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The greatest pirate adventure of all-time is now the latest pinball
machine from Stern Pinball, Inc. Disney's Pirates of the
Caribbean pinball features exciting elements from the first
movie, as well as the box office record-breaking, Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean/Dead Man's Chest.
For those fans of the movies, Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
pinball machine adapts the characters and settings from the two Disney
films perfectly into a pinball playfield. Two former Williams'
developers designed Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean,
game designer Dennis Nordman and rules designer/software engineer Dwight
Sullivan.
"Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean is the perfect title
and theme for a pinball," Gary Stern says. "It lends itself to lots of
mechanical action pinball shots and toys for casual players, yet the
story cries for deep rules to challenge the best players."
The goal of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean pinball
is to go on a pirate adventure to defeat Davy Jones, Jack's nemesis in
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean/Dead Man's Chest.
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean offers the following
features:
- A mechanical pirate ship that the player
strikes with the pinball. With each hit, the ship lowers its sails
and eventually sinks into the playfield, thus revealing a shot into
the Kraken's mouth. In this area, the player can sink the ship,
destroy the Kraken, and fight Davy Jones.
- A mechanical treasures chest, the Dead Man's
Chest, through which the player can shoot the ball. When the player
has the KEY, the chest opens. They can then spell H-E-A-R-T to begin
HEART multi-ball.
- A contained spinning rubber disk where the
player can capture up to three pinballs. The disk bounces them
around in the contained area and holds them for an extended period
of time till the player starts multi-ball. The disk sometimes
represents Tortuga and other times Port Royal.
- A map compass comprised of playfield inserts
that shows the player each feature they need to finish. Complete all
eight features and play Four Winds Multi-ball.
Kevin O'Connor
created the artwork for Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
pinball machine. David Thiel, former IT and Microsoft sound engineer,
developed the sound and music for the game. Together the team delivered
a great package of sound and art.
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