Populous 1989

Released: June 1989
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes · PC-9800 Series · Sharp X68000 · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Atari ST/STE · PC · TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine · Mac · DOS · Amiga · Sega Master System/Mark III
Developer: Bullfrog Productions
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Bullfrog Productions' 1989 game for the Amiga in March 1989. It is considered the first god game. You are a deity leading your followers, with the goal of eliminating the followers of the opposing deity. It is played from an isometric perspective, with a world map drawn as an open book and a slider that measures your divine power, or mana. There are more than 500 levels, each an area of land where your followers and the enemy's live, and you progress by growing your followers until they can wipe out the enemy. Your powers start with raising and lowering land to make flat ground to build on, and more mana unlocks earthquakes, floods and volcanoes. Each level is still a matter of changing the land, with powers that reshape the world and no units to order.