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[kmonster]

1. The Treasure Fleet and Silver Train move. Be happy if you find them accidentally in a town you're attacking and get more money, but it's not worth hunting after them.

[Elena]

kmonster, thank you very much

[karooble]

The newer version is a ton of fun, even the ballroom dancing, which is arguably the most irritating part of the game. I remember sitting on my dad's knee when I was little watching him play the original -- I think I might have to go try it out!

[powdernsky]

Originally Posted by karooble

The newer version is a ton of fun, even the ballroom dancing, which is arguably the most irritating part of the game. I remember sitting on my dad's knee when I was little watching him play the original -- I think I might have to go try it out!

Arguably, yes. I personally thought that the 'Duel Scenes' were the most irritating part of the game. The dancing didn't appeal very much to me either, but when it comes down to one of the 'key' parts of the game (like 'Dueling'), that's when it starts to bug me. They weren't as... "flavoured", as they probably should have been.

However, I can't deny that it was a really, really fun game. Classic. :laugh:

[Elena]

We (me and my hero) got quests for 5 bandits, who had information about our sister. We defeated only 2 bandits and then recognized this place and rescued our sister. Should we search for 3 remaining bandits anyway? I guess we have more than one lost sister because of blank spots on Inca treasute map.

What key is used for exit the game? I use Alt+Esc and sometimes an error message appears. Use dosbox 0.63. Win XP SP2.

Duels are really annoying. It’s awful when you fight for 5 minutes and finally lose. Sometimes I even swear loudly But the game is very interesting. I play it for the first time.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Dosbox 0.63 has been outdated for three years. Use 0.72.

[kmonster]

Originally Posted by Elena

We (me and my hero) got quests for 5 bandits, who had information about our sister. We defeated only 2 bandits and then recognized this place and rescued our sister. Should we search for 3 remaining bandits anyway? I guess we have more than one lost sister because of blank spots on Inca treasute map.

There are several family members to rescue. If you have enough parts of a map to know where to search, make sure you get the treasure before getting new hints.
This way you'll get a part of a new treasure map instead.

[Elena]

The Fifth Horseman, Pirates! runs correctly only in dosbox 0.63. I’ve solved error message problem. Just deleted one dosbox version, I had two.

kmonster, thanks

[Danjuro]

Greetings

I am running a version of Pirates (432.03) that appear to work fine in later versions of DOSBox (including 0.72), but when run in Tandy mode with what appears to be a proper configuration, I get an all black sea, excepting for the occasional waves.


This is a bit sad.
Anybody experienced this and found a way around it?
I really want to enjoy those C64-like tunes in the gorgeous PC version ;)

I tried the version hosted on Abandonia, with DOSBox 0.63 (as it crashes in 0.72, as it was reported a number of times here), but I experienced the same issue, plus some wacky colors during fights.
Any help really appreciated.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Are you sure this version is supposed to be Tandy-compatible to begin with?