Genesis

Populous

Populous is one of my favourite games on the Amiga, and I'm thrilled to see that this conversion is perfect in every respect. It's certainly not an arcade game, but neither is it a boring, long-winded strategy game. The little people are hilarious - they sometimes stop to think, tapping their feet and wondering! The control system works surprisingly well on the Megadrive, and the game retains all of the quality and addictiveness of other versions. Simply brilliant.

Als Ninjas, Wonderboys oder Sternenkämpfer sind Videospieler zwar die uneingeschränkten Beherrscher ihrer Monitore, zum waschechten Gott konnten es bisher jedoch nur Computerbesitzer bringen. Diese düsteren Zeiten sind nun vorbei. "Populous", All-Time-Classic und Straßenfeger des englischen Software-Hauses Bullfrog, gibt's jetzt auch für das Mega Drive.

The Genesis game was released too early to include the alternate landscapes available in the expansions Populous: The Promised Lands and Populous: The Final Frontier, and most will find the SNES release preferable due to the later release (two years after the original PC and Genesis port). This Populous features grass, snow, marsh, and desert climates, which are minor graphic and color variations of the standard grass maps. The expansions included all kinds of silly new maps including a Candy Land style, none of which really don't fit the atmosphere of the game. Boasting over 500 passworded levels, Populous is arguably the longest real-time strategy game created as far as standard missions go. While most players may not have the resolve or desire to see the game to the end and despite the existence of the SNES update, Populous remains an innovative addition to the Genesis catalog that's not to be missed.