Expansion
Populous: The Promised Lands
About this game
An expansion for the popular Bullfrog PC Strategy game, Populous. It was released in 1989 and added five new landscape types, and 500 maps for Conquest Mode.
Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations. You shape terrain, guide followers, and use natural disasters like floods, volcanoes, and earthquakes to influence or eliminate opposing tribes. The game features an isometric perspective and includes 500 levels (worlds), each with different challenges. Originally developed by Bullfrog and designed by Peter Molyneux, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the god-game genre.
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Game facts
Release date
Dec 31, 1989
Developer
Bullfrog Productions
Publisher
Electronic Arts, Hudson Soft, Imagineer
Platforms
PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Themes
Fantasy, Business
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric
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