Comments on: Bullfrog Time Machine: Populous https://scientificgamer.com/bullfrog-time-machine-populous/ Science, gaming, and all things in between. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.36 By: Hentzau https://scientificgamer.com/bullfrog-time-machine-populous/#comment-22696 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:53:38 +0000 http://scientificgamer.com/?p=4374#comment-22696 Powermonger was indeed between Populous and Syndicate, but unfortunately isn’t available on GoG and I’m far too lazy to get it running on an emulator.

]]> By: Hentzau https://scientificgamer.com/bullfrog-time-machine-populous/#comment-22695 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:49:40 +0000 http://scientificgamer.com/?p=4374#comment-22695 Startopia! Man, that was a game. One that looks surprisingly good on modern systems, even. It was possibly a little too management for my tastes, but it’s another one of those games where the crashing and burning of all potential successors is a good indicator of how difficult it was to pull off the first time around.

]]> By: Janek https://scientificgamer.com/bullfrog-time-machine-populous/#comment-22628 Sat, 07 Feb 2015 19:14:55 +0000 http://scientificgamer.com/?p=4374#comment-22628 Wasn’t Powermonger between Populous and Syndicate? Definitely seemed closer in tech and interface to Populous.

Never actually played the first two Populouses, although it’s probably just as well given the extent to which I bounced off Powermonger (which I only owned as it was in a twin-pack with Cryo’s Dune)

]]> By: Darren https://scientificgamer.com/bullfrog-time-machine-populous/#comment-22592 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:01:39 +0000 http://scientificgamer.com/?p=4374#comment-22592 I never played this, but I did play Populous: The Beginning, which I recall being much more spell-oriented. I don’t think I ever progressed very far; Dungeon Keeper was the only Bullfrog franchise I ever really got into, and even then what I really wanted was more of a light SimCity-esque experience instead of a quirky RTS. Thankfully Startopia exists.

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