<s>
Populous	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Bullfrog	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Populous	B-Application
and	O
Populous	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Trials	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Olympian	I-Application
Gods	I-Application
,	O
much	O
emphasis	O
was	O
spent	O
on	O
flattening	O
the	O
terrain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Populous	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Beginning	I-Application
was	O
more	O
like	O
a	O
conventional	O
war-game	O
than	O
a	O
god-game	O
and	O
uses	O
true	O
3D	O
instead	O
of	O
isometric	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Populous	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Beginning	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
shaman	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
god	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
attains	O
godhood	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
,	O
the	O
series	O
creator	O
Peter	O
Molyneux	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Populous	B-Application
was	O
like	O
it	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
my	O
incompetence	O
as	O
a	O
games	O
programmer	O
...	O
the	O
reason	O
the	O
feature	O
(	O
raise	O
the	O
land	O
)	O
was	O
there	O
was	O
because	O
I	O
could	O
n't	O
get	O
the	O
little	O
people	O
to	O
navigate	O
around	O
the	O
coast	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
the	O
series	O
as	O
number	O
16	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
aside	O
from	O
single-handedly	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
genre	O
overnight	O
,	O
Bullfrog	O
's	O
Populous	B-Application
is	O
a	O
great	O
marriage	O
of	O
war-game	O
strategy	O
,	O
resource	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
pure	O
originality.	O
"	O
</s>
