Sid Meier's Pirates Limited Edition

by Atari

Product Details

• ASIN: B0006OJGT6
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,903 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adventure on the High Seas, July 8, 2005

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K. Bennett "almightyegoe" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sid Meier's Pirates Limited Edition (CD-ROM)

I'm a girl who loves a good pirate story, so I couldn't pass up this game, and I've been extremely pleased with it.

You play as the captain of the pirate sloop Revenge (both name and type of ship can change as you capture other ships) and you start off by swearing alliance with one of four nationalities: English, Spanish, French, or Dutch. By no means do you have to be any nicer to this country than the rest of them. You can pillage whomever you please, both cities and ships. It's really a very fun game tactically, as your actions and who you attack affect the different towns and ships actions towards you.

If you so please, you can also woo governor's daughters and go to balls, but that is not necessary to gameplay. And in case you get bored of pillaging (never!) there's also nine of the deadliest pirates ever patrolling around whom you can challenge, treasure maps, and someone has kidnapped various members of your family.

Everytime you split the plunder you can change your level, either going up if you've been very successful lately, or going down if things have been a bit rough, which is nice. Also, your character ages as time goes on, which is a fantastic bit of realism.

I had some problems with the graphics and getting the game to run initially, but it was easily cleared up by the very friendly Atari tech support and their message boards.

I highly recommend this game!

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sid Meier = Evil Genius, November 24, 2004

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Skabob "skabob1" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sid Meier's Pirates Limited Edition (CD-ROM)

Sid Meier's Pirates! is another rock of computer crack that can't be put down once you start. It's true to the original 1987 version, with some additions and a few things left out.

Your story starts as an 8 year old, when an evil Marquis takes your family into bondage. You escape, and ten years later begin your career as an able seaman. Through a twist of fate, you end up in control of the ship, and sail into a port to talk to a governor who gives you a letter of marque or a mission, and explains the current state of politics.

The gameplay is better than the original. The control system still uses the number pad, which is better than the mouse for minute steering adjustments. The graphics are done in a cartoonish 3D style which fits the genre well. The only thing missing from the original that I have noticed so far is that you don't have to take a sun sight, which wasn't very fun anyway.

The courting system can be a bit repetitive, as it uses a DDR type "hit this button in sequence" mode to impress women (much like GTA:San Andreas has). You can opt out of the dance if you are eager to get back to the hacking and slashing bits.

The hand-to-hand combat system is almost exactly an update of the original game, with a lot of 3D pre-set moves added. If you want a sword fighting game, there are better ones out there. This game, however, is a great mix of many genres. I highly recommend it for people who don't need sleep.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally fun, for 3 generations of pirates..., January 16, 2007

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James L. Duffy "duffman" (Parker, CO) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sid Meier's Pirates Limited Edition (CD-ROM)

I Love this game
My son loves this game
My father loves this game.
Sword fighting, broadsides, buried treasure, true love, exploring, capturing towns, trading with the natives, rescuing your family,,,
this game has it all.