Sid Meier's Pirates!
You'll criss-cross your way along the 17th century Spanish Main in search of all-new adventures. You'll lead a crew of hot-blooded buccaneers into rollicking harbour towns. And risk your booty and your life…
Sid Meier's Pirates! is an adventure developed by MicroProse Software, Inc., released 8 May 1987 on Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Apple II.
What Sid Meier's Pirates! is
Sid Meier's Pirates! is an adventure game developed by MicroProse Software, Inc. and released in 1987. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a 1987 action-adventure strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse for the Commodore 64. It was designed by Sid Meier, and was the first game to include his name in its title as an effort by MicroProse to attract fans of Meier's earlier games, most of which were combat vehicle simulation games. The game was later ported to several other platforms, including the Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Macintosh, IBM PC, Atari ST, Amiga and Nintendo Entertainment System.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Sid Meier's Pirates! holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1987 averaged 72, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 43.9 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.0 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 100% DirectX compatible graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sid Meier's Pirates! yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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