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Populous (Sega Master System)

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Developer Messages#

At the "World to Conquer" screen, press 2, then enter one of the passwords below to view the corresponding message. The only way to close any message is to reset.

Password

Message

Note

SANTIAGO

STOCKHOLM

Translation: "Once upon a time there was a Swedish girl who took little Simon forever"
The message is written in Swedish, hence the code "STOCKHOLM", the capital of Sweden.
Aside from a grammatical error ("svenska" instead of "svensk"), the message spells "gång" as "gong" and "för" as "fur" due to the game's font lacking the necessary letters.
"Simon" likely refers to Simon Freeman, who is credited as one of the game's programmers.

PIXIE

CODETOGO

STEVEANDJO

(Source: SMSPower)