Ticket To Ride (not to be confused with the song or the board game) was a Beatles-themed online game set up by Apple Corps and released in 2001 on the Beatles' website.
The game is named after the song from their album Help!, however, the game stars the Beatles in their Yellow Submarine designs.
Synopsis[]
According to the back of the promo card:
Back of card, detailing the goal of the game.
"The Beatles are late for a most important gig! They've got their tickets in hand, and they're waiting for you (their driver) to get them on a flight to the USA!". Maneuver a series of four vehicles across the bustling metropolis of Liverpool to find John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Pick them up and take them to Speke Airport, where they'll catch a plane to New York to play to a sold-out crowd at Shea Stadium. Do it quickly, and they may ask you to come along… but be careful! Roadblocks, stalled trucks and anxious mobs around! Hit too many obstacles, and you're back where you started!"
The search and discovery[]
Before being found, the only thing available was a screenshot of the game, 3 images of the promo card, and a short thread on the r/beatles subreddit.
On July 30th 2021 the game file was uploaded to the flashpoint archive by user Simmons which had been sourced through archive.org on the Beatles website and on January 27th 2022 it was officially added and made playable for all users.
On January 14, 2022, the user MelodySama99, with the help of two Spanish users (Snorska and Snake) found the game during a search, that started in Tony Rodríguez TR's Discord server. The game was available in on minijuegos.com under the name "The Beatles Online" ; but with the inconvenience that it couldn't be played directly from the browser. Since it was uploaded in an unconventional flash format, thanks to searching the source code, Snorska got hold of the .DCR file, and it is now available for public download on archive.org
MelodySama99 provided gameplay of Ticket "To Ride" which was given by one of the members of the Discord server stated above.
Gallery[]
Idontlikehaxan and MelodySama99
Sources[]
- https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/rmns2d/anyone_know_anything_about_this/hpwcp1s/?context=3
- https://lost-media-especial.fandom.com/es/wiki/Ticket_To_Ride_(Videojuego_online_encontrado;2001)
- https://archive.org/details/ticket_to_ride_202201 (Download Link) (Requires to be played on Projector Skeleton for Adobe Director)
- https://fpfss.unstable.life/web/submission/2393
16:56, January 18, 2022 (ET)