Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel "Any%" in 41m 58s | Speedrun [DOS]
2Sherlock Holmes (1992) by Mythos Software | Speedrun MS-DOS
Played by MilkToast
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About the game:
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (fully titled The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel) is an adventure game developed by Mythos Software and published by Electronic Arts for MS-DOS in 1992 and 3DO in 1994.
Plot
In November 1888, Sherlock Holmes is engaged by Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard to help with the murder investigation of a young actress, Sarah Carroway. She was killed outside a theatre in the Mayfair area of London. Lestrade thinks the manner of her death shows that this is another strike by Jack the Ripper, but Holmes believes someone else committed the crime. It appears that the victim was killed with an unusual knife, one shaped like a scalpel but with a serrated blade.
The investigation takes Holmes and Dr. Watson to many parts of late 19th century London, including a perfume shop, the zoological gardens, the morgue, a pub, Scotland Yard, Surrey Commercial Docks, Savoy Street Pier, St Pancras railway station, and of course 221B Baker Street. They encounter a number of characters connected to the case and also get assistance from Inspector Gregson, the leader of the Baker Street Irregulars named Wiggins, and the invaluable tracking dog Toby.
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Files_of_Sherlock_Holmes)
About the run:
Somehow I started to remember playing this game as a kid and of course never beat it back then.
To solve this problem, I started to revisist this game and tried to run it.
Not sure if you can beat it in sub 40m, sure my route isnot perfect, but I dont recall doing any major mistakes.
Of course you can beat this game in a faster time, maybe there is more content you can cut and still solve the case.
Anyway, this is a great Sherlock Holmes Adventure with very neat backgrounds, a good story and also some voice acting.
Have Fun watching it.
Played on ScummVM
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