Pirates! Gold Plus

I remember playing this game as a kid, loved it then and love it now

My friends and I played this game in college. It was being played nearly 24 hours a day. We wore the disk out, and taped it until the disk was in such bad shape that we had to replace it. Microprose gladly sent us a new copy for free. What every happened to those kinds of game companies?

These guys really listen. I remember during the past summer that I requested the Pirates gold for W7. Mile Grazie!!!!!

This game is definitely on the top 10 list of my all time favorite games. I used to play this game for hours and hours with the original 1987 version. When Gold came out a few years later, it was just as good. If you have never played this game before, you cannot beat the deal here to try it out. Whether you just want to sack towns or actually try to be a trader, I don't think there's another game that really let's you be free to do as you want and try to survive as a pirate.

The game that put Sid Meier on the map (released two years before 'Civilization'), 'Pirates!' is a game with a shocking amount of depth and variety. While it's not too much less vague then most of the PC RPG's of the era, there is absolutely nothing that you HAVE to do - You can travel anywhere and do anything that you want at any time you want. As a result, the vagueness isn't frustrating because you can learn where everything is with no pressure of having any goals or missions to accomplish. And don't worry - If you think the lack of objectives will make the game boring, it doesn't. There's enough to do- trade with merchants, raid villages, battle and loot ships, and of course fence -that you'll be entertained for hours on end. Though the controls, specifically of the ship, can be a bit stiff and unresponsive at times, this is probably the best sandbox game that could have been made in 1987, and no doubt the best that was.