Editing Populous (video game) (section)

===Awards===
In 1990 ''Computer Gaming World'' named ''Populous'' as Strategy Game of the Year.<ref name=CGW74>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_74/page/n73/mode/2up |title=CGW's Game of the Year Awards |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=September 1990|page=70|issue=74|issn=0744-6667}}</ref> In 1996, the magazine named it the 30th best game ever, with the editors calling it "the father of real-time strategy games".<ref name=CGW150>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Not stated--> |title=150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |date=November 1996 |issue=148 |page=68|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_148/page/n71/mode/2up|issn=0744-6667}}</ref> In 1991 it won the [[Origins Award]] for ''Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1990'',<ref name="OriginAwards1990">{{cite web|url=http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1990s/The1990OriginsAwards/tabid/3234/Default.aspx |title=The 1990 Origins Awards |access-date=2013-02-22 |year=1990 |work=The Origin Awards |publisher=The Game Manufacturers Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203052904/http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1990s/The1990OriginsAwards/tabid/3234/Default.aspx |archive-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> the ''1990 Computer Game of the Year'' in issue 25 of American video game magazine ''[[Video Games & Computer Entertainment]]'',{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1991 |title=VG&CE's Best Games of 1990 |url=https://archive.org/details/vgce_91-02/mode/2up |journal=VideoGames & Computer Entertainment |publisher=L.F.P. Inc. |issue=25 |page=89 |access-date=March 2, 2025 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and was voted the sixth best game of all time in ''[[Amiga Power]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title =This is Amiga Power: Amiga Power's All-time Top 100 Amiga Games |date =May 1991 |url =https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Power_Magazine_000/page/1/mode/2up |magazine =Amiga Power |page =5 |author1=Matt Bielby|author2=Stuart Campbell|author3=Mark Ramshaw|author4=Bob Wade|author5=Trenton Webb|author6=Gary Penn|author7=Andy Smith|author8=Maff Evens}} {{Dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref><!-- "Maff" Evens is intentional, and is credited as such, and does not appear to be a misspelling of "Matt" as he is credited as "Maff" several times. --> In 1992 ''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]'' placed the game at No. 25 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title =Mega Top 100 Carts |date =October 1992 |url =https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d5/Mega_UK_01.pdf |magazine =Mega |issue =1 |page =79 }}</ref> In 1994, ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' named ''Populous'' as the third best computer game ever. The editors hailed it as "unbelievably addictive fun, and one of the most appealing and playable strategy games of all time."<ref name="pcgamerustop40">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=[[PC Gamer US]] |title=''PC Gamer'' Top 40: The Best Games of All Time |date=August 1994 |issue=3 |pages=32–42}}</ref>

In 1999, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' listed ''Populous'' as number 44 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "A perfect blend of realtime strategy, [[Resource management (gaming)|resource management]], and more than a little humor, it remains unsurpassed in the genre it created."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Fifty Best Games of All Time |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=50  |date=February 1999|page=74|url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_50/page/n75/mode/2up|issn=1078-9693}}</ref> In 2018, [[Complex Networks|Complex]] placed the game 98th on their "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knight|first=Rich|date=April 30, 2018|title=The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-100-best-super-nintendo-games/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Complex}}</ref> [[IGN]] ranked Populous 70th on its "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time."<ref>{{Citation |title=Top 100 SNES Games of All Time - IGN.com |url=https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-snes-games |language=en |access-date=2022-06-29}}</ref>