Starship Titanic: Difference between revisions

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There is still a functional website that can be found [http://www.starshiptitanic.com/ here]. There is also a novelization of the game by [[Monty Python|Pythonite]] [[Terry Jones]], who claims to only having agreed to Adams' proposal to write said book if he could write it in the nude. Which he supposedly did.

Not to be confused with two [[Futurama|other starships]] [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~|named Titanic.]]

Not to be confused with two [[Futurama|other starships]] [[Doctor Who|named Titanic.]]

See [http://forums.techguy.org/games/877759-running-starship-titanic-windows-7-a.html this post] if you're trying to run the game on windows 7. (Though be aware that the patches for versions 1.00.42a and 1.00.42b will no longer be available on Starship Titanic's main site. They can still be accessed through their archived versions [http://web.archive.org/web/20070102072635/http://www.starshiptitanic.com/game/extras/st142atoc.zip here for a] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20061230212710/http://www.starshiptitanic.com/game/extras/st142btoc.zip here for b])

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* [[Brain Uploading]]: People who have donated their personality, like giving blood in America you get paid for it, with better personalities getting more money. The robots onboard all have these, thankfully they can be adjusted.

* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: After the titular ship reduces your house to rubble, what choice do you have but to to answer Fentible's [[Call to Adventure]]?

** [[But Thou Must]]: In fact, if you type "no" (or indeed anything besides "yes"), the only acknowledgment your refusal gets is "An odd way to spell it, but I suppose it will have to do."

** [[But Thou Must!]]: In fact, if you type "no" (or indeed anything besides "yes"), the only acknowledgment your refusal gets is "An odd way to spell it, but I suppose it will have to do."

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Both {{spoiler|the picture of the night sky above your house}}, and {{spoiler|[[Feelies|the 3D glasses that came packaged with the game itself.]]}} These two items are completely useless {{spoiler|until you gain access to the Titanic's navigation systems at the very end of the game.}}

* [[The Computer Is Your Friend]]: Averted - the computer ''would'' be your friend... unfortunately, she's come down with a bad case of lobotomy and the ship has rapidly gone out of control in her absence.

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** The flock of starlings are alive - at least, to start with...

* [[Guide Dang It]]: One review dubbed the game's difficulty "Impossible unless you're the author or telepathic".

* [[Faster Than Light Travel]]: Which allows a ship from the other side of the galaxy to crash into your house.

* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]]: Which allows a ship from the other side of the galaxy to crash into your house.

* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: '''P'''ersonal '''E'''lectronic '''T'''hing, a combination of keyring, [[Bag of Holding]], remote control, staff pager and conversation log.

** Also '''S'''pontaneous '''M'''assive '''E'''xistance '''F'''ailure. The ship sailed from its space dock with great fanfare and promptly vanished.

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{{quote| '''Nobby:''' Between ourselves I'd rather be trotting up the ha'aqa bin-j'Jabbli in my p'narma hat, heading for the rebel headquarters with a grenade under my q'jinjan.}}

* [[Polly Wants a Microphone]]: There is a talking parrot on board, located in the unfinished ballroom. It belonged to one of the people building the ship.

* [[Ridiculously Human Robots]]: Mostly averted, many of the robots look like furniture or art work.

* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Mostly averted, many of the robots look like furniture or art work.

* [[Robot Girl]] / [[Spaceship Girl]]: Well, woman, who her creator is in love with; also the main computer.

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: The Barbot after a particularly powerful cocktail and the Doorbot at random times during conversation.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The Art Deco inspired locations are mostly static, but ''wonderful'' to look at.

* [[Schizo Tech]]: In a giant spaceship that can travel faster than light there is a pneumatic tube delivery system and phonograph cylinders for music.

* [[Schizo-Tech]]: In a giant spaceship that can travel faster than light there is a pneumatic tube delivery system and phonograph cylinders for music.

* [[Sidenote Full Story]]: The whole story began as a [[Footnote Fever|footnote]] in ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''.

* [[Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb]]: There is a bomb on board, in Titania's chambers. The button labeled "[[Shmuck Bait|Press to disarm bomb]]" actually ''arms'' the thing. {{spoiler|If you don't disable it before beating the game, the ship blows up in the ending.The password is "Nobody likes a clever-dick"}}