Anyone remember how different the game was when it 1st came out?

[Eric Daggerskull]

I don't remember so much of the game content as I do my initial reactions from my first days of playing

-I remember training my cutlass on the two guards that used to stand at the entrance to the Port Royal town (across the bridge directly adjacent to the warehouse). I also trained my pistol on the gravediggers right in front of the entrance to Kings Run.
-I was extremely angered when I learned I had to do a quest and actually "work" in order to get my voodoo doll and dagger.
-I remember the islands' original looks. Port Royal used to look a lot more like the movie town than it currently does.
-I would crew up with my friend and we would sail his light frigate to Padres as fast as we could in fear of the war ships.
-A regular class ship (not light, not war) I would consider to cost a fortune.
-I made cash and trained sailing by taking the quests from the Port Royal shipwright and Bartholomew Watkins to recover supplies from Navy ships.
-I was in shock when I first saw someone with a voodoo staff.
-I remember going up to Fort Charles for the first time and running in fear of the "high level" soldiers.