Pirates Player Profile
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A '''Pirates Player Profile''' (capitalized as such) holds character and user information for "Pirates: Quest for the Seas", a pirate-themed late 1990s [[Windows]] computer game that allows turn-based multiplayer through [[email]]. It is separate from the [[Pirates game file]], which instead is the game state file that it sent between players between their turns. It has the extension .prp.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000823084220/http://piratesden.com/guide/ → CREATING A PIRATES PLAYER PROFILE</ref> | A '''Pirates Player Profile''' (capitalized as such) holds character and user information for "Pirates: Quest for the Seas", a pirate-themed late 1990s [[Windows]] computer game that allows turn-based multiplayer through [[email]]. It is separate from the [[Pirates game file]], which instead is the game state file that it sent between players between their turns. It has the extension .prp.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000823084220/http://piratesden.com/guide/ → CREATING A PIRATES PLAYER PROFILE</ref> | ||
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| + | * [https://archive.org/details/Sezamfile_97 Sezamfile Summer 97], set of freeware CDs containing a copy | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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** [https://web.archive.org/web/19990508142929/http://www.piratesden.com/download/ Download links (defunct FTP site, not saved)] | ** [https://web.archive.org/web/19990508142929/http://www.piratesden.com/download/ Download links (defunct FTP site, not saved)] | ||
** [https://web.archive.org/web/19971221084831/http://piratesden.com/index.html Sparse version from 1997] | ** [https://web.archive.org/web/19971221084831/http://piratesden.com/index.html Sparse version from 1997] | ||
| − | * [https://web.archive.org/web/ | + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20010417121108/http://www.iarchitect.com/pirates.htm Negative review of user interface, from Isys Information Architects' "Interface Hall of Shame"] <!-- If you're wondering how I found this obscure program from 20 years ago --> |
== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:33, 13 April 2020
A Pirates Player Profile (capitalized as such) holds character and user information for "Pirates: Quest for the Seas", a pirate-themed late 1990s Windows computer game that allows turn-based multiplayer through email. It is separate from the Pirates game file, which instead is the game state file that it sent between players between their turns. It has the extension .prp.[2]
[edit] Software
- Sezamfile Summer 97, set of freeware CDs containing a copy
[edit] Links
- Website, 2000
- Negative review of user interface, from Isys Information Architects' "Interface Hall of Shame"
[edit] References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19971221085442/http://piratesden.com:80/crew/index.html → biography of Mike Smith; 4 years after 1992 puts the date of creation around 1996, with release of the format presumably soon after
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000823084220/http://piratesden.com/guide/ → CREATING A PIRATES PLAYER PROFILE
