Search for the Titanic

Moby ID: 6196

Released

1989 on DOS

Credits

26 people

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Developers

Moby Score

6.5

#18,254 of 24.3K

Critics

59% (7)

Players

(4)

Review Ranking

#1,368 on DOS

Collected By

12 players

Genre: Simulation
Perspective: 1st-person
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Managerial / business simulation
Interface: Menu structures
Vehicular: Naval / watercraft
Setting: Contemporary

DOS Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

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$42.49 used on eBay

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Description official description

Search for the Titanic is an oceanographic simulation. You begin as an inexperienced oceanographer. You must build your reputation by exploring other lost vessels and earning the resources for a Titanic search. You plan, obtain funding, a ship, personnel, and equipment. Then chart a course and battle elements and dive for wrecks. Includes over 75 wrecks to explore, more than 100 navigational maps and charts and 47 ports of call. Find the Titanic and you will see real photos. Use simulated Sonar and underwater cameras.

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Theme: RMS Titanic

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Credits (DOS version)

26 People (14 developers, 12 thanks) · View all

IBM version	Sean Michael Puckett Jeff Jones
This program dedicated to the memory of	Mary Ellen Gilbert (1944-1988)
Thanks to	Angie Niehoff (Angie) David Mike Leigh M. Rothschild (Leigh) David Turner (Dave) Shelley Lauzon David Gallo Robert Ballard (Dr. B.)
Group Management	IntraCorp Inc.
Liason	David Turner
Tour Management	Las Vegas Continental Airlines Best Western
Sean uses	Bus computers HP printers Paradise video
Jeff uses	JDR computers Panasonic scanners Amtek monitors
Xtra-freeking yaahooz to	Stevie Nicks Nikola Tesla Suzanne Vega
[ full credits ]

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Critics

Average score: 59% (based on 7 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 4 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Cancelled ports

Ports for the Apple II, Apple IIGS and Commodore Amiga were advertised, but were never released.

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Harry Brown.

Windows added by Rik Hideto. Commodore 64 added by Jacqke.

Additional contributors: Kayburt.

Game added April 17, 2002. Last modified August 30, 2023.