Populous

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PC-9801 VM/UV PC Engine
Populous
System(s): PC-9801 VM, PC-9801 UV, PC-9801 N, PC Engine
Publisher: Imagineer Hudson Soft
Developer: Alfa System
Licensor: Electronic Arts
Developer(s) of original games: Bullfrog Productions
Original system(s): Amiga
Genre: Simulation
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1990-03-16 ¥9,8009,800 JP 1990-03-16 ¥9,8009,800 JP 1990-06-15 ¥8,8008,800 JP 1991-04-05 ¥7,8007,800 HC91041
Non-NEC versions Archimedes Amiga Atari ST IBM PC Macintosh Mega Drive X68000 Master System Super NES

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Populous (ポピュラス) is a strategy simulation game originally developed for the Amiga by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. The game was ported to the PC-9801 VM and PC-9801 UV courtesy of Imagineer, and to the PC Engine by Hudson Soft, both versions released exclusively for the Japanese market.

Gameplay

In Populous, players play as a deity who controls land to affect peoples's lives in the hopes of crushing followers of another deity. The game is played from an isometric perspective, although unlike later attempts at simulations (such as SimCity 2000), there is no scrolling.

Production credits

PC-9801 version

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Populous/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC Engine version

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card

PC-9801 VM version

PC-9801 VM, JP
Cover

PC-9801 UV version

PC-9801 UV, JP
Cover

PC-9801 N version

PC-9801 N, JP

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 083c956a MD5 9d599a43d2c69738f3562f58aeff8828 SHA-1 4912ccc31bdd45ef9483ea345bbe4c4ff2d70779	512kB	1990-10-08	Card (JP)

References

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