Title: Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective
First published: 1994
Description: This is a story, hints, and solutions book, to the Personal Computer (PC) Windows and Macintosh versions of the video games, "Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective" Volumes I, II and III. It has a fictional narrative of each of the 9 stories from the three volumes of the game, as told by Sherlock Holmes himself. It also has a text version of each cases opening video scenes, tell where and how the clues can be found by the player, including those in newspaper that came packaged with the games. Then comes a simplified solution with the minimal steps needed to solve each case, answers to the various questions, and things the player needs to do to successfully bring the case to trial. This book also tells the player the connection between the events in the game and the final solution, and any inconsistencies in the game. There is also a section that details how to set up the game onto your computer and the most common errors the player might encounter. It has many gray-scale screenshots, mostly of the text screens showing which option to choose and the like allowing the reader to image what the characters look like. Although not mentioned in the book, its solutions also work for the home console versions o the game. The cover art to this book is by Mike Benny.
Subjects: Video games, Videogames, Games, Strategy, Puzzles, Passtimes, Hobbies, Computer adventure games, PC, Personal Computer, Computer, Computer games, game, Computer file, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), Mystery games, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, The Case of the Mummy's Curse, The Case of the Mystified Murderess, The Case of the Tin Soldier, The Case of the Two Lions, The Case of the Pilfered Paintings, The Case of the Murdered Munitions Magnate, The Case of the Solicitous Solicitor, The Case of the Banker's Final Debt, The Case of the Thames Murders, Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Places: London, England
People: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, Inspector Lestrade
Time periods: 1887-1890
LC classification: GV1469.15 .S54 1994