Sid Meier's Pirates!

“far too much contrast: dark areas (including the characters) are pitch black”

“In many ways I considering it one the best games on the C64”

“it's balance and structure (similar to Pirates) is part of what makes me shake my head at how uninteresting modern game design is”

“Definitely a series of mini-games in a trenchcoat, wrapped in a story.”

“What really develops if you play the game multiple times is optimising routes”

“The game can be pretty immersive and playing it through is a multiple hour endeavour.”

“I absolutely cannot stand the "simlish" language they speak”

“was a fantastic game in which I spent a ton of time”

“where the whole was significantly better than all of the games in isolation”

“Great game one of the first I played on a computer with a mouse”

“I know where I'm going to spend the next weekend!”

“The dancing was tedious though”

“I’ve not played anything else that scratched that same itch.”

“I loved that game, mainly because the manual had absorbed his cigar smoke and reminded me of him.”

“I thought it was amazing with the voice acting for the gods and music and gameplay.”

“planning our expeditions on the C64, drawing paper maps and marking clues, treasures”

“I loved Pirates! and spend so many hours as a teenager playing it.”

“The 2004 remake in 3D is fun but the graphics really haven't aged well”

“one of my favourite 'strategy' games on the Amiga”

“It is one of the games that are timeless as they work for different generations.”

“is a classic in it's own right that still holds up today”

“the soundtrack - iirc mostly händel and bach”

“Pirates was a great game, spent so much time on it”

“It was a bit too focused only on the pirate theme though”

“had a more realistic sailing model that made you feel the difference between triangular and square sails”

“I've sunk hours into 2004 Sid Meiers pirates”

“I've sunk countless hours into the 2004 Sid Meiers games”

“fun yesterday, but today there's 3 screens of answering the same questions with ever replay?”

“my kid has 50+ hours in sid meier's pirates and told me they stare at the world map”

“hard to see the cannons flying due to low contrast”

“Sid Meier's games were always a step above, and so immersive feeling for their day.”

“Really enjoyed this and it brought back many memories of the Amiga”

“Love it! I remember fondly playing pirates as a kid this is great!”

“I remember fondly playing pirates as a kid”

“the watercolor imagery and music were half the game”

“has the vibe of the original game but should include that if you sail into the wind it slows you down”

“my kid has 50+ hours in sid meier's pirates”

“You just can’t see the bullets because they are tiny black dots on a dark blue background.”

“genuinely great gameplay loop and felt very immersive at the time”

“Each time I played it with my oldest, it felt like a brand new game.”