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SumerNivek posted...

I have had a NES since 1987. I somehow missed Pirates! on NES and still have yet to play the NES version. I first was exposed to Pirates! on the Genesis with Pirates! Gold by renting it at Blockbuster. Loved the series ever since and promptly went and bought the MS-DOS version of Pirates! Gold (as I had heard the PC version was the way to go).

The Xbox version of the Remake is good, but it lacks ground combat/search parties on land. The PC version of the Remake has that in there and, for me, it adds to the game. They actually had to take out one of the cities on the Xbox version (Vera Cruz?) because it was only accessible by land (I think it was on the Pacific-side of Central America).

One of these days, I need to find a complete copy of the NES version and give it a whirl!

Oh man, I can see the pixelated land mass that land locked town was on in my head.

The NES version didn't age well visually, but I could probably still play it today. The controls and the concept are so solid.
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`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.