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I've probaby played Pirates more than any other C64 game I had (over a hundered). I remember looking at this game in Toys-R-Us thinking it looks boring. The only reason I bought it was becuase it made by Micro Prose. I enjoyed every game Micro Prose produced for C64. Surprisely Pirates was the best of their games with Gunship & Silent Service a close second. It's amazing how much Mirco Prose could do with only 64K.
If I remember right the time period 1620-1640 was my favarite in Pirates. Hopely the new Pirates will be done as well as Mirco Prose did in 1987.
 
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PIRATES! is still rated as one of my all time favorite games. I have included the new vesrion on my list of games to buy this year. Actually, I have been looking forward to that game since I first read a small paragraph about it in Jul-03.
 
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Must... resist... nostalgia...
I used to play this game religiously in its Apple II and Nintendo manifestations, as well as Pirates Gold a bit later on (I think we had it for Mac). My brother will soil himself when he hears there's a new version coming out... I imagine we'll both buy it, since we wouldn't want to fight over who gets to play next like we did 15+ years ago! :p

EDIT: here's a link to the designer's site: http://www.atari.com/pirates/pirates/home.php?lg=1
 
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