Sid Meirer's Pirates!

[TheMightyFavog]

Most. Addictive. Game. Ever.

There's nothing like laying in a 20 gun broadside into a Spanish Treasure Galleon.

[Parche]

1. game

His Civilization is also addictive, have not played pirates yet

[MsUnderstood]

2. Is this the original or the new one?

I remember playing pirates waaaayyyy back. . .then one day I saw CONQUEST OF THE WOLRD which had pirates, railroad tycoon and 2 other games for $5.

I picked this puppy up and became addicted to Rail Road tycoon (now in its 3rd version) and have been waiting for the latest pirates game to go to a decent level. . .ah the memories. . .

[Nevernose]

4. I remember RRT3 had bad reviews?

What is your opinion of it? It seems like it just might be the time waster I'm looking for.

Oh, and I played Pirates on my Sega Genesis -- by far my all-time favorite game (except maybe Wizardry I). I bought the new one when it first came out, and had to stop playing it; it was interfering with my work and family, which is the sign of a really good game!

[porkrind]

3. SM Alpha Centauri was pretty good too.

:)

[LeftCoast]

5. I LOVE Alpha Centauri!

I wish he'd do an update of it. I loved how you could construct your own armaments. Plus, turning an ugly planet into a lush forest was pretty cool too. :)

[DrGonzoLives]

6. I like it

A bit cartoony, and to succeed at dancing you pretty much have to keep it at the beginner level, but it's still fun. I particularly love fucking the damn Spaniards over any chance I get.

[TheMightyFavog]

7. Not to mention macking on the Governor's daughter!

I just wish that the dancing was not so hard.

[Hatalles]

8. Dancing was hard when I first started playing the game...

... but it's pretty darn easy even at the harder levels now that I'm used to it. There's a patch out for the game, if you haven't DLed it already. I think they lower the difficulty on dancing a tad.

[TheMightyFavog]

10. I DLed the patch..

though it does not fix all the bugs.

[Hatalles]

9. I really like this game...

... I've replayed it a few times but it can get boring after a while. I think I've pretty much tried everything. The most fun I had was conquering the entire Caribbean for the French. In my most recent save, I have a fully-upgraded Ship of the Line and am virtually unstoppable.

I've long been into pirate history in the Caribbean and yes, even though this game is considerably Flynnish, I love all the little details like chain-shot and cotton sails and simply just visiting port after port.

I would love to see a *GOOD* MMORPG set in the Pirates setting... I know there's a Pirates of the Caribbean MMORPG in the works so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

On a side note... best game manual I've seen in a looooooong time. And the included paper map is icing on the cake. :)