High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sid Meier`s Pirates! is a 2004 strategy/action/adventure computer game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Atari. The game is a remake of Sid Meier`s earlier 1987 game, also named Sid Meier`s Pirates!. Overall, the gameplay remains similar to the original game, though it features a 3D game engine (NDL`s Gamebryo). Some elements such as sun sighting have been removed, but other features have been added, such as a ballroom dancing mini-game and an improved turn-based land combat system.