Disney's FIRST Pirates game

[Vandelay]

Thought this was interesting.... Way back in 2000, before POTCO, before the Pirates movies, and even before Toontown, some of those very same Disney developers created "Pirates of the Carribean - Battle for Buccaneer Gold". It's a "virtual reality arcade game" that's still in operation at the DisneyQuest arcade in Orlando. What strikes me is how very similar the game looks to the POTCO sea battles, some 7 years later. Supposedly, 4 people play at a time -- one of them steers the ship, the rest shoot the cannons, and the crew earns "gold" for sinking ships. It even features Jolly Roger. Check it out:





Here's an old article about the making of it, written back in 2001 by Joe Shochet, who I believe is stiill one of the Toontown/POTCO developers.
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20...schell_pfv.htm