Pirates: Captain's Quest
In Pirates: Captain's Quest, the player takes on the role of a pirate captain of a Spanish brig in the early 1700s and gets to do all sorts of piratey stuff, such as sword fighting, sailing the seas, conquer…
Pirates: Captain's Quest is an adventure developed by ImageBuilder Software Inc., released 31 December 1997 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pirates: Captain's Quest is
Pirates: Captain's Quest is an adventure game developed by ImageBuilder Software Inc. and released in 1997. It was published by Discovery Channel Multimedia. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Pirates: Captain's Quest, the player takes on the role of a pirate captain of a Spanish brig in the early 1700s and gets to do all sorts of piratey stuff, such as sword fighting, sailing the seas, conquer islands and dig for treasures. The game is an educational game targeted towards children age 9 and up. The player gets to learn how to read a map, use a compass, and how wind sailing, trading supplies and repairs work. There are 47 adventures to embark on which success all depends on their skills in trading supplies, accurate navigation and their ability in battle. The player gets to fight both on the sea with ships and their cannons and on land with sword play.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Pirates: Captain's Quest launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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