Difference between revisions of "Sid Meier's Pirates!"

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Sid Meier's Pirates!
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

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

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

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/327380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/327380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

300px

Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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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
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (327380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (327380) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (327380) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] November Mac Game Update: 12 new additions ● GOG.com

[2] GOG.com Now Supports Linux! ● GOG.com

[GOG.com-3] 3.0 ^3.1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[Steam-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic) · Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic) · AppID: 327380 · Steam Database

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[Note 1]

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 |touchscreen               = unknown
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+|button prompts            = unknown
+|button prompts notes      =
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 |separate volume          = false
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 |subtitles                = false

Developers

	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]