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# Video Imagines _Titanic_ Movie as an 8-Bit Video Game

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## Melissa Locker


Apr 15, 2015 9:07 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Apr 15, 2015 9:07 PM UTC

Love for _Titanic_ will go on (like Celine Dion’s heart), thanks to this 8-bit retelling of the tragic story.

[Cinefix](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtL1edhT8qqY-j2JIndMzg), who have also made 8-bit versions of _The Fast and the Furious_ and Wes Anderson’s _The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_, have turned their creative energies on James Cameron’s 1997 _Titanic_, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as a lovestruck couple on an ill-fated cruise.

Now fans of the heart-wrenching saga of Jack and Rose can relive their adventures aboard the unsinkable ship that turned out to be 100% sinkable in a fun 8-bit video game inspired video. Thanks to the retro format, as you watch the Jack and Rose avatars run the gamut of the doomed ship in a bid to survive, it looks like Jack has stepped in for Mario as he works to save the princess, and it would not be a surprise to see Donkey Kong show up and re-arrange the deck chairs.

Watch now, but if you haven’t seen the film (get on that), then beware: There are definitely spoilers.

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