Pirates of the Caribbean was released in 2003 by Bethesda Softworks to coincide with the release of '. Although it had no relation to the characters, it features the movie's storyline about cursed Aztec gold and undead pirates, and it was the first of several games to be based on the franchise.
Pirates of the Caribbean Multiplayer Mobile for mobile phones
' for Game Boy Advance and a few others. This game is based on Captain Jack Sparrow's misadventures in the pursuit of saving Ria Anasagasti with his shipmate Will Turner.
', was released for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance and others.
' was released on May 22, 2007 and was based on the film of the same name which was released on May 25, 2007. It was the first game in the series to be released for a seventh generation console.
, released in May 2011, is the most recent Pirates game. It features all four films as well as over 70 characters and over 21 levels.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas, a gaming app available on Android and iOS.
Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, and Davy Jones are playable characters in Disney Infinity and other entries in its series. A playset themed after the franchise was included with the starter pack.
Books
Two series of young reader books have been released as prequels to the first film:
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In addition there is a novel written for adults:
by Ann C. Crispin
One young reader book was made as a prequel to the fifth film:
The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth by Meredith Rusu
Adaptations
Several additional works have been derived from the franchise:
In 2000, Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold, opened at DisneyQuest at Florida's Walt Disney World Resort. The ride allows up to five players to board a virtual pirate ship and attempt to sink other ships with water cannons.
Ron Gilbert has said that the The Secret of Monkey Islandvideo game series took inspiration from Pirates of the Caribbean, although he has said that he mainly got his inspiration from Tim Powers' book On Stranger Tides. Within both the film and the adventure game is a key-carrying dog named Walt, whose name is a nod to Walt Disney and whose appearance is based on the jail scene from the rides.
A Pirates of the Caribbean board game Monopoly is manufactured by USAopoly.
A Pirates of the Caribbean version of the board game The Game of Life was developed.
A Pirates of the Caribbean version of the board game Battleship is produced by Hasbro under the title of Battleship Command.
Pirates of the Caribbean was the name of a team participating in the 2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race. Their boat was named the Black Pearl.
The British melodic hard rock band Ten released an album entitled Isla de Muerta, the title of which is about the legendary island of the series.
