# Remember Populous?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-populous/638911>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 26, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-populous/638911 "2012-10-26T08:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-populous/638911/1 "2012-10-26T08:00:00Z")

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Then you might want to check out [Reprisal](http://www.reprisaluniverse.com/site/playreprisal/).

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-populous/638911/2 "2012-10-26T08:33:14Z")

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> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#):
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> Remember Populous?

Yes…and [it’s available on GOG](http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/populous) for anyone who sees this thread and is interested.

> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#):
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> Then you might want to check out [Reprisal](http://www.reprisaluniverse.com/site/playreprisal/).

Huh, interesting.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-populous/638911/3 "2012-10-26T13:27:52Z")

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I’m a little impressed that they managed to make it look worse than a game that ran on my Commodore 64 in the late 80’s 😛

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**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-populous/638911/4 "2012-10-27T00:16:26Z")

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I loved Populous…

But I just can’t handle graphics that bad anymore… I’m sorry I’d go blind within 20 minutes.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-populous/638911/5 "2012-10-27T01:49:29Z")

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The graphics don’t bother me at all. I found Reprisal too easy, though. I can’t remember if Populous was.