This is not Sim City! No skyscrapers and railroads in this old-fashioned sim; just castles, knights, and the mighty gods above. Good (player) and Evil (CPU) forces battle each other on a morphable landscape. You cannot directly control your followers actions but you can suggest thing (build, fight, gather...). Your objective, lead your good people to defeat the evil population.

Graphics: (5/10) The graphics in Populous are simply functional. Nothing pretty. The sinister face that congradulates you between levels actually has a moving mouth and a voice (though very crude). If you're using Snes9x I suggest running it in "Kreed's 2xSal Mode." It makes everything much prettier.

Sound: (6/10) The sound in Populous is barely there, but it's pretty cool. The into music sets a nice mood and the in-game track consist of wind and heartbeat sounds. It's not real exciting but it contributes to the game's mood.

Fun: (8/10) A lot of people might dissagree with me, but I think Populous is a blast! You need to level the ground so your followers can build houses and castles. Once your society is thriving your mana increases and you can cast earthquakes, leathal swamps, floods and more on your enemies (but they do the same to you...). You can rally your people together and create knights to battle the enemy, or you can lead your population into the enemy territory for hand-to-hand combat. The coolest feature is Armageddon, where all buildings are destroyed and the populations engage in a last-man-standing battle.

Creativity: (8/10) Populous throws an inventive twist into the sim/strategy genre. Your range of God powers give you room to make different strategies. The thought behind this game's design is really awesome.

Multi-Player: Unfortunately no. The screen's not big enough...

Tips and Cheats:Full power: During game play, press A, B, then hold Left and press R, A, B, X, Select. Highlight the Swamp icon. It will not turn red if code entry was successful.

For codes to every Populous world, go here.

Errors: I didn't find any errors.