Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic game website (1998) (opens in new tab)

(starshiptitanic.com)

37 pointsgalapago1y ago16 comments

16 comments

Still have the original box and cds in the attic. Loved that game as a kid but was never able to finish it - similar to Grim Fandango in my memory.

stavros1y ago

I got almost to the end of Grim Fandango and it bugged and I couldn't find the thing the walk through said I should! It was very frustrating.

eesmith1y ago

Watched a friend of mine play some of it. All I remember is the game repeatedly saying "pistachio!"

pram1y ago

I liked how it came with a pair of blue and red anaglyph glasses that are only used at the very end of the game. I had lost them before I got there years after I bought it, most of the puzzles were complete bs.

spieswl1y ago

John Cleese as the bomb was a particularly fun role. This game just had a ton of personality.

Triphibian1y ago

The notion of a "full size" screen shot has changed a bit in twenty years.

upon_drumhead1y ago

Well, it hasn't as that postage stamp was the full size of the asset.

nvy1y ago

The good old days when 800x600 was considered solid and 1024x768 luxurious

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upon_drumhead1y ago

I would gladly pay $20 to get this the same treatment as Star Trek: Borg

https://borgremastered.com

galapagoOP1y ago

That game was not really remastered, but instead they "used AI to remaster the original game footage to HD quality using a rare Japanese DVD release of the game". It is also not an official release (the game is not sold in any digital platforms, unfortunately).

teamspirit1y ago

Clicking on "Mac version of Starship Titanic launches" leads to 404 not found.

Edit: I'm not sure what OP's relationship to site is so maybe my post is useless.

PhasmaFelis1y ago

It's a 26-year-old marketing site, so probably no changes coming, no.

moffkalast1y ago

> Does it work on XP?

> Yes! Or rather, yes, it works until you install Service Pack 2, which upgrades the Cinepak® Codec to a special non-working version. The solution is to download Cinepak version 1.10.0.11 from the wonderful folks at Providenza & Boekelheide, who wrote the codec in the first place. Copy the DLL from the zip file into the Starship Titanic program file folder, and you're done!

It's OLD alright. I never thought I'd see XP listed as the new bleeding edge option.

Triphibian1y ago

The.FAQ is pretty fun. Be sure to check out the mailing list sign up page -- there's a pretty funny pull down menu there.

galapagoOP1y ago

A remainder that the game can be played using ScummVM[1]

[1]: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Starship_Titanic

goosedragons1y ago

It's also available for purchase on GOG despite not being listed as a place to buy it on the Starship Titanic site.

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crngefest1y ago

Still have the original box and cds in the attic. Loved that game as a kid but was never able to finish it - similar to Grim Fandango in my memory.

stavros1y ago

I got almost to the end of Grim Fandango and it bugged and I couldn't find the thing the walk through said I should! It was very frustrating.

eesmith1y ago

Watched a friend of mine play some of it. All I remember is the game repeatedly saying "pistachio!"

pram1y ago

spieswl1y ago

John Cleese as the bomb was a particularly fun role. This game just had a ton of personality.

Triphibian1y ago

The notion of a "full size" screen shot has changed a bit in twenty years.

upon_drumhead1y ago

Well, it hasn't as that postage stamp was the full size of the asset.

nvy1y ago

The good old days when 800x600 was considered solid and 1024x768 luxurious

1 more reply

upon_drumhead1y ago

I would gladly pay $20 to get this the same treatment as Star Trek: Borg

https://borgremastered.com

galapagoOP1y ago

teamspirit1y ago

Clicking on "Mac version of Starship Titanic launches" leads to 404 not found.

Edit: I'm not sure what OP's relationship to site is so maybe my post is useless.

PhasmaFelis1y ago

It's a 26-year-old marketing site, so probably no changes coming, no.

moffkalast1y ago

> Does it work on XP?

It's OLD alright. I never thought I'd see XP listed as the new bleeding edge option.

Triphibian1y ago

The.FAQ is pretty fun. Be sure to check out the mailing list sign up page -- there's a pretty funny pull down menu there.

galapagoOP1y ago

A remainder that the game can be played using ScummVM[1]

[1]: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Starship_Titanic

goosedragons1y ago

It's also available for purchase on GOG despite not being listed as a place to buy it on the Starship Titanic site.

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