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Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the game you're a god being adored by your believers.

How to play Populous

To slow down the game emulation press CTRL+F11, to speed up the game press CTRL+F12. Press Escape (ESC) to exit fullscreen mode.

Input: keyboard, mouse
Game modes: single-player, LAN, modem, PvP (player VS player)

Populous runs in your browser thanks to the Emularity library.

More about Populous

Status: abandonware

Genre: strategy

Released in: 1989

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Bullfrog

Download Populous and play it on your computer. An emulator is needed in order to play older games.