TIL that the Civilizations games (and others) include creator Sid Meier's name in the title because Robin Williams joked that it would help sell more copies of 1987's Sid Meier's Pirates.

[u/DueNeedleworker5036]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier#MicroProse

[u/evowen]

Sid Meier's Pirates is no joke a fantastic game. I had no idea how to actually play it as a child and mostly just sailed back and forth until everyone on my ship starved, but I've gone back to play it as an adult and I genuinely love it.

[u/x-naut → u/evowen]

I just learned from this post that the 1987 version exists, I loved the 2004 version as a kid.

[u/evowen → u/x-naut]

Same, I haven't played the 1987 version (to anyone who has, should I?) the 2004 version is what I grew up on

[u/CalabreseAlsatian → u/evowen]

Yes you absolutely should.