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[BigG]

Whats up with your gaming?

[Method]

WARLORD, if you only KNEW how many all-nighter's I pulled Playing the ORIGINAL Sid Meyer's Pirates.

For me, quite possibly the greatest game of all time.

As an aside, I was taking apart Coleco Vision consoles/controllers w butter knives and fixing hem pre-teen. I had Odyssey, but my old man was the one that showed me how to fck w that stuff when buttons were stuck, not working, etc.

Shit, 8 years ago on the trading desk I took apart my laptop w my leatherman and replaced the motherboard in front of everyone. Nobody touches laptop repairs.

Doom was DEFINITELY avant garde, but DEFINITELY NOT "Old School".

[Warlord]

WARLORD, if you only KNEW how many all-nighter's I pulled Playing the ORIGINAL Sid Meyer's Pirates.

For me, quite possibly the greatest game of all time.

I concur. Which nationality did you go with? I usually went with English, and 'duel' as my special skill, though sometimes 'charm' was a good choice as well.

I liked to start in the earlier scenarios, build a massive crew, sack some towns and run out the governors, replacing them with English ones. Once the Spanish were royally pissed, they'd send out the war galleons and I'd take those fucking captains and ransom them out to their families. (Sometimes you had to refuse to deal a couple of times to get a high price. Risk being those faggots occasionally jumping overboard.)

The best shit shit was waiting for the Silver Train and the Treasure Fleet to hit Puerto Bello at the same fucking time.

Holding out on marriage trying to bag a hot chick was always funny as well. Gotta keep pushing your rank up to get a chance with her, but running the risk of getting your old ass out-dueled by a young up-and-comer.

I swear, one time I got it handed to me whilst trying to sack Vera Cruz maybe, and I got this shit message while I was rotting in prison. "Most of your crew abandons you for a younger, more attractive captain." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I loved to wreck the Spanish for most of my career, wait for an amnesty, roll my old ass in and pay a fine, catch some Spanish pirates and renegades, turn them over to the governor, and get a nice rank from them in the end. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Wowzers. What a great fucking game. I'm telling you dude, if you liked Pirates!, check out Uncharted Waters. VERY similar game engine. Only difference being no duels, but an added option of actually walking through different ports and gambling to raise money.


P.S. What was your highest ranking on Pirates!? On the PC, I think I made it to wealthy merchant in one of the rich ports. On Genesis I made it up to the rank of fucking Prince!

P.P.S. I just remembered half the fun (and irritation) of Pirates!. Trying to keep your gay-ass crew mollified. I liked to amass a HUGE fortune, and then force-march them across an open plain to Gran Granada or Panama and gut those mother-fuckers on the forts there.

Nothing like rolling into port with a million gold pieces and 4 or 5 guys to split it between. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)