Talk:Populous (video game)

message: Populous was also available for the PC, though the Wikipedia entry seems not aware of it.  I owned it.  It ran off a single 5 1/4 floppy, and had head-to-head capability, which I would often play over my 1200 baud modem with a friend.  It often locked up the computer often from line noise, which meant we rarely completed an entire game.  
Populace was the first real-time-strategy game, in my opinion.  The head-to-head play resembled Dune and C&C, which many people claim to be the first rts for the PC platform.
:Yes, I had it too and used to play it (for fps reasons) in 4-color CGA mode. I also had the "Promised Lands" expansion disc, which allowed you to play some very strange races (IIRC, there were Atari vs. Commodore nations, French revolutionaries vs. Royalists, and some bizarre pulsating abstract alien things) Mmartins 07:33, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact, I still have the discs. If I can find a way to install them I will add some PC screenshots Mmartins 07:47, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  PC version 

message: Did the Super Nintendo version of Populous contain the same types of levels as the first  expansion?  I remember the French revolution style level in the SNES version and the video/maybe also computer game-software level.  There was some type of alien level on the SNES version as well.The Tollan 01:40, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SNES version 

message: "Peter Molyneux of the Bullfrog development studio led development, and mentioned in an interview that the reason the player could manipulate terrain was that he was too lazy to program it."
Should that not be "the reason the player couldn't manipulate terrain..." ?
85.165.59.28 8 July 2005 13:57 (UTC)
No, the quote suggests that terrain editing was not introduced to enhance gameplay but to offload the task (of creating challenging/interesting landscapes) from Peter.
:I reworded this as it didn't scan very well. Cpc464 12:01, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error 

message: Found on the 'net some really handy "cheat codes" for Populous, The Beginning, the PC game.
They are as follows: Press Tab+F11, type "byrne", press Enter, then type these: Spells, ALL=Tab+F3,Buildings=Tab+F4,Mana=Tab+F5. This will get the player ALL of the buildings, ALL of the Spells, ALL of the Mana. To use the spells repeatedly, expecially the "Angel of Death" spell repeatedly, press Tab+F5 repeatedly. This is for the gamer if the gamer keeps getting defeated, eaten one time too many by the monster, shot up by the enemy tribes' firewarriors. Martial Law 06:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cheat codes...

message: I was expecting to find here instructions about how to play Populous, as well as a good (and detailed) description of the gameplay. I never understood how Populous work, and I never really played it because of this.
:Try the game's entry at gamefaqs by clicking here and selecting the appropriate version and platform for you  here Elijya 08:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Even after your suggestion, I think this article will be much more complete with some overview about gameplay, some rules, the icons descriptions... Currently this article does not have too much content as it can. --CrazyTerabyte 03:28, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to play 

message: I removed the line that stated Populous was made available on the PlayStation Network for the PSP and PS3.  I can find no evidence of this on-line anywhere or on the PSN itself through playstation.com.  However, this may be because I am in North America and this was only released in another region such as Europe.  If this is the case, please feel free to re-add the line but state which region(s) it is available in and link to something that backs this up.
That said, of course the PS1 version (disc based) can be played on any PS3.
Choccy (talk) 00:08, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playstation Network / PSP and PS3 versions 

message: The interview in question that was marked "needs citation" is in the "Rise of the VideoGame" series, disc #4.  Not sure how to format that information so it meets wikipedia standard, so I'll just leave that for someone else I guess  Eb1232 (talk) 18:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Awesome development article for this game:  --MASEM (t) 22:56, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Development 

message: Where can "Populous: The Final Frontier" be obtained? 2fort5r (talk) 01:56, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Populous: The Final Frontier 

message: * Removed Nintendo DS from the list of platforms. Populous DS is a sequel in the Populous series. It's a distinct game from the original Populous.
* Removed the line "As the game progresses, the player rules over a variety of different civilizations, including Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval." This isn't true of original Populous.
* Removed the line claiming Molyneux had a top-down Populous cartridge made to combat motion sickness (fact challenged for two years now). I can't find a source for this, and Populous' original platforms all used floppy disks, not cartridges. Find a citation if you want to put this back.
--Jonathan Drain (talk) 23:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed unsourced and incorrect information

message: Shouldn't there be reprisal in sequels... or just mentioned in text?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.160.85.177 (talk) 10:19, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reprisal 

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message: The top summary says the release date is 5 June 1989.
The Reception section beings with "Populous was released in March 1989 to almost universal critical acclaim."
So which is it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.154.55.7 (talk) 16:32, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see multiple sources confirming the June 5 date, but no March date, so I have removed the offending line. --Masem (t) 18:25, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release Date 

message: *Jeux & Stratégie #60https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-60/page/78/mode/2up
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thread_title:  Reviews