Sid Meier's Pirates!
Studios
Developer — MicroProse Software, Inc.
Publishers — MicroProse Software, Inc., Ultra Software Corporation
Details
Platforms — PC, DOS, Mac, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Apple II, Apple IIGS
Genres — Role-playing, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Arcade, Action, Historical
Modes — Single player
Perspective — Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Sid Meier's Pirates! ranks #3,709 overall and #755 among role-playing games — top 15% of all ranked titles. Of the 156 games released in 1987, only eight outrank it. Hovers within reach of its all-time peak of #3,669, reached 8 weeks ago.
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