09-24-2006, 12:03 AM
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In alt.games.civ3 on Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Jeffery S. Jones wrote :
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Paul Hyett wrote:> Does anyone else have fond memories of this game? Populous was always an interesting game. Real time strategy,playing a god able to do some miracles but not -- like many RTS --actually having direct control over every unit.
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It's the only RTS game I've ever been able to get into.
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09-24-2006, 12:03 AM
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In alt.games.civ3 on Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Loren Pechtel wrote :
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It wasn't the original version - probably Populous 2 (or whatever thefollow-up was called).Oh, yeah, the one I never could get to work very well.
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The last computer I played it on was too fast for it though - the peoplecharged around like doped-up 100m sprinters. 
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Yeah, the old games didn't cope with varying CPU speed very well.
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I just found the manual for Pop2 - that probably means I still have the
installation discs somewhere...
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09-24-2006, 12:40 PM
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OT : Populous
"Paul Hyett" <pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> wrote in message
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In alt.games.civ3 on Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Loren Pechtel wrote :
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It wasn't the original version - probably Populous 2 (or whatever thefollow-up was called).Oh, yeah, the one I never could get to work very well.
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The last computer I played it on was too fast for it though - the peoplecharged around like doped-up 100m sprinters.
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Yeah, the old games didn't cope with varying CPU speed very well.
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I just found the manual for Pop2 - that probably means I still have the installation discs somewhere... -- Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett
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Remember that hero you could get who split into two every time he won a
battle? That was cool.
Ah, fond memories.
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09-24-2006, 10:41 PM
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OT : Populous
In alt.games.civ3 on Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Pink Freud wrote :
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I just found the manual for Pop2 - that probably means I still have the installation discs somewhere... Remember that hero you could get who split into two every time he won abattle? That was cool.
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Oh yes - 'nuclear fission' on a human scale.
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