Sid Meier returns to his roots with this remake of Sid Meier's Pirates!, his 1987 game about sailing the high seas in search of treasure. As in the original, you will plunder cities, sink enemy ships, and more. A plethora of different styles of gameplay will have you sneaking out of prison, dancing with the governor's daughter, engaging in real-time strategic combat, and a slew of others.

Sid Meier's Pirates! features a new 3D engine, but its style of stringing several minigames together to make a congruent game remains true to the original.

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Alternate Titles

"大海盜" -- Taiwan spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Sid Meier's Pirates!	Windows	$4.62
	Sid Meier'S Pirates!: Live The Life (, 2005) (XBOX)	Xbox
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User Reviews

I for one look forward to more games like this...har...har...har	Windows	Indra was here (14900)
Excellent remake of a memorable classic	Windows	Cadorna (190)
Memorable, addictive, fun.. I love it	Windows	Arejarn (568)
SET FULL SAIL!!	Windows	James Kirk (159)

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The Press Says

Game industry News (GiN)	Windows	2005		100
Mygamer.com	Windows	Dec 04, 2004	9.4 out of 10	94
GameSpy	Windows	Dec 01, 2004		90
ActionTrip	Windows	Nov 29, 2004	84 out of 100	84
PC Action	Windows	Jan 21, 2005	83 out of 100	83
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Dec, 2004	82 out of 100	82
Appletell	Macintosh	Oct 22, 2008		80
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Jan 26, 2005	80 out of 100	80
XBox Front	Xbox	Aug 07, 2005	78 out of 100	78
Factornews	Windows	Feb 19, 2005	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Sound

Some sound-effects/video in Sid Meier's Pirates were re-used from previous Civilization games., One example includes when your character swings on a rope aboard a ship. The yell he makes is actually the yell an Archer makes in Civ III when he gets promoted. Another example is one of the ballroom dancing pieces that's played. It happens to also be a track used in Civilization III: Conquests.