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Sid Meier's Pirates

Platforms

iOS
Nintendo Wii
PC
PSP
Xbox

Initial release Dec. 31, 1987

Developers

Firaxis Games
Full-Fat

Genres

Action Adventure
Arcade
RPG
Simulation
Strategy

Publishers

2K Games
Atari

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