the similar 2001 hit Black andamp;amp;amp; White and the upcoming Godus (Game), and Éric Chahi's (Another World) From Dust (Game) was openly described as the spiritual heir to Molyneux' Populous series by both Chahi and Ubisoft.

Games

Populous (Game)

1 January 1989

Platforms/AmigaPlatforms/Game BoyPlatforms/GenesisPlatforms/PCPlatforms/Sega Master SystemPlatforms/Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemPlatforms/Atari STPlatforms/MacPlatforms/PlayStationPlatforms/Nintendo DSPlatforms/Sharp X68000Platforms/TurboGrafx 16Platforms/Acorn Archimedes

Populous: The Final Frontier

1 May 1989

Platforms/AmigaPlatforms/Atari ST

Populous & The Promised Lands

31 December 1989

Platforms/AmigaPlatforms/Atari ST

Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods

1 January 1991

Platforms/AmigaPlatforms/GenesisPlatforms/PCPlatforms/Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemPlatforms/Atari STPlatforms/MacPlatforms/Sharp X68000

Populous: The Promised Lands

25 October 1991

Platforms/AmigaPlatforms/PCPlatforms/Atari STPlatforms/TurboGrafx CD

Populous: The Beginning

30 November 1998

Platforms/PCPlatforms/PlayStationPlatforms/Nintendo DSPlatforms/PlayStation Network PS3Platforms/PlayStation Network PSP

Populous: The Beginning: Undiscovered Worlds

30 November 1998

Platforms/PC

Populous DS (Game)

21 February 2008

Platforms/Nintendo DS

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Name

Populous

Features

8 games

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First game

Populous (Game)

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Locations

• Has locations: Ancient Greece (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Teleportation (Concept), Respawn (Concept), War (Concept), Hazardous Water (Concept), Third-Person Perspective (Concept), Female Protagonists (Concept), Hero Unit (Concept), Invisibility (Concept), God (Concept), Magic (Concept), Female Antagonists (Concept), Black Magic (Concept), Earth Manipulation (Concept), Screen Wrap (Concept), Polygonal 3D (Concept), Roman Numerals (Concept), Shaman (Concept), Twister (Concept), Armageddon (Concept), Mana (Concept), Tribe (Concept), World Building (Concept), Resource Gathering (Concept), Hand Of God (Concept), Fire Propagation (Concept), Spherical Worlds (Concept), Terraforming (Concept), Disgruntled Subjects (Concept), E3 2008 (Concept), Fictional Currencies (Concept), Fog of War (Concept), GOG.com (Concept), Multiplayer LAN (Concept), Q-Sound (Concept), SNES Mouse Support (Concept), World Map (Concept), Xfire (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Fireball (Object), Water (Object), Lightning (Object), Statue (Object), Spell (Object), Balloon (Object), Wood (Object), Volcano (Object), Firestorm (Object), Planet (Object), Ankh (Object)

People

• Has people: Peter Molyneux (Person), James Leach (Person), David Amor (Person), Adam Coglan (Person), Adele Kellett (Person), Adrian Moore (Person), Alan Wright (Person), Alex Cullum (Person), Alex Godsill (Person), Alex Peters (Person), Alistair Milne (Person), Andrew J. Buchanan (Person), Andrew Jones (Person), Andrew McDonald (Person), Andrew Miller (Person), Andy Bass (Person), Andy Robson (Person), Barry Parker (Person), Benjamin Deane (Person), Bill Lusty (Person), Bing Gordon (Person), Bruce E. McMillan (Person), Caroline Page (Person), Chris Hill (Person), Chris Killpack (Person), Christian Franke (Person), Christine Jean (Person), Christine Kong (Person), Dan McDonald (Person), Dan Riley (Person), Darren King (Person), Darren Tuckey (Person), David Bryson (Person), David C. Hooper (Person), David Hanlon (Person), David Lapp (Person), Dene Carter (Person), Dominic Murphy (Person), Dominic Waddel (Person), Don Mattrick (Person), Gary Stead (Person), Glenn Corpes (Person), Ian Shaw (Person), James Lenoël (Person), James Robinson (Person), Jan Svarovsky (Person), Jeffrey Brutus (Person), Jo Rider (Person), John Miles (Person), Jon Rennie (Person), Jonathan Farmer (Person), Jonty Barnes (Person), Kazuo Sawa (Person), Ken Malcolm (Person), Kevin Donkin (Person), Lars Berenbrinker (Person), Lawrence Doyle (Person), Les Edgar (Person), Mark Huntley (Person), Mark Knight (Person), Mark Lamport (Person), Mark Pitcher (Person), Mark Rose (Person), Martin Bell (Person), Martin Carroll (Person), Martin Griffiths (Person), Masataka Nemoto (Person), Matthew Dean (Person), Matthew Webster (Person), Michael Archer (Person), Michael Arkin (Person), Michael Bain (Person), Michael Willis (Person), Michaela Bartelt (Person), Nathan Smethurst (Person), Neil Cook (Person), Nick Goldsworthy (Person), Nick Laviers (Person), Oliver Ladenburg (Person), Olly Charlish (Person), Paul Brooke (Person), Paul McLaughlin (Person), Peter Blow (Person), Phil Mansell (Person), Rajan Tande (Person), Richard Leinfellner (Person), Rob Hubbard (Person), Robert Byrne (Person), Russell Shaw (Person), Sami Valkama (Person), Sandra Picaper (Person), Sean Cooper (Person), Stephen Harrison (Person), Steve Leney (Person), Steven Brown (Person), Steven Lawrie (Person), Stuart Black (Person), Stuart Whyte (Person), Sue Garfield (Person), Tim May (Person), Tony Dawson (Person), Tristan Paramor (Person), Wayne Frost (Person)