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Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS - 1994

Also released on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Apple II - Apple IIgs - Commodore 64 - PC-88

Alt names 席德梅尔的海盗, Pirates!, Sid Meier's Pirates!: Action and Adventure on the Spanish Main, Xide Meier de Haidao
Year 1994
Platform DOS
Released in France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
Genre Action, Strategy
Theme Age of Enlightenment, Naval, Real-Time, Sea Pirates / Caribbean, Trade, Vehicular Combat Simulator
Publisher U.S. Gold Ltd.
Developer MPS Labs
Perspective Top-Down
Dosbox support Fully supported on current version
4.52 / 5 - 59 votes

Download extras files
Manual and map available

Description of Sid Meier's Pirates!

Sid Meier's Pirates! (aka 席德梅尔的海盗, Xide Meier de Haidao) is a video game published in 1994 on DOS by U.S. Gold Ltd.. It's an action and strategy game, set in a naval, real-time, trade, vehicular combat simulator, sea pirates / caribbean and age of enlightenment themes, and was also released on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64 and PC-88.

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Comments and reviews

Jaded Cynic 2024-03-13 0 point DOS version

@BANANAJANE The irony gets deeper - the original 1987 game for Dos was released on a floppy that was not only its own boot-disk and o/s, the disk had 'marked' bad sectors for copy protection; you couldn't 'pirate Pirates!' with the tech we had at the time! :D

James 2023-12-11 0 point Commodore 64 version

Where can I install the Commodore 64 version of this game?

BananaJane 2023-07-28 0 point

Does nobody see the irony of paying for a pirate videogame

Sab 2023-06-20 1 point Commodore 64 version

My best day of summer in 92 was when i reached the King's Advisor in the end. Loved this game.

Mr Vampire 2019-02-16 2 points Commodore 64 version

Great game with a mix of gameplay. Remember finding it hard though.
I played this in 1987, so the above release date is incorrect.

larry 2018-12-02 1 point

why can't we download amiga/atari st/c64 versions?

if the answer is that steam/gog purchased the license of all versions, so does is it mean that amiga/atari st/c64 versions won't be legally downloadable and playable anymore?

because steam/gog just offer the dos version the game...

Paul Kersey 2018-11-25 5 points Commodore 64 version

They seriously expect you to buy this when you can download it free on other sites?

cat_the_box 2018-04-09 4 points DOS version

i grew up on this game. i still own the entire complete original boxset with all documents! there is no literal end game other than being able to make it to top retirement ranking -- near impossible. i learned more about history, geography, and mechanics than school ever taught me just by playing this game! I have the dos-ibm version as well as the NES version. about a decade ago someone ported this to modern PC calling it "Pirates2" there were minimal UI enhancements but the game was exactly the same otherwise. 10/10 great game! if you loved this try out Sword of the Samurai by Sid Meiers also.

BitchinCornSoup 2018-04-03 3 points

Sid Meier is my man, would give him my soup and the d. PS am girl DM me ;

decrepit gamer 2017-10-29 0 point

this was also available on the atari st .. used to load it from floppy discs, took ages but was worth it. I eventually memorised where all the treasures were only needed the first piece of the map. gotta admit the graphics look awful now...

ak311266 2017-08-26 0 point DOS version

there is a bug when i divide up the plunder
remaining in retirement is chosen automaticly
can anybody help?

Casimiro 2017-06-17 -4 points DOS version

I can't see the DOS version anywhere. Where is it?

warriori 2017-06-09 1 point Commodore 64 version

Where is Commodore 64 version?

mr.maad 2016-08-20 1 point

Played it on commodore 64, Amiga 500, Pc and still going strong :)
One of the best games ever, but its Meiers, so i expect nothing less

Tron 2015-10-31 0 point

The genesis port was awesome.

Chris 2015-06-22 -1 point DOS version

Easily one of the best games in video history. This, along with Star Control II will give you weeks of entertainment for free.

aswarp 2014-11-06 -2 points DOS version

Never too many screenshots! I loved this game... spent every hour sailing the Caribbean. The manual with texts from historian PhD E. Bever was great too. I wish more games nowadays had PhDs as advisors.
I still can hear the funny sound the wind and waters made on my computer when sailing against the currents, which were also simulated with scientific accuracy, including the west-to-east stationary stream. Every bit of this game I loved. If anything, I would have liked my ship to sail a little faster, for I spent hours of my life staring at an almost entirely blue screen, daydreaming with Pirates in the last half millenium. The game also sported various different campaigns set in different times, with abundant literature and a number of possible outcomus depending upon how you lived your life as a Pirate. There is a modern remake which I am playing now... Mr. Bever is gone, but the graphics are way better and keeps one hokked to the computer as during childhood. Don't play it if you have a thesis to write... ;)

Cruxader 2013-11-15 -1 point DOS version

One of the greatest games ever made. I still play the NES version, which is a direct port, with slightly enhanced graphics, of this version probably three or four times a year. It never gets old.

The new version from a few years ago is very good too, but I keep coming back to this one.

I love this game so much I actually wrote a guide for it on gamefaqs.com.

Dazaster 2013-11-08 3 points DOS version

You seem to be confused. The above graphics are from the original Pirates from 1987, not 1994. '94 was Pirates Gold with VGA graphics.

The original '87 version was the first PC game I ever bought, and still one of my favorites.

James 2013-06-01 0 point DOS version

This game is pretty good, but different for the PSP.

A Wise Old Man 2013-02-19 -2 points DOS version

Maybe you just have too short an attention span. You should take your ritalin instead of selling it on the playground, you stupid juvie!

admin 2011-03-16 -4 points DOS version

Maybe their is a bit too many screenshots :D

jamesensor 2011-03-16 0 point DOS version

I'ts a good thing every game here has a great description. Never seen pirates with these graphics, only the next version they released in the 90's.

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Game Extras and Resources

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Manualalternative version English version 824 KB (DOS) ManualManual + Map English version 12 MB (DOS) MapEnglish version 728 KB (DOS)

Other Releases

Sid Meier's Pirates! was also released on the following systems:

Amiga

Amstrad CPC

Apple II

Apple IIgs

Commodore 64

PC-88

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