Download Populous strategy for DOS (1989)

Populous

Populous is an abandoned DOS strategy game, developed by Bullfrog, designed by Peter Molyneux and published by Electronic Arts in 1989. It's available for download. Populous is also part of the Populous series.

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Manual

Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Main executable file (run this to play the game): populous/populous.exe

DOS Games can't run on Windows. You need an emulator such as DOSbox and/or a front-end like D-Fend Reloaded. Follow these instructions to run DOS games on Windows systems.

Collector's corner:

An expansion pack called Populous: The Promised Lands was made available, which added five new types of landscape. In addition, another expansion disk called Populous: The Final Frontier added a single new landscape-type and was released as a cover disk for The One.

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Additional info

Awards won by Populous:

1990 - Best Strategy Program, CODiE Awards.

Input: keyboard, mouse, joystick

Distributed on: 3,5 floppy disk, 5,25 floppy disk

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