The Upper Memory Block Podcast

Ahoy Blockers!

Welcome to episode 54 where we’ll be discussing the 1987 Microprose action/adventure/strategy title Sid Meier’s Pirates!

Now this is when I usually have the news, I’ve decided for the time being to drop the news section from the show and see how that goes. If you think I should put the news back in, let me know at podcast@umbcast.com.

We then get to the main event, Pirates! As always we discuss the genre, story, gameplay, tech focus and dev story.

Also, a bit of a recommendation: Friend of the show Chris was recently on the DOS Nostalgia Podcast and did an AMAZING rundown of DOS-era flight sims. If you have any fond memories of flight sims, you should check out episode 9 of the show (in addition to other shows on other topics).

Find it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdzAxtVRVNc

Buy Pirates! Gold Plus on GoG:
http://www.gog.com/game/pirates_gold_plus?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f

Buy Sid Meier’s Pirates! (2004) on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/3920/

Buy Sid Meier’s Pirates iPad on the App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/sid-meiers-pirates!/id499794670?mt=8

Next time, we’ll be racing into 1989 with Papyrus’ Indianapolis 500: The Simulation.

Enjoy!

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/054-UMBCast-Sid-Meiers-Pirates.mp3