Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic)

Fun and open ended, a real classic

I totally resent thumbing down one of the greatest games ever made, however.... The Amiga version was faaarrr superior. Sunk hundreds of hours after school on that game as a kid. Loved reading the manual for hints in the game etc.. Meier's best work in my opinion.

Awesome game. Great Music. Just like I remember it!

A childhood favorite, but when I played it just now I got to a point where it froze when I was trying to talk to someone. I had to use task manager to exit. Applied for a refund immediately.

This is an original, authentic game from the dawn of personal computers. It's a lot more fun, and addictive, than you might expect. It is one of the top games from the era it was made. For old timers, like me, the game is also a great nostalgia fix.

If you played the original(s) and want to relive that expirience, buy this (but only at a sale) it contains the Dos Versions of the first pirates and the Pirates Gold Plus. Both versions are very good in terms of a pirates game. If you never played Pirates before go for the 2004 remake of Sid Meier's Pirates, the gameplay of the remake is pretty much the same, not as good as this versions though, some things got left out or worsened, but I personally prefer the remake to this versions. And beware, both ! versions have copyprotection which you need to search on the web first before you can play the games. An IDIOTIC oversight by the puplishers not to include them (well the manual of the Gold version is included, so its only the 88 version they forgot if you want to split hairs) But overall I recommend to buy this games.