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Pirates! (arcade Game)
''Pirates!'' may refer to: * '' Sid Meier's Pirates!'': a 1987 video game, created by Sid Meier :* ''Pirates! Gold'': a 1993 computer game, a remake of Sid Meier's 1987 release, ''Sid Meier's Pirates!'' :* ''Sid Meier's Pirates!'' (2004 video game): a 2004 remake of the Sid Meier's video game * The series of '' The Pirates!'' books written by Gideon Defoe ** '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists'' ** '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling'' (published in the United States as ''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab'') ** ''The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists'' ** ''The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon'' * ''The Pirates! Band of Misfits'', a 2012 animated film based on the books by Gideon Defoe See also * Pirate (other) A pirate is a person who commits acts of piracy at sea without the authorization of any nation. Pirate(s) or piracy may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Air pirate, a character archetype ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Meier's Pirates!
''Sid Meier's Pirates!'' is a video game created by Sid Meier for the Commodore 64 and published by MicroProse in 1987. It was the first game to include the name "Sid Meier" in its title as an effort by MicroProse to attract fans of Meier's earlier games, most of which were combat vehicle simulation video games. The game is a simulation of the life of a pirate, a privateer, or a pirate hunter in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was widely ported to other systems. ''Pirates!'' is set in the Caribbean. The ''Pirates!'' playing field includes the Spanish Main (namely the northern coast of South America), Central America and the Yucatán Peninsula, the entire Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and all Caribbean islands, plus Bermuda. The player is free to sail to any part of the above-mentioned lands, stopped by an invisible barrier southeast of Trinidad, all the way north to just northeast of Bermuda. The ''Pirates! Gold'' remake, with minor improvements and better graphics, was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirates! Gold
''Pirates! Gold'' is a 1993 computer game, a remake to Sid Meier's 1987 in video gaming, 1987 release, ''Sid Meier's Pirates!''. Development MicroProse developed this 256-color version for MS-DOS, Apple Macintosh, Macintosh, Sega Genesis, Amiga CD32 and Windows 3.1x, Windows 3.x featuring a MIDI score and computer mouse, mouse support (in MS-DOS and Windows versions). Gameplay ''Pirates! Gold'' features Super VGA graphics including hand-painted screens, and a more-detailed playing environment than the original. The update also includes 3-D modeled ship and flag animations, and graphic depictions of items that were menu choices in the original game. The player can play as a pirate, privateer, or a pirate hunter. It features sword fighting, ocean-faring battles, and land battles as its three main arenas of action, connected by role-playing which allows the player to court the favor of local politicos, romance women, and recruit pirates in the local pub. Players have the opportunit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004 Video Game)
''Sid Meier's Pirates!'' (also known as ''Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life'') is a 2004 Strategy game, strategy, Action game, action and Adventure game, adventure video game developed by Firaxis Games. A Video game remake, remake of Sid Meier's earlier 1987 Sid Meier's Pirates!, game of the same name, it was originally published by Atari Interactive but in May 2005 2K Games announced they had acquired the rights to the title from Atari's parent company Infogrames and later went on to publish console and handheld ports of the game. Overall, the gameplay remains similar to the original game, though it features a 3D computer graphics, 3D game engine (NDL's Gamebryo). Some elements such as sun sighting have been removed but other features have been added, such as a ballroom dancing mini-game and an improved turn-based land combat system. The Microsoft Windows version of ''Pirates!'' was released on November 22, 2004, was also available through the online GameTap video game service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates!
''The Pirates!'' is a series of five comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures. It is written by British author Gideon Defoe and was published starting in 2004 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The fifth book, ''The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics'' was released in 2012, and was published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Books # '' The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists'' (2004) # '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling'' (2005) # '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists'' (2006) # '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon'' (2008) # '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics'' (2012) Characters The Pirates * The Pirate Captain, the protagonist of the series. He is arrogant, naïve, and mostly incompetent as a pirate and as a sea captain, to the point of being completely unaware of how to sail a ship. The few times he attempts to capture and loot ships, he fails in spectacular fashion. Instead, he and his pirate crew spend most of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Whaling
''The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling'' (also known as ''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab'' and ''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Moby Dick'') is the second book in '' The Pirates!'' series by Gideon Defoe, published in 2005 by The Orion Publishing Group Orion Publishing Group Ltd. is a UK-based book publisher. It was founded in 1991 and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson the following year. The group has published numerous bestselling books by notable authors including Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, .... After '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists'', the pirates felt that their ship needed some repair. So they go to see Cutlass Liz, the beautiful yet ferocious pirate boat yard owner, where, after much showing off, the Pirate Captain buys the most expensive boat, ''The Lovely Emma''. Having little gold the Pirates are unable to pay for the boat, so they go on an adventure to find 6,000 dubloons. They go to Las Vegas, and get mixed up with Ahab, who is hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Communists
''The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists'' is the third book in ''The Pirates!'' series by Gideon Defoe to feature his hapless pirate crew. It was published in 2006 by Orion Books (). This book follows the adventures of the Pirate Captain and his crew through Paris and London—accompanied by Karl Marx and his sidekick Friedrich Engels—as they attempt to clear the communists' good name after it is sullied by Richard Wagner and his malevolent benefactor Benefactor may refer to: * ''Benefactor'' (album), a 1982 album by Romeo Void * Benefactor (law) for a person whose actions benefit another or a person that gives back to others * Benefication (metallurgy) In the mining Mining is the ext .... References 2006 British novels Books about Karl Marx British comedy novels Novels set in Paris Novels set in London The Pirates! Orion Books books Novels by Gideon Defoe {{2000s-comedy-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Napoleon
''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon'' is the fourth novel in Gideon Defoe's ''The Pirates!'' series. It was released in May 2009. Here the Pirate Captain quits pirating, after losing the Pirate of the Year award, to become a bee keeper on St. Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ... (another cruel Black Bellamy trick.) It comes after the books '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists'', '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling'' (published in the U.S. as ''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab'',) and '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists''. References 2008 British novels British comedy novels The Pirates! Orion Books books Novels by Gideon Defoe {{2000s-comedy-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits
''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!'' (released in North America, Australia and New Zealand as ''The Pirates! Band of Misfits'') is a 2012 3D stop-motion animated swashbuckler comedy film produced by the British studio Aardman Animations and the American studio Sony Pictures Animation as their second and final collaborative project. Directed by Peter Lord, the film is based on the 2004 novel '' The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists'', the first book from Gideon Defoe's ''The Pirates!'' series. It follows a crew of amateur pirates in their attempt to win the Pirate of the Year competition. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures and was released on 28 March 2012 in the United Kingdom, and on 27 April 2012 in the United States. ''The Pirates!'' features the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Lenny Henry and Brian Blessed. ''The Pirates!'' is the fifth feature film by Aardman Animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
