Sep 23, 2026 · 37 min · 14 segments
So we are in the first pirate semi (behave!) We have Blackbeard, Blackbart, Blackvane and Blackcondent. But who is the one who goes through? Our Patreons ask questions, and we answer!
Don't remember an episode about him.
Back in the 80s, he was making lots of games, like Civilization, for example.
Oh, it's them.
Yeah, very popular game.
Well, in the late 80s, he released a game called Pirates.
Yeah.
Yeah, 1987 to be precise.
It's an actual adventure game.
Pirates with an exclamation mark.
It's an open world.
You can imagine the quality of the open world in 1987 where you sailed around as the Caribbean.
You were a small group of pixels representing a ship sailing around of a colored pixels representing land and sea and other ships.
Apparently there's swords in it.
It looks great.
It also was remade in the 90s and then there was another one made in 2000s.
But I mean, it sounds like that first one is the best.
Yeah.
The reason why I'm talking about this is that the way they score the game is you are ranked against the other top nine pirates in history.
You are the 10th when you start.
So who does Sid Meier's think are the top 10 pirates or the top nine since there were only nine? I
Well, here's what we're going to do.
Don't remember an episode about him.
Back in the 80s, he was making lots of games, like Civilization, for example.
Oh, it's them.
Yeah, very popular game.
Well, in the late 80s, he released a game called Pirates.
Yeah.
Yeah, 1987 to be precise.
It's an actual adventure game.
Pirates with an exclamation mark.
It's an open world.
You can imagine the quality of the open world in 1987 where you sailed around as the Caribbean.
You were a small group of pixels representing a ship sailing around of a colored pixels representing land and sea and other ships.
Apparently there's swords in it.
It looks great.
It also was remade in the 90s and then there was another one made in 2000s.
But I mean, it sounds like that first one is the best.
Yeah.
The reason why I'm talking about this is that the way they score the game is you are ranked against the other top nine pirates in history.
You are the 10th when you start.
So who does Sid Meier's think are the top 10 pirates or the top nine since there were only nine? I
Well, here's what we're going to do.
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