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'''Key points'''
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{{Introduction
{{++}} Re-released as freeware on March 10, 1998.<ref>Siegler, Joe (10 March 1998). "[http://legacy.3drealms.com/news/1998/03/beyond_the_tita.html Beyond the Titanic Released as Freeware!]". 3D Realms. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060324233326/http://www.3drealms.com/news/1998/03/beyond_the_tita.html Archived] from the original on 24 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2019.</ref>
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{{++}} Source code was released on March 20, 2009.<ref>Siegler, Joe (20 March 2009). "[http://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2009/03/several_old_games_released_as_freeware.html Several old games released as Freeware]". 3DRealms. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090323064443/http://www.3drealms.com/news/2009/03/several_old_games_released_as_freeware.html Archived] from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2019.</ref>
 
  
'''General information'''
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|release history  = The game was re-released as freeware on March 10, 1998<ref>Siegler, Joe (10 March 1998). "[https://legacy.3drealms.com/news/1998/03/beyond_the_tita.html Beyond the Titanic Released as Freeware!]". 3D Realms. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060324233326/http://www.3drealms.com/news/1998/03/beyond_the_tita.html Archived] from the original on 24 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2019.</ref>, with the source code being released on March 20, 2009.<ref>Siegler, Joe (20 March 2009). "[https://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2009/03/several_old_games_released_as_freeware.html Several old games released as Freeware]". 3DRealms. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090323064443/http://www.3drealms.com/news/2009/03/several_old_games_released_as_freeware.html Archived] from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2019.</ref>
{{mm}} [https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/beyond-the-titanic MobyGames entry]
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| Developer | https://legacy.3drealms.com/downloads.html#titanic | DRM-free | Free. Requires e.g. [[DOSBox]] to get running. |  | DOS }}
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 13 August 2023

Beyond the Titanic
Beyond the Titanic cover
Developers
Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS 1986
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Text-based
Genres Adventure
Beyond the Titanic guide on StrategyWiki
Beyond the Titanic on MobyGames
Beyond the Titanic on Wikipedia

Beyond the Titanic is a singleplayer text-based adventure game.

The game was re-released as freeware on March 10, 1998[1], with the source code being released on March 20, 2009.[2]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS

Save game data location

System Location
DOS

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes Text

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
Intel 8086
System memory (RAM) 64 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References

  1. Siegler, Joe (10 March 1998). "Beyond the Titanic Released as Freeware!". 3D Realms. Archived from the original on 24 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. Siegler, Joe (20 March 2009). "Several old games released as Freeware". 3DRealms. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2019.