Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
Developer(s)Challenge, Inc.[1]
Publisher(s)Infocom
Designer(s)Bob Bates
EngineZ-machine
Platform(s)Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Mac
ReleaseRelease 21: December 14, 1987
Release 26: January 27, 1988
Genre(s)Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Single-player

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction game designed by Bob Bates and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released for the Apple II, MS-DOS Commodore 64, Amiga, and Mac. 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.[1]