Difference between revisions of "The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel"

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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
The Case of the Serrated Scalpel	1992
Case of the Rose Tattoo	1996

Back of box

Title screen

Game screen

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM

General information

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes for DOS (1992) - MobyGames

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Floppy, CD-ROM

The CD-ROM edition (published in 1994 by Hit Squad) has the same content as the floppy edition.

The Repeating Music Patch patches the game so that music repeats at each location, rather than playing only once.

System	Location

System	Location

During the intro, when the cat knocks over the bottle, the sound stutters and the game crashes, often with a "DMA segbound wrapping" error.

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA	320x200 256 colors

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 {{Fixbox/fix|Disable EMS|ref=<ref name=ems>[http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25008 Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel Error]</ref>}}
 Open DOSBox's <code>dosbox.conf</code>, scroll down to the <code>[dos]</code> section and set <code>ems=false</code>.
+}}
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Use ScummVM|ref=<ref name=scummvm>[http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/The_Lost_Files_of_Sherlock_Holmes:_The_Case_of_the_Serrated_Scalpel Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel - scummvm.org]</ref>}}
+Play the game in [http://scummvm.org/ ScummVM], instead of DOSBox.
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