r/todayilearned • u/DueNeedleworker5036 • 4h ago

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier#MicroProse
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u/evowen 4h ago

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.

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u/seattleque 3h ago

My wife and I are 50-something gamers (just today she's played WoW, Stardew, and FO 4). We.both played the hell out of Pirates. Such a damn fun game.