General info for: Sherlock [#ID: 6968]
Title:
Sherlock
Release Date:
1984/Sep/11
Original Publisher:
Melbourne House (Australia/UK)
Creators:
Philip Mitchell (Australia)
Contributors:
Lynda Warner
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
English
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre:
Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated
Maximum Players:
1
Themes:
Detective/Crime Investigation
Original Price:
£14.95
Other platforms:
Commodore 64
Average mag. score:
87.50% (4 reviews)
Annual Awards:
2nd Best Text/Graphical Adventure - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.

Rank #24 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics
Review Awards:
"Big K Pick of the Month" at Big K issue #7 - 1984/Oct page 15

"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #9 - 1984/Oct page 70

"PCG Hit" at Personal Computer Games issue #12 - 1984/Nov page 113

Publication:
Melbourne House published a revised version of this game called v2.0. According to "Changes to Sherlock" sheet, the main change is the WAIT UNTIL command, that can be now interrupted by the user.

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User Score
Score:
7.8
Total votes:
4
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Stats:
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  7:  
  50% (2)

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TZX     JSSpeccy
Melbourne House (Australia)
1984
Sherlock.tzx.zip
English
TAP     JSSpeccy    QAOP
Melbourne House (Australia)
1984
SherlockV2.0.tap.zip
English
v2.0
TZX     JSSpeccy
Melbourne House (Australia)
1984
SherlockV2.0.tzx.zip
English
v2.0

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LICENCE TIE-INS / INSPIRATIONS
Origin: Inspiration
Name: Sherlock Holmes
Type: Book
Owner(s): Arthur Conan Doyle (UK)
Releases

 Melbourne House (Australia/UK)
1984/Sep/11
£14.95
Authors/Contributors
Lynda Warner  
no team 
Inlay/Poster Art
Additional File Downloads

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Magazine Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #12 - 1988/Sep
Page: 79 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Big K
Issue: #7 - 1984/Oct
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #37 - 1984/Nov
Page: 134 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #9 - 1984/Oct
Page: 70 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 8/10

 Games Computing
Issue: 1984/Dec
Page: 60 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #85 - 1984/Oct/23 special "week#4"
Page: 19 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #13 - 1984/Nov
Page: 21 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #15 - 1985/Jan
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - not a Spectrum article

 MicroHobby
Issue: #10 - 1985/Jan
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Nuevo

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #12 - 1984/Nov
Page: 113 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #36 - 1984/Sep/6 special "week#1"
Page: 52 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair Answers
Issue: #2 - 1985/Jan
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair Programs
Issue: #25 - 1984/Nov
Page: 30 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair User
Issue: 1985 special "Annual 1985"
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10

 Sinclair User
Issue: #31 - 1984/Oct
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10

 Sinclair User
Issue: #32 - 1984/Nov supplement "Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics"
Page: 26 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #9 - 1984/Nov
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Magazine References

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #12 - 1988/Sep
Page: 77 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Watching The Detectives

 Big K
Issue: #7 - 1984/Oct
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #29 - 1984/Mar
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #31 - 1984/May
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoResult

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #32 - 1984/Jun
Page: 20 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #35 - 1984/Sep
Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #41 - 1985/Mar supplement "Book of Adventure"
Page: 30 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #42 - 1985/Apr
Page: 97 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #44 - 1985/Jun
Page: 94 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #44 - 1985/Jun
Page: 95 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #46 - 1985/Aug
Page: 106 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #47 - 1985/Sep
Page: 106 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #47 - 1985/Sep
Page: 107 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #48 - 1985/Oct
Page: 87 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #50 - 1985/Dec supplement "Adventure Supplement"
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #52 - 1986/Feb
Page: 71 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #55 - 1986/May
Page: 71 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #56 - 1986/Jun
Page: 86 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #60 - 1986/Oct
Page: 79 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #63 - 1987/Jan
Page: 71 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #66 - 1987/Apr
Page: 64 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #66 - 1987/Apr
Page: 84 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #69 - 1987/Jul
Page: 71 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #5 - 1985/Aug
Page: 41 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #7 - 1985/Oct
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #3 - 1984/Apr
Page: 56 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #5 - 1984/Jun
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #9 - 1984/Oct
Page: 42 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #10 - 1984/Nov
Page: 37 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #11 - 1984/Dec
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #14 - 1985/Mar
Page: 107 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #15 - 1985/Apr
Page: 106 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #20 - 1985/Sep
Page: 98 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #21 - 1985/Oct
Page: 114 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #21 - 1985/Oct
Page: 115 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #23 - 1985/Dec
Page: 130 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #30 - 1986/Jul
Page: 80 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #34 - 1986/Nov
Page: 103 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #58 - 1988/Nov
Page: 41 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #81 - 1984/Sep/25 special "week#4"
Page: 1 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #102 - 1985/Mar/5 special "week#1"
Page: 5 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note - Sherlock solved

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #124 - 1985/Aug/6 special "week#1"
Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #1 - 1983/Nov
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #12 - 1984/Oct
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #17 - 1985/Mar
Page: 32 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 MicroHobby
Issue: #170 - 1988/May
Page: 59 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution - Archivero - part 1

 MicroHobby
Issue: #172 - 1988/Jun
Page: 67 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution - Archivero - part 2

 MicroHobby
Issue: #175 - 1988/Aug
Page: 75 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution - Archivero - part 3

 MicroHobby
Issue: #177 - 1988/Sep
Page: 61 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution - Archivero - part 4

 MicroHobby
Issue: #178 - 1988/Oct
Page: 63 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Solution - Archivero - part 5

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #3 - 1984/Feb
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #6 - 1984/May
Page: 101 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #8 - 1984/Jul
Page: 91 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #9 - 1984/Aug
Page: 86 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #11 - 1984/Oct
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #13 - 1984/Dec
Page: 27 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.2 #40 - 1983/Oct/6 special "week#1"
Page: 1 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.2 #43 - 1983/Oct/27 special "week#4"
Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Philip Mitchell interview

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #13 - 1984/Mar/29 special "week#5"
Page: 47 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #27 - 1984/Jul/5 special "week#1"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #35 - 1984/Aug/30 special "week#5"
Page: 1 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #45 - 1984/Nov/8 special "week#2"
Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.4 #3 - 1985/Jan/17 special "week#3"
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.4 #3 - 1985/Jan/17 special "week#3"
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.4 #14 - 1985/Apr/4 special "week#1"
Page: 40 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 SSD-II
Issue: 1999/Sep
Page: 0
Article Type: Information

 Sinclair User
Issue: 1985 special "Annual 1985"
Page: 46 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Spectrum software retrospective

 Sinclair User
Issue: 1986 special "Annual 1986"
Page: 39 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #25 - 1984/Apr
Page: 62 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry

 Sinclair User
Issue: #27 - 1984/Jun
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoResult

 Sinclair User
Issue: #31 - 1984/Oct
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Sinclair User
Issue: #35 - 1985/Feb
Page: 76 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Adventure feature

 Sinclair User
Issue: #37 - 1985/Apr
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Sinclair User
Issue: #38 - 1985/May
Page: 109 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #40 - 1985/Jul
Page: 93 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #42 - 1985/Sep
Page: 89 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #44 - 1985/Nov
Page: 97 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #47 - 1986/Feb supplement "Gordo's Book of Adventures"
Page: 8 [PDF] (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #69 - 1987/Dec
Page: 129 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Sinclair User
Issue: #75 - 1988/Jun
Page: 93 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 TV Gamer
Issue: 1984/Dec
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #4 - 1984/Apr
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #10 - 1984/Oct
Page: 38 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #10 - 1984/Oct
Page: 62 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Spectrum Software

 Your Computer
Issue: v.5 #2 - 1985/Feb
Page: 53 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoResult

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #1 - 1986/Jan
Page: 91 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #10 - 1986/Oct
Page: 71 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #12 - 1986/Dec
Page: 78 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #3 - 1984/May
Page: 65 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Preview

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #14 - 1985/May
Page: 6 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #17 - 1985/Aug
Page: 30 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #20 - 1985/Nov
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #21 - 1985/Dec
Page: 58 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 ZX Computing
Issue: #17 - 1985/Feb
Page: 11 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 ZX Computing
Issue: #37 - 1987/May
Page: 52 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 ZX Magazín
Issue: 2000/Jan special "2000/01-2000/02"
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note
Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #31 - 1984/May
Page: 94 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #35 - 1984/Sep
Page: 90 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #35 - 1984/Sep
Page: 91 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #36 - 1984/Oct
Page: 64 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #38 - 1984/Dec
Page: 192 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #39 - 1985/Jan
Page: 131 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #9 - 1984/Oct
Page: 72 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #11 - 1984/Dec
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #12 - 1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"
Page: 177 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #79 - 1984/Sep/11 special "week#2"
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #82 - 1984/Oct/2 special "week#1"
Page: 34 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #85 - 1984/Oct/23 special "week#4"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #5 - 1984/Mar
Page: 20 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad - coming soon ...

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #11 - 1984/Sep
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #12 - 1984/Oct
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Micro Adventurer
Issue: #13 - 1984/Nov
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #6 - 1984/Feb/9 special "week#2"
Page: 32 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad - coming soon ...

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #38 - 1984/Sep/20 special "week#3"
Page: 48 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #49 - 1984/Dec/6 special "week#1"
Page: 81 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #24 - 1984/Mar
Page: 90 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #30 - 1984/Sep
Page: 38 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #31 - 1984/Oct
Page: 101 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Sinclair User
Issue: #33 - 1984/Dec
Page: 72 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #34 - 1985/Jan
Page: 153 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #9 - 1984/Sep
Page: 26 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #9 - 1984/Sep
Page: 175 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #11 - 1984/Nov
Page: 170 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.5 #1 - 1985/Jan
Page: 119 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #7 - 1984/Sep
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #8 - 1984/Oct
Page: 26 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Two-page ad
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