Populous II: Trials Of The Olympian Gods : Hall Of Light

Populous II: Trials Of The Olympian Gods

ECS/OCS

Populous II: Trials Of The Olympian Gods - Double Barrel Screenshot

Information

Year of the first release

1991

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Bullfrog - Worldwide
Electronic Arts - Worldwide

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Hit Squad, The (Ocean) - Worldwide
Soft Price (Bomico) - Germany

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Bullfrog

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Glenn Corpes
Coder : Peter Molyneux
Graphician : Gary Carr
Graphician : Paul McLaughlin
Musician : Charles Callet
Musician : Les Edgar
Misc : Alex Trowers
Misc : Bryon Hapgood
Misc : Bullfrog
Misc : Glenn Corpes
Misc : Kevin Donkin
Misc : Sean Cooper

Language in manual

English
French
German
Italian

Hardware

ECS
OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

WHD install

WHD information

Authors	Bored Seal JOTD
Updated	2002-11-11 22:08:11

HD install

yes

HD notes

- HD installation requires at least 420k chipram for gameplay with sound.

- See HD Installation Reference Card for further details.

Genre
Category	Strategy
Subcategory	Strategy - Real-Time
Dimension	2D
Quickmatch	Modem/Online Multiplayer Support
Quickmatch	Populous
Quickmatch	Serial/Null-Modem Multiplayer Support
Scrolltype	Scrolling - Multi Directional
Theme	Mythological - Greek
Viewpoint	Angle

Conversion hardware

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari ST/E
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
NEC PC-98
Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom)
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sharp X68000

Conversion notes

PC versions: VGA, SVGA, PC-98

N.B. Known as TWO TRIBES: POPULOUS II on Mega Drive/Genesis.

Classic compilation

Populous II & The Challenge Games
Excellent Games

Relationship

has a data disk: Populous II: The Challenge Games
is a sequel to Populous

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] Game design by Bullfrog. Coding by Peter Molyneux and Glenn Corpes. Graphics by Gary Carr and Paul McLaughlin; level design by Alex Trowers, Glenn Corpes, Sean Cooper, Kevin Donkin and Bryon Hapgood. Music by Charles Callet; sound FX by Charles Callet and Les Edgar.

[2] Distributed by C.T.O. in Italy and published/distributed by Electronic Arts elsewhere in Europe.

[3] Game features two player gameplay via serial cable or dial-up modem, joystick/keyboard control, savegame support and a quit back to WB option (from game menu only).