Sid Meier's Pirates! is a 2004 strategy/action/adventure computer game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Atari. The game is a remake of Sid Meier's earlier 1987 game, also named Sid Meier's Pirates!.
Overall, the gameplay remains similar to the original game applied to NDL's Gamebryo 3D game engine . Some elements such as sun sighting have been removed, but other features have been added, such as a ballroom dancing mini-game and an improved turn-based land combat system.
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Xbox: Released on July 11, 2005, with some multiplayer capabilities.
Xbox 360: Re-released on Xbox Live Marketplace as a backwards compatible Xbox Original on February 11, 2008.
PlayStation Portable: Released on January 23, 2007, featuring some modified gameplay mechanisms, and was developed by Full Fat in collaboration with Firaxis Games.
Mac OS X: Released in August 2008 by Feral Interactive.
Wii: Released on September 28, 2010.
Sid Meier’s Pirates! Mobile: Released by Oasys Mobile.
iPad: Released on July 21, 2011.
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch: Released in April 2012, published by 2K Games.
Windows Phone: Released in early April 2012.