Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (1988) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Bob Bates and published by Infocom in 1987. Like most titles Infocom produced, the use of ZIL made it possible to…

31 December 1988

What Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an adventure game developed by Challenge, Inc. and released in 1988. It was published by Infocom. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Bob Bates and published by Infocom in 1987. Like most titles Infocom produced, the use of ZIL made it possible to release the game simultaneously for many popular computer platforms, including the Apple II, IBM PC, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. Sherlock is based on the legendary fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is Infocom's thirty-first game and is the first of two Infocom games developed by Challenge, Inc. using Infocom's development tools. The year is 1887, and all of England is gearing up for the celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, marking her…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sherlock Holmes series

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is the sixth of 55 entries we hold in the Sherlock Holmes series. It arrived 2 years after Loretta no Shouzou: Sherlock Holmes. The next entry was Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective in 1991.

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What it launched against

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels — frequently asked questions