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Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic game website (1998)

37 points by galapago 2y ago

crngefest 2y 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.
- eesmith 2y ago
  Watched a friend of mine play some of it. All I remember is the game repeatedly saying "pistachio!"
- pram 2y 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.
- stavros 2y 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.
- spieswl 2y ago
  John Cleese as the bomb was a particularly fun role. This game just had a ton of personality.
Triphibian 2y ago
The notion of a "full size" screen shot has changed a bit in twenty years.
- upon_drumhead 2y ago
  Well, it hasn't as that postage stamp was the full size of the asset.
  - nvy 2y ago
    The good old days when 800x600 was considered solid and 1024x768 luxurious
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teamspirit 2y 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.
- PhasmaFelis 2y ago
  It's a 26-year-old marketing site, so probably no changes coming, no.
  - moffkalast 2y 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.
upon_drumhead 2y ago
I would gladly pay $20 to get this the same treatment as Star Trek: Borg https://borgremastered.com https://borgremastered.com
- galapago 2y 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).
galapago 2y ago
A remainder that the game can be played using ScummVM[1] [1]: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Starship_Titanic https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Starship_Titanic
- goosedragons 2y 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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Triphibian 2y 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.

37 points by galapago 2y 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.

eesmith 2y ago
Watched a friend of mine play some of it. All I remember is the game repeatedly saying "pistachio!"
pram 2y 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.
stavros 2y 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.
spieswl 2y ago
John Cleese as the bomb was a particularly fun role. This game just had a ton of personality.

Triphibian 2y ago

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

upon_drumhead 2y ago
Well, it hasn't as that postage stamp was the full size of the asset.
- nvy 2y ago
  The good old days when 800x600 was considered solid and 1024x768 luxurious
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teamspirit 2y 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.

PhasmaFelis 2y ago
It's a 26-year-old marketing site, so probably no changes coming, no.
- moffkalast 2y 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.

upon_drumhead 2y ago

I would gladly pay $20 to get this the same treatment as Star Trek: Borg https://borgremastered.com https://borgremastered.com

galapago 2y 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).

galapago 2y ago

A remainder that the game can be played using ScummVM[1] [1]: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Starship_Titanic https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Starship_Titanic

goosedragons 2y 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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Triphibian 2y 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.