Pirates!

[Thunderfall]

I heard Sid Meier's Pirates! is a pretty good game. Have you played it?

no

[CornMaster]

It's a pretty good game. Pirates Gold! is better. You should try it out. It can get a little long to play though!

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[oedo]

Pirates is an awesome game. I´d even say it´s the best one ever released. But then I became a civ-fanatic.

Like to see some screenshots?
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[CivPartisan]

I bought a triple pack of Sid Meier games, I got Rail Road Tycoon, Covert Action, and Pirates. All the games are good even though they are older versions by today's standards. I'm not really into flashy, new games; I prefer good games, games that stand the test of time!



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[Martin Schmidt]

I played this game several years ago on
a C64 and liked it very much , the
pc-version however has some drawbacks ,
thus i prefer to play the original with an
emulator .
Anyway get this game , without this being
a success games like civ maybe wouldnt have
seen the light of day .

[billyccccc]

OOOOOH Pirates is the lovlyest game I every played I think.
I played it on Amiga 500.
I think the standard PC version is the same.
BUT, PIRATES GOLD SUUUUCKS!
Too ugly graphic.
I got an amiga emulator and pirates but I can't save my games.
Do you know how to do?
I WANNA KNOW, I AM DESPERATE!

[GenghisK]

Thunderfall, it's a shame you've not played ALL of Sid Meier's masterpiece. You don't deserve to be our administrator any longer

Anyway, I've played Pirates! Gold on Mac. It's quite strange experience since its game concept was totally new. But unfortunately I admit it's quickly becoming boring when you play it too much (fight...assaulting boats...fight...flirting the governor's daughter...fight... <Lunch break> fight...). It's more repetitive than Civ. But it's a worthy experience though.

PS: But I maintain that Thunderfall is not a true Sid's fanatics. A scandal!

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[Cilpot]

Pirates was a breakthrough when it came!! I love it!

Still have my amiga 500, and play it every once and a while... Genious concept!

Someone should make a new version of the game, with the same old feeling of course.

I love treasure hunting!!!!

[CoolLizy]

Originally posted by Thunderfall
I heard Sid Meier's Pirates! is a pretty good game. Have you played it?

YES!!! It's by Sid Meier! Even if was terrible it would be SUPERB!
Be wary of Pirates Gold!, though. Sid Meier didn't work on the project at all and it came out extremly buggy, so much so that it is just barely playable. There's a patch that will fix most of the problems, but it's still not anywhere near as good as the original!

[Achinz]

What about the sequel Pirates 2 - only in beta but apparently playable - downloadable from Underdogs?

[FacelessMan-000]

can someone post an adress where I could download it in emulation?

[Tim Scheffler]

I played my NES verison enough that enventually the cartridge gave out on me. I think its essentially the same as the commodore version based upon comparison. If you can't find the C64 emulator version look for a NESticle version, it saves very easily. One suggestion... get yourself a map of the caribbian, it helps.
Tim

[Talar]

I still play Pirates on my Amiga (just not very often). But the fact I still play it after all theese yeras I believe to be proof enough of how good the game is.

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Pirates 2 is pretty good, I've actually really played 3 or 4 complete games. It's very similar to Pirates but adds some nice features (Personal Health in combat, Excellent replay!)

[Toecutter]

Pirates is extremely entertaining, the amiga version with wave sounds ruled!

Here is a link to a guy, who has made a custom/modified version of the old pirates DOS version.

pirates 2:

http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/S...3/pirat2pg.htm

[Thunderfall]

Thunderfall, it's a shame you've not played ALL of Sid Meier's masterpiece.

Actually I haven't played ANY Sid Meier games. Civ2's programming was mostly Brian Reynolds' work and Sid was not directly involved in Civ3 also (at least it seems that way). He spent most of his time on SimGolf.

[Jimcat]

I remember Pirates! from way back in the late 80's. It was a fun game back then. Maybe I should get a copy for the occasional break from Civ.

Any advice on where to buy this game nowadays?

[Caligastia]

Its been ages since I played pirates! Those old amiga games were great! I recently got "Cannon Fodder" going on an emulator but unfortunately had no way of saving games. I guess thats a common problem with emulators eh Billyccccc?

[gonzo_for_civ]

Hehe, I would HATE Sid meier if it wasn't for the Civs and colonization. The reason is because me and my friend were 3 months into the programming of our new game: MiniGolf Tycoon. Then, out comes sid meier's simgolf. Lets just say, he has a rather large group of designers/programmers and me and my friend were only 2 people. I am not gonna let anything get out about our new project............ stay back SID!!!!!!!