Ten pirate games
Ships, treasure and pirates of the sea and the sky, for Talk Like a Pirate Day in September
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The Secret of Monkey Island 1990
Guybrush Threepwood wants to become a pirate, in an adventure where you can almost never die and sword fights are won with insults. Its dialogue trees were among the earliest in a game.
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Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag 2013
Edward Kenway, a Welsh pirate, captains the ship Jackdaw in the West Indies of the Golden Age of Piracy, boarding other ships and attacking forts. Ashore there is stealth, hunting and rooftops in Havana, Kingston and Nassau.
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Skies of Arcadia 2000
Vyse, a young air pirate, flies an airship across a sky of floating islands, charting it as he goes, against an empire reviving ancient weapons. It was one of the inspirations for Psychonauts.
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Sid Meier's Pirates! 2004
In this 2004 remake of the 1987 game, a Spanish nobleman enslaves your family and you set sail in the Caribbean for one of four nations, until age nudges you toward retirement.
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Pirates of the Caribbean 2003
Captain Nathaniel Hawk takes jobs for the countries that hold the Caribbean in the 17th century, in a game that began as Sea Dogs 2 and was renamed for the first film.
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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse 2014
Shantae, who has lost her genie powers, teams up with her old enemy Risky Boots to save Sequin Land from the Pirate Master, in the third Shantae.
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Disney's Goof Troop 1993
Goofy and Max set out to rescue Pete and PJ from a pirate ship off Spoonerville Island, for one or two players, in one of the first games designed by Shinji Mikami.
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape 1999
Rayman has to save the Fairy Glade from Admiral Razorbeard's robotic pirates in a 1999 3D platformer, collecting lums that unlock the story of each world.
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Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge 2003
Nathan Zachary, leader of the air pirates called the Fortune Hunters, sets out to avenge a friend in an alternate 1930s ruled by planes and zeppelins, in an arcade flight game where takeoffs and landings fly themselves.
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Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure 2007
The aspiring pirate Zack and his monkey friend Wiki go after a treasure stage by stage, in a Capcom puzzle adventure played by pointing and gesturing with the Wii Remote.
