Pirates!

[dessa14]

new pirates coming out late this year.
come back with more info later.
thanks, dessa

[dessa14]

PIRATES
official site.
thanks, desmond

[Efrem Da King]

Hey dessa let me introduce you to freind of mine, hes called the edit button.

[dessa14]

i know the edit button.
but i thought this justified a new reply.
thanks, desmond

[King Edward]

Pirates was the first pc game i ever played, im getting this on pre order NOW ah the memories....... cheers for the info Dessa

[dessa14]

yes i know its awesome.
ive been playing since i was six.
thanks, desmond

[King Edward]

Any one know if there will be an Mp option? im surprised this was not revamped as a online effort like galaxies or everquest.

[Basileus]

used to play pirates on my c64 all day long heh, i will propably have a go with this new one aswell

[Rufus]

I was also a huge Pirates fan on the old C64, that and Bard's Tale. Sadly it looks like my PC won't be able to handle this new version (or RTW, for that matter).
So either I upgrade as soon as I have the money (yeah right) or wait for the likely XBox version of Pirates (since they made it for the Sega, they will probably do an XBox version, and I've heard rumors to that effect).

Arrr matey

[Kraellin]

Quote[/b] (King Edward @ July 07 2004,08:56)]Any one know if there will be an Mp option? im surprised this was not revamped as a online effort like galaxies or everquest.

havent heard a word about mp and i see no mention on the official site either, but it would certainly make the game a better buy. maybe they'll add it in like they did civ iii, after the game is out.

K.

[Efrem Da King]

Theres already a MMORG Pirate game in production.

[Nelson]

Quote[/b] (Basileus @ July 07 2004,13:53)]used to play pirates on my c64 all day long heh, i will propably have a go with this new one aswell

Me too It was one of those Microprose titles that made you wonder how they ever got so much game into 64k.

I also had the Amiga version and then the PC version.

I liked the Amiga version best.

Sid knows what to do. He won't throw the baby out with the bath water like Impressions did with Lords of the Realm 3. A quick visit to the site revealed the same play mechanics and style as the original with some new wrinkles added. Which is exactly what fans want.

[Gregoshi]

I'll be watchin' this one too matey. I spent many a night plunderin' the Carribean with me ol' C64 and the vilest bunch o' sea dogs ye'd ever want to meet.

[dessa14]

the only problem with pirates was the fact that peoples mood changed rather randomly.
hmm we just got 200,000 gold pieces yet you 8 guys are still unhappy why the hell is that
thanks, desmond
i just started a new game on my c64 emulator.

[Ii Naomasa]

Pirates is easily my favorite all time computer game. I had a version for just about every computer I've ever had (and agree the Amiga version was the prettiest and most fun, although you could abuse the 'split fleet' option and leave most of your ships and crew out at sea for months getting tans off the gold while you visited ports and even divided the limited plunder with your smaller crew.

I'm greatly looking forward to this, but am even worried that Mr.Meier won't be able to duplicate what (to me, anyway) makes the original so much fun. The talk of more story and such worries me. To me, it was the open endedness of Pirates that I loved. Sure the people were always talking about your missing relatives, but you could always say 'Screw them Where were they for me? I'm off to annually capture the Treasure Fleet and marry the best looking daughter in the Carribean' and still live happily ever after.

[Nelson]

Quote[/b] (Ii Naomasa @ July 13 2004,09:47)]The talk of more story and such worries me.

At this point I'm willing to take Sid at his word. More story could mean just an expanded set of main quest adventures that we can take or leave. As long as the story is an optional adjunct to the game and not a compulsory set of missions we'll be OK.

I'm really curious about the land combat.

[Kraellin]

Quote[/b] ]i just started a new game on my c64 emulator

dessa,

which emulator are you using? where'd you get it? how well does it work? and where'd you get the emulation for pirates? i'd be interested in possibly running that also.

K.

[dessa14]

i got ccs ill send you it through email or otherwise ill try to upload it as a rar or zip file onto the lore site or something like that.
thanks,
dessa

[dessa14]

anybody want me to send them pirates and a c64 emul just pm me.
thanks,
dessa

[Efrem Da King]

I would but I'm not allowed to pm (no idea why...)


But my email is eblack@idx.com.au and I would really like to try this game.

[Efrem Da King]

Thanks again dess.




After searching a while, I have a found I site where you can dl the manual


YAY

Now I can get to playing


http://frigate.free.fr/manual.html

[dessa14]

you must remember this is the original version made in 1989.
thanks,
dessa

[dessa14]

this is kinda humourous for those that have played it before.

English Count
French Count
Dutch Count
Spanish Hostile

thanks,
dessa

[Kraellin]

thanks, dessa :)

i ran the thing and it actually worked. i'd forgotten just how slow those old c-64's were. i also kept failing the little treasure fleet question at the start, so i had to fence the captain to take over. lol. after 2 or 3 attempts and failures, i gave it up ;) but the emulator did work. cute :)

i'll try some of the others later.

K.

[dessa14]

ive got the list of question answers here, i printed them off that thing Efrem posted.

Quote[/b] ] (1560)
THE TREASURE FLEET THE SILVER TRAIN
------------------ ----------------
Cumana - Early October Cumana - Early April
Puerto Cabello - Late October Borburata - Late April
Maricaibo - Early November Puerto Cabello - Early May
Rio de la Hacha - Late November Coro - Late May
Nombre de Dios - Early December Gibraltar - Early June
Cartagena - Late December Maracaibo - Late June
Campeche - Late January Rio de la Hacha - Early July
Vera Cruz - Early February Santa Marta - Late July
Havana - Early March Cartagena - Early August
Santiago - Late March Panama - Late August
Florida Channel - Late April Nombre de Dios - Early October
(1600)
Cumana - Early October St. Thome - Early April
Caracas - Late October Cumana - Late April
Maracaibo - Early November Caracas - Early May
Rio de la Hacha - Late November Pureto Cabello - Late May
Santa Marta - Early December Coro - Early June
Puerto Bello - Late December Gibraltar - Late June
Cartagena - Early January Maracaibo - Early July
Campeche - Early February Rio de la Hacha - Late July
Vera Cruz - Late February Santa Marta - Early August
Havana - Late March Cartagena - Late August
Florida Channel - Late April Panama - Early September
Puerto Bello - Late October
(1620)
Caracas - Early September St. Thome - Early March
Maracaibo - Late September Cumana - Late March
Rio de la Hacha - Early October Caracas - Early April
Santa Marta - Late October Puerto Cabello - Late April
Puerto Bello - Early November Gibraltar - Early May
Cartagena - Early December Maracaibo - Late May
Campeche - Early January Rio de la Hacha - Early June
Vera Cruz - Late January Santa Marta - Late June
Havana - Late February Cartagena - Early July
Florida Channel - Late March Panama - Late July
Puerto Bello - Early September
(1640)
Caracas - Early October Cumana -Early April
Maracaibo - Late October Caracas - Late April
Rio de la Hacha - Early November Gibraltar - Early May
Santa Marta - Late November Maracaibo - Late May
Puerto Bello - Early December Rio de la Hacha - Early June
Cartagena - Early January Santa Marta - Early July
Campeche - Early February Cartagena - Late July
Vera Cruz - Late February Panama - Late August
Havana - Late March Puerto Bello - Early October
Florida Channel - Late April
(1660)
Caracas - Early September Cumana - Early March
Maracaibo - late September Caracas - Late March
Rio de la Hacha - Early October Gibraltar - Early April
Santa Marta - Late October Maracaibo - Late April
Puerto Bello - Early November Rio de la Hacha - Early May
Cartagena - Early December Santa Marta - Early June
Campeche - Early January Cartagena - Late June
Vera Cruz - Late January Panama - Late July
Havana - Late February Puerto Bello - Early September
Florida Channel - Late March
(1680)
Caracas - Early October Cumana - Early April
Rio de la Hacha - Late October Caracas - Late April
Santa Marta - Early November Maracaibo - Late May
Puerto Bello - Late November Rio de la Hacha - Late June
Cartagena - Late December Santa Marta - Early July
Campeche - Late January Cartagena - Late July
Vera Cruz - Early February Panama - Late August
Havana - Early March Puerto Bello - Early October
Florida Channel - Late April

there you go.
the best thing about that site is the map.
that really helps out, the dates can be found on the first disc if you examine the disc and there is a program down the bottom with the name DATES.PRG i think.
thanks,
dessa
ps press Ctrl F3 to speed it up from 100% to 500%.

umm also when you do reach the disk change, press F8 and then select disk two by highlighting it and pressing F4.
other wise the game won't work.

[Kraellin]

thanks, dessa :)

K.

[ShadesWolf]

Ive been watch the development of this for a number of months, and cant wait for its release.

My only horror is it wont have an online version

[dessa14]

ive got a brilliant strategy for the game.
you can only take the treasure fleet or the silver train once in the game otherwise a trigger flicks and it is disabled til next year.

so you chase the treasure fleet through all the oceans, and you get a whole heap of galleons and avoid the annoying land battles.
though you do have to compete with silly winds and in anything but a barque you can't go into the eye of the wind and its hard to go against the wind at all.

thanks,
dessa