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/SafeCall 3h ago

It was the first game I got for my PSP back in the day. I don't think any other game has improved my geography knowledge as much, I can still name most of the Caribbean islands thanks to that game