Emulation of Sherlock for Commodore 64

Australia, 1984

Videogame

In this text and graphics adventure mystery game you are the world’s greatest sleuth - Sherlock Holmes. Teamed up with Doctor Watson and dealing with the inept Inspector Lestrade, you must solve a double murder in Leatherhead. As well as studying the clues, you must interrogate NPCs, who will react differently if they know certain information. Time is important to the game - you have a limited amount, and must make use of trains which come at varying times. Unusually, the descriptive text given by the game is kept separate from entered commands, which are stored at the bottom of the screen.

Original game developed by Melbourne House. Published in 1984 by Melbourne House.

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creator

Beam Software

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

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Play It Again I: Games Collection

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ACMI Identifier

ARC000059-4

Subject category

Game

Object Types

Emulation file/Computer game/Game

Materials

Computer game emulation file

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