I have a little ritual I do on GOG.com now and again. I'll be browsing the store looking for something new to play, when I'll see the phrase "Sid Meier's Pirates" stare back at me. Every time, despite knowing the end result, I'll click on it. I'll take in the simplistic EGA-ish graphics in the screenshots and sigh. Not today... not today. Now, I'm no graphics prude. I can handle EGA sprites and esoteric hotkey control schemes. But the older entry is simply not the Sid Meier's Pirates I've been waiting for. Thanks, GOG... and it's about damn time.
