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Beyond the Titanic

As the game begins you find yourself standing on board the Titanic, on her maiden voyage. Of course, that particular voyage was never completed! Your goal is to survive and somehow get back to your home in the…

31 December 1986

Beyond the Titanic is a simulator developed by Apogee Software, released 31 December 1986 on DOS.

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What Beyond the Titanic is

Beyond the Titanic is a simulator game developed by Apogee Software and released in 1986. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As the game begins you find yourself standing on board the Titanic, on her maiden voyage. Of course, that particular voyage was never completed! Your goal is to survive and somehow get back to your home in the United States. Most of your time will be spent solving numerous problems and dangers that arise, like starvation and drowning. If you've played any of Infocom's famous text games you will notice that Beyond the Titanic is quite similar to Zork and Planetfall.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, non-fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Beyond the Titanic launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Beyond the Titanic come out?
Beyond the Titanic was released on 31 December 1986 for DOS.

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