Pirates! Gold
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| Developers | |
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| MicroProse | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1993 |
| Windows 3.x | February 19, 1994 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1994 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | July 17, 2012 |
| macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | November 29, 2012[1] |
| Linux (DOSBox) | July 24, 2014[2] |
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Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
| Sid Meier's Pirates! | |
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| Sid Meier's Pirates! | 1987 |
| Pirates! Gold | 1993 |
| Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004) | 2004 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Publisher website | |
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| GOG.com | |
Bundled with Sid Meier's Pirates! DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] | |
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| Steam | |
Bundled with Sid Meier's Pirates! DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4] | |
Game data
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\PIRATES*.SAV[Note 1] <path-to-game>\pirates.hof[Note 1] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
- Saves are named matching the slot (
PIRATES0.SAVtoPIRATES9.SAV). -
pirates.hofcontains Pirate Hall of Fame high scores. - This game does not store any settings.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | VGA, SVGA |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 6.22 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 16 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | VGA | SVGA |
| Windows 3.x | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 386 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 colors | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_savesfolder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).