Sid Meier's Pirates!: Intro

One of my old favorites :) Sid Meier&Pirates! is a 2004 strategy/action/adventure video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Atari.The game is a remake of Sid Meier&earlier 1987 game, also named Sid Meier&Pirates!. Overall, the gameplay remains similar to the original game, though it features a 3D game engine (NDL&Gamebryo). Some elements such as sun sighting have been removed, but other features have been added, such as a ballroom dancing mini-game and an improved turn-based land combat system. The Microsoft Windows version of Pirates! was released on November 22, 2004, is also available through the online GameTap video game service. The Xbox version was released on July 11, 2005, and includes some multiplayer capabilities. The Xbox version was re-released on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360 as an Xbox Original on February 11, 2008, as the Xbox version is on the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list in North America and Europe. A version for the PlayStation Portable was released on January 22, 2007; this new version features some modified gameplay mechanisms, and was developed by Full Fat in collaboration with Firaxis Games. The Mac OS X version of the game was released in August 2008 by Feral Interactive. The Wii version was released on September 28, 2010.