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Product Features

Platform: PC
  • 16 intriguing cases involving mysteries: from theft to espionage to ancient curses and, of course, murder!
  • Explore over 40 different beautifully rendered locations in Victorian London.
  • Clever storylines and spot-on dialog written in the classic Arthur Conan Doyle style and featuring well known regulars from the original stories.
  • Solve dozens of puzzles and minigames in this hidden object adventure where you search for relevant clues, not random objects.
  • Sherlock Holmes is first game officially licensed by the Conan Doyle Estate

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  • ASIN: B0014SHE8I
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 5 ounces
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Release Date: May 23, 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,547 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes


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Platform: PC

Match wits with the notorious Sherlock Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, to solve a series of mysteries in Victorian London! To be successful, you’ll need to use your powers of observation and logical reasoning, skills Holmes famously demonstrates himself. Thoroughly examine crime scenes and carefully search for clues to narrow down a list of suspects in order to implicate the actual criminal. Players solve crimes at different locations in London such as the Egyptian wing of the British Museum, a charming neighborhood pub, luxury train cars, a famous Piccadilly theater, a Chinese tearoom, a tropical greenhouse at Kew Gardens, and many more! The graphic style will romantically recreate the late Victorian England time period down to the smallest details. The clever storylines, intriguing characters and spot-on dialog will evoke the essence of the ever-popular short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and will bring out the detective in you!

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Old Gamer June 28, 2008
Platform for Display:PC
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I am a fan of the Sherlok Holmes TV show and try to purchase any & all Holmes PC games. [The same for Agatha Christie.] The package consists of 16 books/stories [puzzles]. Each puzzle consists of dialog, searching for hidden objects and choosing the culprit. All 16 follow the SAME pattern. The puzzles are also timed [~30 min.] As expected there is an increase in "difficulty" as you progress. I do not know if the story line really helps in solving the mystery for I usually skip it to stay with the hunt.
the mechanics of the game(s) are well done. The puzzle REPETITION is truly the limiting factor for a this game.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a big Sherlock Holmes fan, and I love video games. I've never been the type to play casual games, and this game is definitely that: a casual game. Take 15-20, play a case, walk away. No investment at all.
Each case starts with a little introduction from the characters (voice acting is alright, not the best, could be worse), and from there you go to a location in London where a crime was committed. Each crime scene consists of the same 2 elements: a "compare this scene with the one from the day before," where you find things in one half of the screen that are different from the same scene on the other half. Imagine the back of a Highlights magazine, and there it is. The next element is a "find these items in this scene," where you have to find everything listed on the side of the screen in the room you are looking at. Hunt and peck, pixel hunt, find the four scraps of paper, or three lock-picking tools, etc. Within those activities, you might find a little puzzle, such as putting together some scraps of paper that were torn up to see what the note says, or putting broken gems back into a cats collar.
Once you finish these screens, you go back to Baker Street and play a game of sorting the suspects (sort of like the game Guess Who?, you sort the characters according to characteristics like beards, glasses, etc) and then play a small game of memory to reveal the culprit.
There is no problem solving, there is no note taking, there is no thought whatsoever. The crime is solved by your 5th grade puzzle solving techniques, and that is that. Once you finish, Holmes explains the crime, and that is that.
It's a fun little game to kill some time, but don't expect to wrack your brain over a case, but do expect some eye strain: trying to find those items can mean lots of time with your face inches from your computer screen squinting.
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I first entered my review three days ago (below the line). I'd like to add to it, and I'm adding a positive note. I've found the replay value of the game much more fun than I did three days ago. That's because the position of stuff to find does change each time, and I am not bettering my score by much each time. The little puzzles within each turn stay the same each time, though. The puzzles at the end of each case also change positions, etc., so that sometimes I do worse on them than I did the prior time! In other words, the replay is still a lot of fun. Though it doesn't take that much time to get all the way through all 20 cases, there's enough change each try that replay is still fun.

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This game is fun, but I do regret paying $20 for it as it barely lasted two days for playing all the way through! All but one of the mini-games are very easy for an adult.

It is a good game for just relaxing, though, because search-and-find games don't need computation powers, etc. I rated it a FIVE for fun and a FOUR overall - that is, what I would call average overall. Another reviewer recommended another series with more levels, and I think I'll try that next.

That said, I do want to mention that you can challenge yourself in this game to better your time and overall score - so it is good for replay in that way. You get bonus points for this or that, and you get points deducted for this or that. Plus you are timed. So there are several ways to improve your overall scoring in the game. I retried one of the 20 games, as I had gotten stuck finding one item the first time. The second time through, a few of the items to be found changed, so I still had to "work"!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
good price and quality
I've been enjoying the game very much. Did have to go get a patch from the web to help it run. That was the only hitch. Read more
Published 9 months ago by crossstitcher
Good review
You might need to get a patch from Legacy games to play it on your pc.I had to on vista.
Published 23 months ago by B. A. Risk
So much better than the books!!
I can't say enough great things about this game--somehow it manages to take the best of the old Sherlock Holmes stories (the quirky mysteries, finding objects) and eliminate the... Read more
Published on March 8, 2010 by Bored Girl
Lost Case of Using this on a Mac
I recently purchased The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes and loaded it on my iMac which is running Snow Leopard, the latest Apple operating system. Read more
Published on October 2, 2009 by J. Henderson
A decent hidden object game.
I always enjoy playing hidden object games and this game is alright. I like the magnifing glass feature and it is nice that there are some puzzles that need to be solved so it... Read more
Published on September 28, 2009 by T. Moore
always ask about compatiblity!!!!!!!!!!!
i can not really rate this game as i found out it does not wot on my computer . if you have a mac that is a powerpc (G3,G4,G5) this game is not for you as it will not run on that... Read more
Published on September 23, 2009 by J. Knighton
Love...love that they move the items each time you play!! Like having...
I really enjoy the game, and am now looking forward to the fall release of Mortimer! This seller is prompt and a very good sale.
Published on September 12, 2009 by Sharon Keniston
Fun for any Age
Wow, I enjoyed this game a lot. I liked it so much, I finished it in a day. It's not too difficult, but challenging enough that it keeps you engaged...for hours! Read more
Published on June 10, 2009 by Violet
Not working
The product does not work and I haven't had the time to work on figuring out what is wrong. It loads - allows you to sign in - but when you select the first mystery it shuts down.
Published on March 1, 2009 by Mary E. Richardson
Fun to play together
My 9-year old granddaughters enjoy this game, and I love playing it with them. This is mostly a timed search game which is not too hard and not too easy, and it all makes sense. Read more
Published on February 26, 2009 by Grandma GG
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