Pirate game from the 90s

anondo · Post by **anondo** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:19 pm

Hello DOSGames.com,

Ive been thinking about the days when I was young. At my grandparents house, they had an old machine, which was using big floppy discs.

There was this very special and genius game, which was basicly where you had a ship, with cannons and crew. You could then move around the map with several commands which was listed. It was kinda turnbased, because of these commands which came up on the screen. I cant remember if you saw a map or not, but most of it was text based.

You had cannons and crew, and could find and attack other ships, like a pirate, and take their crew and cannons to make your ship better.

I cant remember the name, and hope any of you guys know what I am talking about.

Thanks.

Post by **dosraider** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:01 pm

A bit vague ... covers a lot of the early 'pirate' themed games.

It won't be one of Sid Meyer's one, I think.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-pirates
http://www.mobygames.com/game/pirates-gold

Naaa, will be something a bit older, .....long shot:
Pirates of the Barbary coast?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/pirates-o ... bary-coast

Take a look@
http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/theme-sea-pirates
Maybe some name will trigger your memory.....

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:48 am

And jic it's wooden ships but not pirates, there are also some options like

The Ancient Art of War at Sea
Wooden Ships and Iron Men

anondo · Post by **anondo** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:20 pm

It may be a possibility that it was running on an Commandore 64.

It didnt have any VGA colors, but just plain simple colors of orange text. So its an older game, than those you guys have found. I played it in the 90s, but I cant remember what year it would have been made.

You couldnt directly control the ship, other than through some options in text that was shown. And you could only change the number of crew members, cannons on board and etc. as far as I can remember.

Post by **dosraider** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:23 am

Maybe you could ask on some Commodore 64 fan sites, better chance there.
Won't give you any link as most are offering ROM games to download, kinda illegal etcetera.....

However a tip: C64.com ..... *cough*

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:18 pm

It was called Pirates I'm pretty sure. I'm looking for it right now.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:57 am

cosairs?

Kevin_a_g · Post by **Kevin_a_g** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:16 pm

Aaargh! The Pirate Game

SadPandaa92 · Post by **SadPandaa92** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:22 pm

Not sure this was ever answered but the game your looking for sounds like.

Pirates plunder by dexterity software.

Was a 90s shareware game I believe.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 3:09 pm

It seems that the OP might not see and answer this, but here's the MobyGames link:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/pirates-plunder

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