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Populous

Peter Molyneux and Bullfrog's 1989 breakthrough: the game that invented the 'god game'.

You are a god, and so is your rival. Shape the land so your followers can build and multiply, and use your divine powers, from earthquakes to floods, to wipe out the enemy's people.

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About the game

You never control your people directly. Instead, you raise and lower the ground to give them flat land to settle, and they do the rest.

As your followers grow, so does your power, unlocking bigger miracles. There are hundreds of worlds to conquer.

History

Developed by Bullfrog Productions, led by Peter Molyneux, and published by Electronic Arts in 1989 for the Amiga and Atari ST, then DOS and many consoles.

It was a huge hit and launched Bullfrog, which went on to make Syndicate, Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper.

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Ways to play

GOG.com Populous, ready to play on modern computers
Paid Open

Extras

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Official extras on GOG Buying the GOG version also gets you these extras, free to download from your GOG library:
Manual
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