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Originally posted by vicious@May 11 2005, 05:08 PM
Hey guys, thanks for this great game!

I seem to have a problem though. Everytime a get a mission from a governor I go to the town he asked but I don't seem to find his cousin, spy or whatever... Then I return and he is just disapointed at me! :not_ok:

Can anyone help me on that? Thanks...

The spy is usually in the bar at the doorway. Hes just a shadow and can be hard to see.

[Aramazon]

hey all im just curious, is this game the original to the pirates! that recently came out? If it is would that mean that everything is pretty much the same cept with better graphics in the new one? just curious.

Can't say much there, I didn't play the new Pirates!. But if the new game is about plundering the Spaniards in the Caribbean area, making alliances with either them, the Englishmen, the Frenchmen or the Dutchmen and conquering cities and more and more, then the game on this site is the same one.

[Aramazon]

haha cool, for some reason i just love the fact that i play the original of all these stupid new games that come out. Seriously they just aint the same as the good ol' dos games. Its so funny, no one in my skool even knows what DOS is, hahaha. This game is really good, i played for quite a while with it. I love how all the sid meyer's games involve score and ranks and what not. This reminds me, back in elementary school, my life dream was to become a pirate, LOL

Originally posted by Aramazon@Jan 6 2006, 06:47 AM
hey all im just curious, is this game the original to the pirates! that recently came out? If it is would that mean that everything is pretty much the same cept with better graphics in the new one? just curious.

Actually the new game (Sid Meier's Pirates) is the third in the series and this one (Pirates! Gold) is the second. The first one was just called Pirates! and it was available for the Commodore 64 and Amiga. And yes, all 3 games are very similar in gameplay- it just shows how great the game is!

[laiocfar]

There is also a fan´s made version that its a little more like the old pirates

Hey all. anyone know how to find the treasures and the lost relitives? I allways find the area thats marked on the maps, but is there any keys i need to press in order to activate the "hey pirate, way to go! you found the lost treasure of this or that" (obviously i dont know if thats whats it ganna say, but you guys know what i mean LOL) Cause all Iv been doing is walking back and forth over the area waiting for something to happen.

Also to answer a few questions, you need to be in a city in order to save the game (click space and click on the mirror area)

And the game does work in windows, contrary to popular belief. I have a windows ME pentiam 633 (kinda old), game runs fine, except sometimes on startup of the game the computer just goes on standby.No DOSbox needed.

But anywho if anyone can answer my question, that person would be so incredible cool!

thanks.

[punch999]

Lost relatives dont you just go to the city and bang they are there?

[bruno]

Originally posted by ucwmike@Jan 9 2006, 11:56 PM
Also to answer a few questions, you need to be in a city in order to save the game (click space and click on the mirror area)

And the game does work in windows, contrary to popular belief. I have a windows ME pentiam 633 (kinda old), game runs fine, except sometimes on startup of the game the computer just goes on standby.No DOSbox needed.

yes you need to be in a town to save the game. And yes you have the game was made to windows, because the first version of the game don´t work in win. :whistle:

[Old School Gamer]

Lost releative can be found when you receive a piece of the map when you defeat an EViL Duke. When you have an idea where the X is located on the map, seach/dig in that area and EUREKA! One member found. :w00t:

I don't really like pirates gold. I think it's the worst of all three version of the org. priates. After 3 or 4 plunder & divide you are too old to continue playing. BLAH. :ranting: