Populous is a video game designed by Peter Molyneux and developed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1989, in which the player takes the role of a deity who reshapes the land and calls on divine powers to help a population of followers grow and eventually conquer an opposing tribe led by a rival god. It is widely credited as the first game in what came to be called the god game genre, in which the player influences a simulated population indirectly through environmental and supernatural intervention rather than direct control of individual characters.
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1. Populous (Wikidata)
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Wikidata P166 (award received): Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game.
2. Populous (video game) - Wikipedia
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Populous is a video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga in March 1989, then quickly the Atari ST and MS-DOS.
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