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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Pirates!	1987
Pirates! Gold	1993
Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)	2004

For the remake, see Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Pirates! and Pirates! Gold DOS versions pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]
Steam		Pirates! and Pirates! Gold DOS versions pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[4]
Retail		Use DOSBox. Windows version will not work on 64-bit Windows.

Version differences

Pirates! Gold has greatly improved graphics and sound. Digital distribution releases includes both versions of the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/327380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/327380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German

Issues unresolved

Pirates! Gold original Windows version on 64-bit Windows

The original Windows version of Pirates! Gold is a 16-bit Windows 3.x game so cannot be used on 64-bit versions of Windows without workarounds (e.g. virtualization). The easiest solution is to use the DOS version in DOSBox. The GOG.com release is pre-packaged with DOSBox.

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	DOS	DOS
Processor (CPU)	386 (Pirates! Gold)
System memory (RAM)	256K RAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	18-20 MB
Video card (GPU)	CGA (Pirates!); VGA (Pirates! Gold)	EGA (Pirates!); SVGA (Pirates! Gold)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (327380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (327380) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (327380) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] November Mac Game Update: 12 new additions ● GOG.com

[2] GOG.com Now Supports Linux! ● GOG.com

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[4] Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic) · Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic) · AppID: 327380 · Steam Database

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[Note 1]

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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|1988}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|1993}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|November 29, 2012}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|November 29, 2012|ref=<ref>[http://www.gog.com/news/november_mac_game_update_12_new_additions November Mac Game Update: 12 new additions ● GOG.com]</ref>}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|July 24, 2014}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|July 24, 2014|ref=<ref>[http://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_now_supports_linux GOG.com Now Supports Linux! ● GOG.com]</ref>}}
 |steam appid  = 327380
 |gogcom page  = pirates_gold_plus
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 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| GOG | pirates_gold_plus | DRM-free | Pirates! and Pirates! Gold (DOS) for Windows and OS X.}}
+{{Availability/row| GOG | pirates_gold_plus | DRM-free | Pirates! and Pirates! Gold DOS versions pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[http://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>}}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 327380 | Steam |}}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 327380 | Steam | Pirates! and Pirates! Gold DOS versions pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://steamdb.info/app/327380/config/ Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic) · Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic) · AppID: 327380 · Steam Database]</ref>}}
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown |}}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | Use [[DOSBox]]. Windows version [[#Pirates! Gold original Windows version on 64-bit Windows|will not work on 64-bit Windows]].}}
 }}
 ===Version differences===
-{{ii}} Pirates! Gold has greatly improved graphics and sound. The [[#Availability|GOG.com release]] includes both versions of the game.
+{{ii}} Pirates! Gold has greatly improved graphics and sound. Digital distribution releases includes both versions of the game.
 ==Game data==
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 |recGPU   = EGA (Pirates!); SVGA (Pirates! Gold)
 }}
+{{References}}

Developers

	MicroProse
Release dates
DOS	May 8, 1987
Mac OS (Classic)	1988
Windows	1993
macOS (OS X)	November 29, 2012^[1]
Linux	July 24, 2014^[2]