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Zamphyr · Powder Monkey Posts: 28 **320 Gold** -

With the revolution and all that's happening down there, every time I hear the capital Port-au-Prince metioned/being threatened, I can't help but think, " Give me a sloop and 40 men and I can put a French governor there in no time." Very Happy

Perhaps a little insensitive but no other computer game seems to have contributed to my knowledge of geography as much.

Did Pirates! affect you this way ? What other games did you learn unintentionally learn from ?

Hayreddin Barbarossa · Swabbie Posts: 88 **610 Gold** -

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I can say all dealing with (or pretending to be) with real life/history.

Medieval: Total War, Sea Dogs, Cutthroats, Pirates!, Patrician III to name a few.

My like of reading feeds me with modding ideas and my addict of gaming leads me to further reading. A guaranteed way to put on weight! Very Happy

But then, I'm that type of crazy guy reading an entire encyclopedia volume by volume going to bed. Twisted Evil

OK, I confess... I skip the articles about bacteriae etc. Laughing

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El Diablo · Cutthroat Posts: 334 **218 Gold** -

Pirates! gave me an smooth idea of the caribbian,
Port Royale refreshed it.

Patrician gave me an impression about the Hanse-league and the main-Cities belonging to that.
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Falconer · Captain Posts: 1902 **2865 Gold** -

Ehm, HB, that's really, really bad. Smile

KingWilly · Rigger Posts: 1351 **9821 Gold** -

There have been a number of games that I have learned from. I guess most of them are historic in nature, but some like Pirates! are geographical.

Pirates! (of course)
Civilization
Colonization
Defender of the Crown
Centurion: Defender of Rome
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
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Butcher · Swabbie Posts: 76 **335 Gold** -

Police Quest showed me that police don't always just go around shooting criminals.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe has some maps that I later realised where from certain parts of the world.
High Seas Trader had a good world map in it.
Street Rod taught me a bit about cars.
And yeah the map for Pirates! showed me what the Carribean was.

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PiratesFan · Rigger Posts: 1689 **23509 Gold** -

I would have to say these games taught me geography and other things as such.

Pirates!
Police Quest
Axis & Allies
Civilization
Risk
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego
and others i can't remember the name .

Ringo · Powder Monkey Posts: 20 **102 Gold** -

I once worked with a woman from Nevis. She was amazed because I was the only person who knew where it was. When I mentioned Antigua and St. Kitts, she nearly died. How did I know these places? you guessed it... Pirates!

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PiratesFan · Rigger Posts: 1689 **23509 Gold** -

Now that would of been fun Smile

Sounds like when I was talking to a girl that works at the same place I am from and she and her family is from Trinidad Very Happy

I was like wow really ... Then I got into the history of Trinidad and she says its quite a beautiful area and is always busy. She was very impressed how much i knew about Trinidad.

Falconer · Captain Posts: 1902 **2865 Gold** -

Haha, that IS cool and yep, Sid's games have an educational side to them that people don't usually realize. Good stuff.

KriFos · Swabbie Posts: 60 **410 Gold** -

It's like reading Don Rosa's Donald Duck stories... I've learned tons of history from them (he writes 99% historical correct stories, just on a rare occasion he bend a little bit on the truth, but it's still not far from it...)
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