Populous
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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
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\Game\Game\DATA[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\Game\Game\*.GAM[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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.
Edit dosbox.conf[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.3 | 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) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
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- Mac OS
- Windows
- OS X
- Games
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