This version http://www.gog.com/game/pirates_gold_plus would be good then?
This isn`t as bad as the 3D one, but the 1987 original is still the best, IMO. Naval combat, dueling and sailing, even though they look plain and simplistic are super tight and very in-depth. You can still find it if you look around. C64 version would also do (that`s the one I sank countless days into...playing with sort of forced hardware Ironman mode - I could not afford a disk drive, so played from a tape version, and if you messed up and wanted to reload you`d have to spend half an hour waiting. Heady days!)
About feedback in general...well, you said earlier: "writing only for myself isn`t enough for me to keep going" - I see the point, but to be honest sometimes it`s the only way, especially starting in the RL world. If you look at other projects here, sometimes people get a page or two - or none - of comments, but then it all goes quiet. That doesn`t mean you shouldn`t write your game... I think strong belief is half of success, and you definitely should "write for yourself" - and then see what happens. If the game is strong, people will play it, that`s for sure.
But I`m not a dev, so take it with a pinch of salt :)
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