Populous DS
EDITORIAL FLAGSHIP
SERIES · ESTABLISHED 1989

Populous

ACTIVE1989–2008·DEVELOPERBullfrog Productions·ENTRIES4
RPGRTSSimulationStrategy
COVERED BY 4 WRITERS
AB
AS
JV
OM
Ashley Bardhan, Adam Smith, Jason Venter and 1 more across 3 outlets
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Writers indexed
4
Entries
4
Articles
4
Outlets
3
4 ENTRIES

Every game in the series

Populous
Populous
1989·2articles
Populous: The Beginning
Populous: The Beginning
1998·1articles
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
1991·0articles
Populous DS
★ Flagship
Populous DS
2008·0articles
WRITER INDEX

Covering Populous

Each writer's count reflects their lifetime indexed pieces on any Populous entry.

JV

Jason Venter

Polygon · 15 Aug
1
On series
AB

Ashley Bardhan

GamesRadar+ · 11 Feb
2
On series
AS

Adam Smith

11 Jul
1
On series
OM

Oliver Milne

14 Mar
1
On series
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LATEST COVERAGE

Across the series

AB
Ashley Bardhan GamesRadar+·11 Feb
Masters of Albion is "a true God game," Peter Molyneux says as he unveils a fully manipulable world halfway between Populous and Fable
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Masters of Albion
AB
Ashley Bardhan GamesRadar+·3 Oct 2025
Years before Fable, Peter Molyneux finished making proto-city builder Populous in 12 hours because he "forgot" to do it sooner: "There was no end of the game"
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Fable
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Adam Smith Rock Paper Shotgun·11 Jul 2017
Have You Played... Populous?
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Populous
OM
Oliver Milne Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Mar 2017
Meet the superfans still playing Populous: The Beginning
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Populous: The Beginning