The Legend of Jack Sparrow was a video game featuring the voice of Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow.
- "Are video games destined to be the next great art form? To be able to explore and interact in a world that seems endless, that sounds like more fun than being locked into a narrative -- if there could be a way to keep a narrative, make the story good. Gore was impressed by the fighting but you expect that in a video game. Afterwards we all spoke about thinking long term regarding the brand, the franchise, the world building, this is based on the game, but are they missing an opportunity? My idea, is there a user-based version of this world, where fan can invent their own islands, ships, characters, pick the top ten characters and places others have invented, etc.?"
- ―Terry Rossio
The term "video game" is used to mean any game played on a video game console, any interactive game software, or a computer game where a video display is the primary feedback device.
Game genres
- Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are online games where players take on characters and interact with each other on a broad scale. Pirates of the Caribbean Online is an MMORPG.
- Mobile games are video games typically played on a mobile phone. Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War are mobile games.
- Role-playing games (RPGs) are video or computer games in which the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world, usually involving some form of character development. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game are role-playing games.
- Platformers or platforming games are games in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Such games typically feature enemy-filled levels that consist of uneven terrain and suspended platforms of varying height that require jumping and climbing to traverse, as well as swinging from vines or grappling hooks. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a platformer.
List of Pirates of the Caribbean games in order of publication
2000s
2003
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (video game) – a videogame loosely based on the first film.
- Pirates of the Caribbean – a PC game loosely based on the first film.
2005
- Kingdom Hearts II – the sequel to the 2002 video game Kingdom Hearts which features a world based on Pirates of the Caribbean, "Port Royal", taking place during the events of the first film.
2006
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow – a videogame featuring an original story and showing the events of the first film from Jack Sparrow's perspective.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (video game) – a videogame based on the second film.
2007
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game) – a videogame based on the third film.
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online – a massively multiplayer online role-playing videogame.
2010s
2011
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game – a videogame based on the first four films and the LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean toy line and theme.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (mobile game) – a videogame based on the fourth film.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas – an app game based on the films.
2013
- Disney Infinity is a video game released on August 18, 2013 published by Disney Interactive.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Isles of War was a Facebook App that has been published by Disney and developed by their Facebook Game division, Playdom.
2017
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War is a free-to-play naval warfare game.
2018
- Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life is a free story campaign introduced to the 2018 game Sea of Thieves as part of the Season Three update on June 22, 2021.
2019
- Kingdom Hearts III is the sequel to the 2002 video game Kingdom Hearts and its 2006 sequel Kingdom Hearts II and the final chapter of the Dark Seeker saga.
Unknown date
- Pirates of the Caribbean Poker was a game published by Disney Mobile for the Nokia phones.[1]
Canceled games
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned – a cancelled video game based on Pirates of the Caribbean that was to take place 15 years before the first film.
Behind the scenes
Screenwriter Terry Rossio mentioned video games on the website Wordplay, notably his "Tales from the Set" posts. "Nine Pieces of Eight (2006)" detailed how, along with the movie, the filmmakers tried to help with the various video game platforms, with Rossio himself having spent evenings going over the scripts for the X-Box and PlayStation games, "trying to punch up the dialogue, give it more of the a flavor of the movie." However, the game scripts he contributed to are unknown.[2] "Ends of the Earth (2006)" detailed how Rossio attended the presentation to director Gore Verbinski on the video game adaptation of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, specifically the next generation X-Box version. Rossio thought the look of the game was stunning and asked if video games were destined to be the next great art form, "To be able to explore and interact in a world that seems endless, that sounds like more fun than being locked into a narrative -- if there could be a way to keep a narrative, make the story good." Verbinki was notably impressed by the fighting. Afterwards they all spoke about thinking long term regarding the Pirates of the Caribbean brand, the franchise, the world building, this is based on the game, "but are they missing an opportunity?" Rossio's idea was a user-based version of this world, where fans can invent their own islands, ships, characters, pick the top ten characters and places others have invented, etc.[3]
