Pirates! Gold

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Pirates! Gold
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: MicroProse
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Simulation

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$69.9569.95[2][3] T-104026
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Non-Sega versions

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Pirates! Gold is a simulation game for the Sega Mega Drive which is part of the Pirates! series. The Mega Drive version was only released in North America. A port for Amiga CD32 was released a year later in 1994.

History

Release

50,000 units were printed and sold.[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Pirates! Gold/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #43: "February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[7]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
74
[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[11]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
89
[3]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[2]
GamesMaster (UK)
86
[12]
Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[13]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
87
[14]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
72
[15]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-U
83
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
85
[17]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
82
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
83
[19]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
72
[20]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
72
[21]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
74
[22]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
74
[23]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
81
[24]
Sega Mega Drive
78
Based on
20 reviews

Pirates! Gold

Mega Drive, US
PiratesGold MS US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Pirates Gold MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
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Map

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 ed50e75c
MD5 8689ffd6edad02bad1f74fe19fe25c9d
SHA-1 ea597dbefc8f804524606af3c1c4fe6ba55e86e9
1MB 1993-07 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 f61e5417
MD5 e726ec63cab7c90ceb9c5b0ebe3188ff
SHA-1 83cb678b447ea277e78225fa20e239b74df62214
1MB 1993-04-01 EPROM cartridge Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 0a525641
MD5 1fd127cb613c41b4f919a60931992faf
SHA-1 6449aea7af69e6b91c91b654c9ea952a72f0dd7c
1MB 1993-04 Page

References

  1. VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "May 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 31
  2. 2.0 2.1 GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 38
  3. 3.0 3.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
  4. https://www.sega-16.com/2005/08/interview-tim-trzepacz/
  5. VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "March 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 9
  6. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 299
  7. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 176
  8. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 156
  9. Computer & Video Games, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-15), page 76
  10. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 30
  11. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 180
  12. GamesMaster, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 87
  13. Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 229
  14. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 36
  15. Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 55
  16. Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 30
  17. Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 112
  18. MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 82
  19. Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 122
  20. Sega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-06), page 64
  21. Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 62
  22. Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 60
  23. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 21
  24. Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 86


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