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Revision as of 04:16, 15 December 2018
Developers | |
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MicroProse | |
Release dates | |
DOS | May 8, 1987 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1988 |
Windows | 1993 |
macOS (OS X) | November 29, 2012[1] |
Linux | July 24, 2014[2] |
Sid Meier's Pirates! | |
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Sid Meier's Pirates! | 1987 |
Pirates! Gold | 1993 |
Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004) | 2004 |
For the remake, see Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004).
Key points
- A manual supplement is required to pass the in-game DRM
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Use DOSBox. Windows version will not work on 64-bit Windows. | |||
GOG.com | Pirates! and Pirates! Gold DOS versions pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] | |||
Steam | Pirates! and Pirates! Gold DOS versions pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4] |
Version differences
- Pirates! Gold has greatly improved graphics and sound. Digital distribution releases includes both versions of the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\PIRATESG.CD\PIRATES*.SAV[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German |
Issues unresolved
Pirates! Gold original Windows version on 64-bit Windows
The original Windows version of Pirates! Gold is a 16-bit Windows 3.x game so cannot be used on 64-bit versions of Windows without workarounds (e.g. virtualization). The easiest solution is to use the DOS version in DOSBox. Digital distribution releases are pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3][4]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA | CGA and EGA are only supported for the original release. VGA and SVGA are only supported for the Gold release. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 16 MHz (Pirates! Gold) | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | CGA (Pirates!) VGA (Pirates! Gold) | EGA (Pirates!) SVGA (Pirates! Gold) |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).