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Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl
Developer(s)Pocket Studios
Publisher(s)TDK Mediactive
Composer(s)Allister Brimble
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 video game prequel to the film of the same name, developed by British company Pocket Studios.

Plot

The game's plot takes place before the first film and follows Jack Sparrow in his adventures immediately after being marooned by Hector Barbossa on Rumrunner's Isle. He collects pieces of Barbossa's chart and pieces of Aztec gold so he can get revenge. While doing that, he searches for buried gold, steals ships, sacks Hispaniola, and does favors for the governor of Port Royal.

Gameplay

The player plays as Captain Jack Sparrow and cannot save their progress, instead the player must keep track of passwords that appear at the end of each level. The game is divided into separate missions. The two main aspects of the game are the land based adventure play and maneuvering a ship and having battles with other ships. The game does not follow the plot of the film of the same name but some characters and locations (like Port Royal) appear in the game.[3]

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[4] GameSpot concluded in their review, "Simply put, the bare minimum has been put into Pirates of the Caribbean."[6] IGN noted "the battle between pirate vs. pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean is a basic and tedious button-masher".[7]

References

  1. ^ "What's New?". Eurogamer.net. 2003-10-24. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  2. ^ "Pirates of the Carribean Ships Out for GBA - News". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  3. ^ Date: 7/20/2005. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Review - Game Boy Advance". The Gamers' Temple. Retrieved 2022-07-12.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". Game Informer. No. 125. September 2003. p. 126.
  6. ^ a b Provo, Frank (August 6, 2003). "Pirates of the Caribbean Review (GBA)". GameSpot. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Harris, Craig (June 18, 2003). "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (GBA)". IGN. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". Nintendo Power. Vol. 171. September 2003. p. 137.
  9. ^ Metts, Jonathan (September 5, 2003). "Pirates of the Caribbean [The Curse of the Black Pearl]". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved July 5, 2014.

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