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Populous

1989 video game
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Populous

Summary

Populous is a video game[1]. Populous ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (858 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Populous received the Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game[3].
  • Populous's instance of is recorded as video game[4].
  • Populous's composer is recorded as Rob Hubbard[5].
  • Populous was published by Electronic Arts[6].
  • Populous's genre is real-time strategy[7].
  • Populous's genre is god game[8].
  • Populous was followed by Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods[9].
  • Populous's developer is recorded as Bullfrog Productions[10].
  • Populous's part of the series is recorded as Populous[11].
  • Populous's designed by is recorded as Peter Molyneux[12].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Acorn Archimedes[13].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as DOS[14].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as TurboGrafx-16[15].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Super Nintendo Entertainment System[16].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Sega Genesis[17].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[18].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[19].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Game Boy[20].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Atari ST[21].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Q209868[22].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Q47604[23].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as NEC PC-9800 series[24].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Sharp X68000[25].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Nintendo DS[26].
  • Populous's platform is recorded as Classic Mac OS[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c27238ee-6b9c-4fb2-bb0e-558a6d338baf[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Populous was published by Electronic Arts[6].

Publication

Populous was released on June 5, 1989[30]. Genres include real-time strategy[7] and god game[8]. Populous's part of the series is recorded as Populous[11]. Recorded distribution format include floppy disk[31], ROM cartridge[32], CD-ROM[33], digital download[34], and digital distribution[35].

Subject and Themes

Populous's part of the series is recorded as Populous[11].

Reception

Populous received the Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game[3].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Populous was followed by Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods[9].

Why It Matters

Populous ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (858 views/month).[2] Populous has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Populous is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

FAQs

What awards did Populous receive?

Honors received include Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game[3].

Related Entities

Bullfrog Productions CD-ROM Classic Mac OS computer keyboard computer mouse DOS Electronic Arts floppy disk Mac OS operating systems Microsoft Windows Peter Molyneux United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . originsgames.com. originsgames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Flagstaff12 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Populous
    Composer → Rob Hubbard
    Followed by → Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
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