- Populous (series)
The Populous series is a series of
video game s developed byBullfrog Productions and published byElectronic Arts .The first game in the series – "
Populous " was released in1989 . At the time, it was hailed as revolutionary, and it coined the term "god game " (although previous games such as "SimCity " can also be said to be god-games).The games involved you taking on the role of a
deity and you had to lead your followers into battle against your opponents, and intervene by using a variety of "divine intervention" effects.The first two games were similar. In "Populous" and "
Populous II ", much emphasis was spent on flattening the terrain. The view of the game-world wasisometric . "" was more like a conventional war-game than a god-game and uses true 3D instead of isometric 3D. In Populous: The Beginning, you played the role of a shaman instead of a god (although, depending on your point of view, you might be a god who controls a shaman).Here is a list of games in the franchise, along with expansions.
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Populous " (1989 )
**"Populous: The Promised Lands" (1989 )
**"Populous: The Final Frontier" (1989 )
*"" (1991 )
**"Populous II: The Challenge Games" ?
*"" (1998 )
**"Populous: The Beginning - Undiscovered Worlds" (1999 )
*"Populous DS " (2007 )External links
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* [http://freepop.sourceforge.net/ "FreePop"] — an attempt to write a free remake of "Populous"
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