Seems almost callous doesn't it? Turning one of the greatest disasters in maritime history into something as mundane as a computer game. Before you judge to harshly, hear me out.
Titanic: Adventure out of Time is more than just a game, it also offers a chance to revisit the great ship without having to spend millions of dollars on oceanographic degrees, expeditions, and deep submergence vehicles (or time machines). Oh sure, the 2 disk set contains a reasonably interesting adventure game, but the most fascinating feature is the Tour Mode. When you start the game, and select tour mode, you are placed in a First Class cabin, and given freedom to roam around at will -- The Boiler Rooms, The Engine Room, The Bridge, Fore and Aft Grand Staircases -- Turkish Bath, Scotland Road, 1st Class Reception and Smoking Room, Cargo Holds, Squash Court, Gymnasium, Boat Deck, Poop Deck, Forecastle, Promenades, and even up into the nonfunctional 4th funnel. There are some included tour guides, which offer period commentary, and information about the ship. There are a total of ten guides available -- 3 on the disk, and 7 at the Cyberflix web page Where most of these images are from:

The game play is interesting enough -- the game characters are a bit wierd though. The game files refer to them as Puppets, which is accurate enough I suppose. They aren't video clips -- which would have been more lifelike, but space intensive -- but animations using various face parts and occasional hand gestures. It's not very smooth, but it seems reasonably accurate. There are a few odd puzzles, and an arcade sequence or 2 (which you don't need to win, but you do need to try long enough). There are some things you have to do in a certain amount of time, or else you'll end up having to do other stuff. There is one major problem with the game however, apparently to get the game to fit on 2 CDs, but still work smoothly, they had to use some unusual techniques when laying out the files. This causes your drive to work a lot harder than it does for games that just stream data out -- and sometimes your drive might get confused. Out of the 6 CD-Rom drives I have (and the other couple of machines I've tried it on) I've only found one that works correctly (which allowed me to prevent both World Wars, the Russian Revolution and Communism in general, as well as the Holocaust) There is a patch that supposed to help, and there is a reasonable disk exchange program though -- send your old disks to Cyberflix with a SASE, and they'll send new ones -- no handling fee. If you see it in the store, and are one of the many people fascinated with the Titanic, this is a must have game. (note: since this was first written, Titanic: Adventure out of Time has been sold to Hammerhead Entertainment. The web site is still up, and has been added to, but replacement disks will now cost you $3.95. Oh well....)

If you're having problems with the game, here is a walkthrough to help you out.