How to play Titanic Adventure Out of Time on Windows 7 & Vista
To play Titanic on newer operating systems the best way to do this is by using a virtual machine. What you’re basically doing is installing a second operating system onto your computer that can run in your current OS. You’ll need an old copy of an operating system that plays Titanic (XP/98/95 etc.) either on a disc or as an iso file and enough space on your hard drive to install a second operating system. If you have these available then follow the subsequent steps:
1. Go to this site (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/) and download and install VMware Player. You’ll have to register for your free download.
Note: If you find that the newer versions of VMware Player do not work on your computer then try downloading an older version. I found version 3.1.5 the best.
2. Once installed, run the application. You should see the following screen. Click on the option ‘Create a New Virtual Machine’.
Option to click highlighted in yellow
3. Next it will ask you the location of the operating system. Select the options depending on how you intend to install the operating system (I personally had the CD)
This is the next screen you will see
4. The next options are fairly straight-forward. You will need the OS’s product key to complete the installation. I chose to install it on an external hard drive and made sure all my data on that drive was backed up. Although no problems occurred, please don’t blame me for any data loss.
5. Once installed, run the VMware Player. In the left hand column there should be a virtual machine visible. Click on it and the details of the operating system should appear to the right of the Window. You can see this on my computer below. It is in a suspended state as I did not shut down the OS the last time I used it.
Mine is currently in a suspended state due to the last time I used it
6. Click on ‘Play Virtual Machine’ and the OS should load in the window. Once loaded you need to install Titanic – Adventure Out of Time on the new operating system.
7. Once you have done this you should be able to play the game.
Voila!
Special thanks to GAZ who wrote and informed me of this method.
oh my god.
thankyou.
It’s totally not working for me…
Is there a way to get windows 95 because I don’t have it on disk? Is there somewhere I can get it online? I wanna play titanic and I’m on vista home premium!
I just hope this techinque can work on windows 8.
Do you have to have an external hard drive to download this on to? I have about 200 GB worth of memory still available on my computer but it wont work for Windows XP Pro for me…
When I tested this method I had a separate hard drive.
I think you do not have to have an external hard drive but you may have to partition your internal hard drive for it to work, although I haven’t tested it that way so can’t say for certain.
I’m running an i7 920 64-bit OS processor using Vista. Memory is no issue – 9 gigs of RAM and a TB hard drive. When I try to install the game, I’m told that my 64-bit machine is incompatible with the program. Will the method above allow me to install successfully?
I can’t get it to work on windows 98. It loads and does the intro but crashes as soon as you are asked to insert disk 2!
Any ideas?
i already download the VMware Player… and i don´t have the ¨Titanic – Adventure Out of Time¨… where can i download it?
@Carloz
Well, downloading it is illegal. You can get it off Amazon, however, for around $8.
http://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Adventure-out-Time-Pc/dp/B0009VT9HA
as for your crash problem you just have to mount the disc2 on your virtual drive. It does this because you still have disc1 mounted to the virtual drive
How do I load the game on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 with the WIndows 98 OS? I installed the game, but it keeps saying fatal error at line 1356 when I try to play it without changing resolution, and will only freeze the Virtual OS when I try to allow it to change resolution, please help!!!
Thank you for posting this document. I was able to use the vmware player software to create an xp operating system to alllow me to play the game. Is there any way to have the game be displayed in full screen? Please let me know. Thank you!
It work for me in Windows XP VM now, but not the screens are 1920×1080 and the game 320×240, so the picture is sooooo smallllll
The is a trick to force Titanic to go full screen ? I installed using Directx version and standard version, cannot get full screen even if i put the vm full screen…
i begin to install on the virtual machine screen and then it always says the os was not found. Help!
I am astonished that interest in this game continues. I thought for sure I would find forgotten five-year-old threads and dead pages.
Anyway, I am having the same “illegal operation” message I had when I was 11..
Yes mee too, but it’s the only game we can play and see superb interiors of the Titanic !! In Ship Simulator 2008 we can drive the titanic but the model is in 3D, but also basic…
I can’t even get it to load. I’ve loaded up Windows XP Home Edition to VMPlayer and every time I try to load the game from the CD-ROM I get the following error:
“Insufficient memory to run this application. Quit one or more Windows applications and then try again.”
This is the only thing running, and I’ve gone into the virtual machine setup and maxed out the virtual machine’s available memory to 8GB. Any suggestions?
hi i keep having issues too
i aint played this game in years , im having to refresh the windows for each scene just to try to play , its a shame really i was made up when i found my discs 
I purchased a Windows Millenium installtion disc when I read this article. Anyway, it keeps telling me operating system not found. Am I doing something wrong? I pretty much did everything the article told me.
To play Titanic in Windows Vista without installing a virtual machine, try changing the compatibility settings. Install the game normally, then go to the Start menu and click on the Cyberflix folder as if you’re going to play
the game. Right-click on the game and click “Properties.” Click on the “compatibility” tab, then check the box that says to run it in compatibility mode. Choose Windows XP (or 2000 or ME, but not 95 or 98). Then
check the box that says “run in 256 colors” and also check the box that says “run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.” Checking the screen resolution box makes the game run in full-screen instead of a really small window.
This method worked fine for me, except that the game would sometimes quit working when I was talking to someone in the game. So I started just saving the game often, especially before and after conversations, and
then I could pretty much pick up where I left off when I reopened the game. This only happened a few times, and it seemed to happen less often as I got farther in the game.
Hi,
First of all excellent site. I tried you method above to run the game but the windows 98 i ran had basic visual drivers so it didnt work so well.
Anyway I have come up with another way which seems to work.
Basically the problem is the installer is 16 bit so will not work on 64 bit OS, even the 32 installer.
I tried using windows virtual console and the free windows XP you get if you have Windows 7 Pro or above but ran into the problem of not being able to drop down to 256 colours. But this did allow me to install the game.
I then grabbed the folder cyberflix and chucked it into my programs(x86) folder on my windows 7. I found if I replaced the exe with the patch 2 file you have it seems to be more stable.
I then ran the game in compatibility mode, windows vista, 256 colours and 640 res. and it works.
Occasionally the graphics bugger up and the life ring thing at the bottom disapears. However the buttons are still there so if you double click on it to get to the save screen and again its black but the buttons are there and click the save button (which helpfully appears when you click it) and save the game, everything returns to normal.
I’ve just run a playthrough and it happened about 3 times, which is bareable and reminds you to save.
So I guess if you can get hold of the files that are installed either by the method above or by someone installing the game then sharing the cyberflix folder, anyone with the discs can play (still needs them)
If you need any further details just give me an email.
Cheers again
Thank you so much mate.I can finally play..
Could someone help me? I can’t seem to install the windows millennium disc onto the virtual machine, it keeps saying it wasn’t found. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, I have a windows 7 laptop.
I don’t think that windows disks were bootable until XP. You likely need a bootdisk (floppy) to get your virtual machine started. Do a Google search for “Windows Millenium boot disk.”
It should ask you where the new operating system is and then you should be able to direct it to the dvd drive as above. Your alternative might be if you have Windows 7 is to go to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
see if you can download windows virtual PC and then the windows XP. I installed it and used it to activate the install program (32 version) for Titanic, then copied the Cyberflix folder accross onto windows 7 ( just cut and paste it onto your desktop if you like). Run as I have suggested above, might work for you.
This is what it said to me when I tried to download the 32.
You are not eligible to download Windows XP Mode. You must have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate to run Windows XP Mode. To upgrade visit Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade.
Yeah you have to have professional or above. The other option is if you can find someone with an old computer one that can install the 32 version of Titanic then just copy the cyberflix folder onto a flash drive, chuck it on your computer and you have bypassed the install program. Then just run the Ti.exe to run the game. I downloaded the patch version on this website and replace the TI.exe with that and seemed to work ok for me in the compatability mode I mentioned above.
If you have noone with an old computer I can try listing the files that are in my cyberflix folder and you might be able to copy them direct from you disk.
Right ok I think this is how to get Titanic to work in the simplest way on windows 7. All you need is the titanic discs. It is basically a manual install.
Create a folder call it CyberFlix, then in it create another called Titanic (this might be unneccessary and where you store these doesn’t appear to matter)
In the titanic folder create two folders LOCAL and TOUR (in capitals).
Ok open the titanic disc one and copy the file called TITANIC and README (again readme probably not needed) into the main titanic folder.
Next open the disc folder called DATA. Copy BOOTFILE into the titanic folder.
Then copy everything else in that directory that is in capitals and paste it into the LOCAL folder. (33 items in all)
Copy the 3 quicktime movies called TOUR2, TOUR8 and TOUR9 into the TOUR folder.
Now again on the disc go into the INSTALL folder and then into EXTRA. Copy everything you find there into the LOCAL directory. (19 items)
There should now be 52 items in the LOCAL folder.
Finally download the 2nd titanic patch from this website and put the TI.exe into the titanic folder.
Right click on the TI.exe and set compatability to Windows Vista, run in 256 colours, run in 640×480 screen resolution and run as administrator.
You now have all the files the installer appears to install.
I have run this briefly and it seems to start both the main game and tour. I haven’t run it through yet but if you want to test it then I am sure if a file is missing it will crash (sorry about that). But hopefully this should mean most people can run the game without virtual operating systems.
Please let me know if this works for you.
Good luck
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I just have one issue with the game, when I go to play it sometimes the first or second disc I just get a black screen but I can hear the music, and I have to end up shutting my laptop down. I purchased a new game as well and it’s doing the same thing. Any suggestions?