
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.