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+# Beyond the Titanic
+
+*Prepare to engage yourself in a most exciting adventure...*
+
+```
+ As the game begins you find yourself standing on board the Titanic, on her
+maiden voyage. Of course, that particular voyage was never completed!
+ Your goal is to survive and somehow get back to your home in the United
+States.
+```
+
+This is a 2017 Free Pascal port of Scott Miller's **Beyond the Titanic**,
+originally released in 1986 for MS-DOS.
+The original source code and binaries can be found on the
+[3D Realms website](http://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2009/03/several_old_games_released_as_freeware.html)
+or on [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/BeyondTitanic_source).
+
+**Beyond the Titanic** is best enjoyed on an 80x25 character terminal console.
+
+## Build Requirements
+
+* The [Free Pascal](http://www.freepascal.org/) compiler (tested with
+ version 3.0.0 on Linux, Win32 and Win64).
+
+## TODO
+
+* Port the SPECIAL, LINERITE, and ROOMRITE utilities (not required for playing
+ the game).
+
+## Known Bugs
+
+* Incorrect character for input prompt (Linux)
+* Sound not available (Linux)
+
+
+Author: Samuel Brian