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I've just bought it yipppee

Are they still selling it? Its a game I've always wanted but haven't bought before due to lack of CD Rom. Where did you get it, and how much from?

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Game in bournemouth. It's now in the 9.99 range.

I'll have to look in my local branch.

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You can buy it very easily. Amazon sell it

It's next to impossible though.

I thought Riven (Myst II) was hard until I -played Starship Titanic.

I bought it when DNA died and I'm currently about half way through (ish) having had serious help from various hint sites on the net.

I find it hard ot imagine how someone could complete it without hints.

You'll see

Luckily I have a friend who was Starship Titanic mad and knows every inch of the game.
I don't believe in playing games without hints to fall back on in dire emergencies - it spoils the game play if you give up on playing a game out of frustration.

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I must admit I had no idea what i was doing (I spent about a week wondering round) until I got a walkthrough.

What annoyed me about it was that *even when you knew what to do* it was still very frustrating and difficult.

The bit with the parrot being of particular annoyance value

Worth it though - it *is* fun. Don't want to diss it too much.

I find myself having long meaningless coversations with the bots. Especialy the Suc-u-buses

Ask the receptionist for gossip that's quite funny.

For example, when she says "I could sat more, but I shouldn't"

You reply "Say more" or "You should"

have you tried any of the words in the word list

What word list?

It features in a walkthrough on the net and is also on disc 1 of my version of the game

Ahhh, not seen it. My version has no instructions whatsoever...

I checked at the local Game, and I plan to get it there as soon as I get paid. I assume its the version with instructions?

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I think the point of it is that you get no instructions...

Mine is the official version I bought it off Amazon. The instructions are very very short and basically are point mouse and click and show you how the menu system works.

I wouldn't have know the walktrough was on the disk (It's a rerealeased version) if i hadn't of looked through it in boredom