Franchise file / Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
The game is always afoot
Arthur Conan Doyle's detective on screen since 1984, from text adventures and filmed mysteries to Frogwares' long-running investigations and a young Holmes in an open world.
- 1984
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
Parsers and film. Melbourne House's Sherlock put Holmes in a text adventure in 1984. By 1991 Consulting Detective was using filmed actors, in cases Zojoi later brought back.
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The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
Observe. Deduce. Accuse.
Holmes suits games because detection is a mechanic. Parser adventures asked you to type your theories, Consulting Detective filmed its suspects, and Frogwares built whole systems for clues and deductions. Many studios have tried the case, and the appeal never changes.
- 1984 to 1992
- Parsers and film
- 2002 to 2016
- The Frogwares casebook
- 2021 to 2023
- Young Sherlock
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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