Sid Meier's Pirates! Release Date: 11/16/2004 Developer: Firaxis Games Publisher: Atari Sid Meier's Pirates! Preview » Check latest prices » Visit the Sid Meier's Pirates! forum »

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• Sailing, dueling, profiteering on the high seas
• The remake of a 17-year-old classic
• Colorful graphics and lighthearted humor
• Accessible pick-up-and-play minigames
• Streamlined control scheme

Watch a Sid Meier's Pirates! video. Click "Stream for Free" for higher resolution. More than a decade ago, designer Sid Meier created Pirates!, an open-ended strategy game that offered surprisingly varied gameplay. Meier and company have decided to revisit the classic with Sid Meier's Pirates!, which will feature colorful 3D graphics and more than a little humor (just take a look at the game's incremental difficulty levels: "Arrgh!" "Arrrrgh!" and "Arrrrrrgh!"). Like in the classic game, you'll play as a young buccaneer who starts the game with a fistful of gold pieces and a ragged ship, but you'll eventually work your way up to being either a high-ranking privateer in service to one of the Caribbean's great seafaring nations, or the most feared pirate on the high seas.

Like the original game, the new Pirates! will feature high-seas sailing and trading for profit, though you'll also be able to engage in pick-up-and-play minigames like sword duels, ship battles, and even ballroom dances with the governor's daughter. (And for those who don't wish to be anchored to a single port, don't worry--Pirates! will have plenty of different governors' daughters.) These fast-paced minigames will generally be controlled using an easy-to-learn setup with your keyboard's number pad or your WASD keyboard keys. Pirates! will also feature several other minigames like land battles and stealth missions, as well as plenty of different missions you can undertake, from plundering treasure troves to finding your long-lost family.

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