Reception
Pirates! was a groundbreaking game in its era. Although other open-ended games had already been released, the style of player-directed gameplay in Pirates! led it to be the spiritual predecessor of countless others since, both by Sid Meier himself (Civilization, Railroad Tycoon) and many others, notably Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims).
Pirates! won many awards at the time of its release, including Computer Gaming World's 'Action Game of the Year' for 1988, as well as two Origins Awards, 'Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1987' and 'Best Screen Graphics in a Home Computer Game of 1987'. It has continued to earn accolades ever since. In 1996, Computer Gaming World ranked it as the 18 best video game of all time, noting that Amiga version was by far the best (by then).
In a 2001 interview with Computer Gaming World, Sid Meier remarked that "We have a joke that we always design the game first and do our history research later. If we do the research first, we'll end up creating a game based on the books."
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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