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We have had quite a few Sherlock Holmes adventures over the years. Some great…some not so great.

What have been you favourite outing of the worlds 2nd greatest detective (Batman wins )?

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (1988) (Infocom)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (1991) (ICOM Simulations)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II (1992) (ICOM Simulations)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. III (1993) (ICOM Simulations)
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel (1992) (Electronic Arts) (PC)
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo (1996) (Electronic Arts) (PC)
Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy (2002) (Frogwares) (PC) (DS)
Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring (2004) (Frogwares) (PC)
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006) (Frogwares) (PC)
Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin (2007) (Frogwares) (PC)
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper (2009) (Frogwares) (PC) (X360)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osbourne House (2010) (Frogwares) (DS)
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (2012) (Frogwares) (PS3) (X360) (PC)

I was always partial to The Silver Earing.

Now we have a new one on the horizon (Sept I think) Are you excited for it?

Here is the latest trailer for E3 2012

Arial Type - 04 June 2012 04:41 AM

Serrated Scalpel is the best from what I’ve seen, a very good murder-mystery game. Although I haven’t played through Rose Tattoo. Jack the Ripper is the second best Sherlock game so far. Seems like there’s some connection between those two characters…

There is a connection between Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper. Arthur Conan Doyle’s university professor Joseph Bell (who was pretty much the role model for the whole Sherlock character) was part of the crew trying to catch Jack the Ripper. It was never officially announced anywhere, but after Bell named a suspect, after a week the killings stopped. So the speculation is that the “real life” Sherlock actually caught Jack the Ripper.

I played Serrated Scalpel ages ago, I liked it very much but got stuck . It’s abandonware now though so I recently grabbed it and will try it again some day (which might or might not be within this decade ) I also need to play the Rose Tattoo for the first time. From the Frogware games I found Awakened pretty good.

wilco - 04 June 2012 05:47 PM

Also the recent BBC series Sherlock is wonderful TV drama!

Just the best show ever. It actually inspired me to read Sherlock books and play the games now, never was a huge Sherlock fan even though I could appreciate a fine detective in victorian London as much as (or a bit more than) the next guy.

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Serrated Scalpel is abandonware.

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Rose Tattoo is another thing then… you might have to hunt it down from Amazon or something and possibly pay yourself silly.

You can upvote these kind of old adventures in GoG community wishlist, don’t know if it makes a difference but it can’t hurt.

As far as I know the site seems to be a legit one. For example the games that are not abandonware only have links to the sites where to buy them. But I haven’t yet actually played any of the games I picked up from the site.

May I remind you about the site’s rules on posting links to abandonware.

Due to the dubious legality of such sites, we do not want links to them here. Thanks.