Pirates! Gold (W16)

Pirates! Gold

Platform: Windows 16 Year: 1994 Developer: MicroProse Software, Inc.

Pirates! Gold is an updated version of Sid Meier's Pirates! (DOS). The game features much of the same excitement and thrills of the earlier game, but with better graphics and sound. You are the captain of a ship and it is up to you to manage and maintain your vessel and crew. The game is very open allowing you to lead a respectable life as a sailor, become a blood thirsty pirate, seek buried treasure, or settle down and get married.

Screenshots

Title screen. Sailing out from the starting town.

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Music

The tunes are quite fitting for the game; you can hear some old salty sea shanties like Drunken Sailor, and several new ones as well. Unfortunately, the music wasn't engineered very well and the volume abruptly changes between songs making it rather annoying to barely hear one song, only to blow your speakers with the next. This poor mixing can be noticed even right in the middle of certain tunes.

The game credits Johann Sebastian Bach as a composer, and the music player that comes as an extra with the game lists him as the original composer of many of the arrangements.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	2:35		Download
02	Visit Town 1	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:39		Download
03	Visit Town 2	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:55		Download
04	Tavern 1	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:16		Download
05	Tavern 2	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:43		Download
06	Tavern 3	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:25		Download
07	Tavern 4	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:33		Download
08	Shipwright	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:55		Download
09	Merchant	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:57		Download
10	Governor Enemy	Traditional	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:38		Download
11	Governor Friend	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:38		Download
12	Plunder	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:14		Download
13	Find Treasure	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:14		Download
14	Big Treasure	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:36		Download
15	Divide Plunder (Drunken Sailor)	Traditional	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:25		Download
16	Governor Reward	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:49		Download
17	Relative 1	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:16		Download
18	Relative 2	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:26		Download
19	Relative 3	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:36		Download
20	Niece	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:03		Download
21	Bar Maid	Traditional	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:50		Download
22	Merchant's Daughter	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:36		Download
23	Governor's Daughter	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	0:58		Download
24	Wedding	Johann Sebastian Bach	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:36		Download
25	Jail Tune	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:24		Download
26	End Game	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	Jeffery Briggs, Roland Rizzo	1:36		Download

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
• Game Credits:
  • Music Composed & Arranged By: Johann Sebastian Bach credited as J.S. Bach
  • Music Composed & Arranged By: Jeffery Briggs credited as Jeffery L. Briggs
  • Music Composed & Arranged By: Roland Rizzo
  • Music Composed & Arranged By: Traditional

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The music is in type 1 MIDI format located in the .\MIDI folder. It was recorded using Winamp 5. The full names were extrapolated from the abbreviated MIDI file names.

Releases

USA Title: Pirates! Gold Platform: Windows 16 Released: 1994-02-19 Publisher: MicroProse Software, Inc.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/win3x/pirates-gold - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/pc/928856-pirates-gold - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Pirates! - Wikipedia.