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Pirates

An arcade cabal-shooter centered around 16th century adventurers searching for lost treasure. Scour the islands of La Isabea, Papeete, and Shetland while battling against enemy pirates, tanks made of bricks…

1 December 1994

Pirates is an arcade developed by Nix, released 1 December 1994 on Arcade.

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What Pirates is

Pirates is an arcade game developed by Nix and released in 1994. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An arcade cabal-shooter centered around 16th century adventurers searching for lost treasure. Scour the islands of La Isabea, Papeete, and Shetland while battling against enemy pirates, tanks made of bricks, and Aztec natives.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

What it launched against

Pirates launched on 1 December 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country, Tekken, Breath of Fire II and King's Field.

Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country, Tekken, Breath of Fire II, King's Field.

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When did Pirates come out?
Pirates was released on 1 December 1994 for Arcade.

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