Difference between revisions of "Populous"
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | physical | Prompts for answers from the manual.<ref name="copy protection">[https://www.origin.com/us/news/retro-with-populous Going Retro with Populous - Origin News]</ref> | | DOS, Mac OS }} | {{Availability/row| Retail | | physical | Prompts for answers from the manual.<ref name="copy protection">[https://www.origin.com/us/news/retro-with-populous Going Retro with Populous - Origin News]</ref> | | DOS, Mac OS }} | ||
{{Availability/row| GOG | populous | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X }} | {{Availability/row| GOG | populous | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X }} | ||
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Revision as of 08:39, 8 November 2016
Developers | |
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Bullfrog Productions | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
DOS | June 5, 1989 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1993 |
Windows | September 1, 2011[1] |
macOS (OS X) | October 18, 2012 |
Populous | |
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Populous | 1989 |
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods | 1991 |
Populous: The Beginning | 1998 |
Key points
- The manual is required to pass the in-game DRM. A digital version is available on the disk (Retail only)
General information
- Populous Wiki - a small wiki for the Populous series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Prompts for answers from the manual.[2] | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] | |||
Origin | The in-game DRM has been modified to accept any input.[2] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 2 | |||
Online play | 2 |
Issues fixed
Jaggy mouse input
- The Origin version uses DOSBox. A bug in this version causes the mouse to feel jaggy or less smooth.
Instructions |
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System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | MS-DOS 3.3 | MS-DOS 6.2 |
Processor (CPU) | IBM PC compatible | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VGA video card |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
References
Categories:
- DOS
- Mac OS
- Windows
- OS X
- Invalid template usage (Infobox game)
- Games
- Invalid template usage (Series)
- Invalid template usage (Availability)
- Invalid template usage (Save game cloud syncing)
- Pages with broken file links
- Invalid template usage (Image)
- Invalid section order
- Invalid template usage (Fixbox)
- Missing section (Video)
- Missing section (Input)
- Missing section (Audio)
- Missing section (API)