What other Pirate games are there?

[Falconer]

There haven't been many pirate-themed games in the last decade, although perhaps 'ever' would be more accurate.

Still, 'not many' isn't the same as none at all.

A few years ago we saw Sea Dogs arrive on the scene which was recently followed up by its 'unofficial' sequel Pirates of the Caribbean. Both games were pretty good but both were plagued by bugs and an overall lack of polish. Had they received more care they would quite possibly have been masterpieces.

The sequel to Tropico called "Pirates Cove" was recently released too, bringing 'empire management' with a distinct pirate flavour to it to our screens.

Trading-strategy game Port-Royale touched upon the theme a little. So little in fact that it might not deserve mention here.

What other games are there?

[Black Angel]

I found a pirate game that is still in Beta on www.worldofpirates.com . I did not play the pirates games of Sid but this game seems to be something like the Pirates! gold. Or am i wrong?

I'm not in that Beta yet but it seems fun.
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[Falconer]

Seems to have some elements of it yes. Also seems to go a lot deeper though. Could be interesting!

[Falconer]

MarkQuinn mentioned Cutthroats. I've heard of it and tried to get it some time ago but never could get my hands on it. It made enough of a name for itself to be mentioned here though.

[LordMacAlpin]

This may help ye Falconer ans others fer Cutthroats ans SeaDogs......--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK, mates, heres a list of valuable links. If anyone can think of any more, please post them here!

First, three places you can buy it online:

The first is $9.95 ($17.95 Canadian) and ships within 24 hours:
http://www.dragon.ca/games/strategy/cutthroats.htm

http://www.gogamer.com/cgi-bin/GoGamer.storefront/3c7fc8ca012e7bf82740d0 fedee20730/Catalog

http://www.sold-out.co.uk/soldout/products/cutthroats.html
(I ordered 3 games there. Total cost $18.49. Delievery time UK to US about 2-3 weeks).

Of course, you need Patch 7: (NOTE: This is a new link!)
http://www.hothousecreations.com/english/cutthroats/index.htm

Patch 7 for the german version of Cutthroats (Unter schwarzer Flagge)
http://www.gamesdomain.com/patches/u/2700.html

Both patches are also located at:
http://www.patchme.net

System Tweaks for CT
http://www.eidosgames.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000004/HTML/20010111-5-00 4486.html

To slow down the game on high-speed processors:
Go to the Options Screen, select Frame Lock to be On

This makes the game run at one standard speed for all machines which can then be sped up or slowed back down to the normal speed with F8 and F7.


Cutthroats Customization
http://www.eidosgames.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000004/HTML/20000908-5-00 4511.html

The Adrenaline Vault review, or as Greenbeard called it, "The Page That Started it All!"
http://www.avault.com/previews/preview_temp.asp?game=cuthr&page=1

If you want to make your own flag, you'll need Flagimation to make it wave:
http://www.cj888.com/soft/soft/flagimation.zip
or here:
http://www.origo.hu/szoftverbazis/multimedia/egyeb/flagimation.html

Don't forget to read Mark Quinn's flagmaking tutorial:
http://www.geocities.com/piratemaster2k/QuinnsFlags.html

Fan Sites

Coggy's Stories collected form the CT Eidos forum and here:
http://tortuga_cutthroats.tripod.com/index.htm

If you want some strategy tips read Coggy's Guide to CT
http://tortuga_cutthroats.tripod.com/coggysguide.html

Iguanna Jack's Cutlass Cove is a great piracy website, if he would just finish it.
http://www.cutlasscove.com/
(Make sure to email the webmaster while you're there and tell him to work on it!)
That site also featurs CT officer's name list and new sound files:
http://www.cutlasscove.com/cutthroats.htm

Frog's Cutthroats & Pirates is full of great images and stories:
http://cutthroats1.tripod.com/

SupaJames' Our Lady Eris has another great strategy guide, as well as a list of galleon sightings.
http://www.geocities.com/ourladyeris/
Of corse, SJ was lazy and left sections of his page unfinished too.

Heyredden Barbarossa lifted portions of the manual as well as some other strategy tips at his forum.
http://www.piratescrossroads.com/yabbse/index.php?board=8

You can download Hoesehead's Sea Dogs mods which include a Cutthroat quest (as well as a few characters from this forun here):
http://www.highnotez.com/hosemerc/sdaddon.htm

A few programs that help make your system run smoother for CT.

End It All allows you to close allthose programs running in the background.
http://home.ptd.net/~don5408/toolbox/enditall/

Cacheman is used to help manage system resources.
http://www.outertech.com/downloads.php?product=3&PHPSESSID=025897b65 5f57577ce856509660ac6de

Pirate Links

The Weekly Piracy Report:
http://www.iccwbo.org/ccs/imb_piracy/weekly_piracy_report.asp
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[Cilpot]

Dont forget the 'Monkey Island' series
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[Falconer]

Hehe, yep, almost forgot those.

Hmm, didn't I read something about a new game being in the making for that series too?

[Cilpot]

Possibly.. Didn't nr. 4 just come out?

I like the first and second best. After the ending in Monkey Island II a sequel seemed only ridicoulous
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[KingWilly]

There was a game called "Pirates of the Barbary Coast" I had at one time on my C64. Wasn't as good as Pirates!, but was fun in its own way.

[Guest]

Here's a list of all of the Pirate-themed games that I know of.. Though of the games I've played, the only game that captures the magic of Pirates! is in fact, Pirates!

Pirate/Privateer Based (or open ended)
Cutthroats
Corsairs
Sea Dogs
Monkey Island Series (fictional, humorous)
Pirates of the Caribbean (PC/xbox.. the GBA version is a completely different game.. and is more or less a fantasy based action game)
Tropico (the pirate version )
Pirate Hunter/Tortuga
Port Royale
Pirates - Legend of Black Kat (fantasy console game)

Trade focused, but has pirates
Patrician 3 (set in the middle ages)
Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan (gamebody advance)

Coming soon
Galleon (xbox fantasy action game I think)
Pirates of the Burning Sea
Port Royale 2

[PiratesFan]

Either that was a guest or someone who forgot to sign in.

Welcome ye guest and DOH to whomever forgot to log in.
I will have to say The legend of Black Kat was a fun game I played on the PS2. It was in full 4.1 surround sound and had land battles and Sea battles with options of upgrading your ship and upgrading ships. Been awhile since I played but forgot about it until when I read that post. Figutrf I would say good game and good story line with it. Still not my Pirates! game

[Danish Warrior]

hate to do this, but what else would that person have been who posted if it said guest than a guest or a person who forgot to log in. Sorry, but i had too.

No hard feelings?
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[thamaster]

i know one too corsairs gold you can choose from a few nations: dutch england spanish french.
and you start with a little ship and you have to do all kind of missions from governours of the nationality you chose one time i got to attack a galleon with 600 men and i had just a ship with 200 man then the game is very unfair but if i kept al the ships i had stolen and didn't sell them i would have enought to get the ship.
if you are the french you for the most have to upgrade all you city's becaus they have very much city's already but they are all very weak.
you have to upgrade the lighthouse and governours house and cannons and drydock where you can build ships.
but you also can just egnore the missions and go plundering all ships you come across that is much more fun

[Glyle Kaheen]