whitehec@project4.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk (10/18/90)
I saw a screenshot a couple of months ago for a game called Powermonger. This looked very similar to Populous, with a map and icons around it,etc. I think it could be a sequel. Anybody know? Chris, whitehec@uk.ac.man.cs.p4
perod@ifi.uio.no (Per Christian deg}rd) (10/21/90)
Powermonger is actually Bullfrog's followup to Populous, but PM looks much better with the ability to scroll and zoom the playarea. And unlike Populous, it is more of a military 'simulation'. I does, however, have some similarities to its 'father'. The game is totally icon-controlled and involves small people and buildings. After reading a preview of this game, I think it will be a new bestseller for Bullfrog. Per Oedegaard (perod@ifi.uio.no)
steves@pnet01.cts.com (Stephen Scheck) (10/22/90)
Yep, PowerMonger is the sequel to Populous.
Steve
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INET: steves@pnet01.cts.commapjilg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J I L Gold) (10/30/90)
In article <5183@crash.cts.com> steves@pnet01.cts.com (Stephen Scheck) writes: >Yep, PowerMonger is the sequel to Populous. > Steve > Hmmm...I read in a recent Amiga Format (UK mag) that EA confirmed that Populous II was in the pipeline. Up to that point, I had thought that Powermonger was the sequel. I'm confused now! Powermonger has been advertised in magazines over here for over a month now, and yet there's still no sign of it in shops or from mail order...smacks of a late bug. I wish that when something was advertised it meant that it was available (soon) rather than this business of getting folk interested and them p**sing them off for months by not releasing it. Whinge, groan... Anyway, I'll be checking the shelves every day till I *DO* get it :-) >UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!steves >ARPA: crash!pnet01!steves@nosc.mil >INET: steves@pnet01.cts.com -- # J.Gold | mapjilg@uk.ac.bath.gdr # # University of Bath , UK | jilg@uk.ac.bath.maths # # The more improbable an event is, the more likely it is to happen :-) #
steves@pnet01.cts.com (Stephen Scheck) (10/31/90)
mapjilg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J I L Gold) writes: >In article <5183@crash.cts.com> steves@pnet01.cts.com (Stephen Scheck) writes: >>Yep, PowerMonger is the sequel to Populous. >> Steve >> > >Hmmm...I read in a recent Amiga Format (UK mag) that EA confirmed that >Populous II was in the pipeline. Up to that point, I had thought that >Powermonger was the sequel. I'm confused now! Powermonger has been advertised >in magazines over here for over a month now, and yet there's still no sign >of it in shops or from mail order...smacks of a late bug. I wish that when >something was advertised it meant that it was available (soon) rather than >this business of getting folk interested and them p**sing them off for months >by not releasing it. Whinge, groan... Anyway, I'll be checking the shelves >every day till I *DO* get it :-) > >>UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!steves >>ARPA: crash!pnet01!steves@nosc.mil >>INET: steves@pnet01.cts.com > > >-- ># J.Gold | mapjilg@uk.ac.bath.gdr # ># University of Bath , UK | jilg@uk.ac.bath.maths # ># The more improbable an event is, the more likely it is to happen :-) # Well, maybe there will be a Populous II and PowerMonger. That would be even better than just PowerMonger! But anyway, the layout of PowerMonger looks similar enough to Populous to call it a sequel, in my opinion. Steve UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!steves ARPA: crash!pnet01!steves@nosc.mil INET: steves@pnet01.cts.com
mhenders@draco.unm.edu (Stinger) (11/01/90)
Well, the guys at Bullfrog indicated Powermonger will be what Populous
should have been. They are adding so much to the original populous idea that
they did not reuse a single bit of code or graphic data. They claim this new
game will replace that "spineless and wimpy" game Populous (as they put it).
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