"IGN Hall of Fame: Populous. IGN, 2008, archiviert vom Original am 4. November 2013; abgerufen am 8. Februar 2011: „42. God games. This genre is a mashup of construction and management simulations, real-time strategy games, and artificial life games, with some extra qualities all its own. […] Probable first use: Populous, 1989.“
"IGN Hall of Fame: Populous. IGN, 2008, archiviert vom Original am 4. November 2013; abgerufen am 8. Februar 2011: „42. God games. This genre is a mashup of construction and management simulations, real-time strategy games, and artificial life games, with some extra qualities all its own. […] Probable first use: Populous, 1989.“