Pirates of the Barbary Coast

Overview

A trading game in which the player is the captain of a trading frigate and has to trade in the various Barbary Coast seaport towns in order to raise the ransom money to get his kidnapped daughter Katherine back from Bloodthroat the Pirate.

Developed by

Starsoft Development Laboratories, Inc.

Published by

Keypunch Software, Artronic Limited, Starsoft Development Laboratories, Inc.

Facts

Game modes

Single player

Player perspectives

First person, Third person

Themes

Fantasy, Historical

Release dates

• Atari 8-bit: 1986
• Atari ST/STE: 1986
• Commodore C64/128/MAX: 1986
• DOS: 1987