1990, Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. / Electronic Arts, Inc.
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game derived from the Populous. The game features a 3-dimensional game map, although camera movement is limited to rotating the map by 90 degress or small discrete intervals and 8 pre-defined levels of zoom. Only the map topography itself is 3-dimensional; people, trees and other game objects are comprised of 2-dimensional sprites. The player starts out on each map with a small number of soldiers, and maybe a few towns already under control...