Sid Meier’s Pirates is truly a game that, for many, needs no introduction. Unless of course you’re younger than about 20, in which case you missed out on a significant part of the golden age of gaming and won’t be familiar with its tale of buccaneering on the high seas. Pirates did the freeform thing years before GTA was even thought of, and did it with such aplomb that even Firaxis’ 21st Century update leaves much of the original play intact.