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Revision as of 11:21, 10 April 2018

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel cover
Developers
Mythos Software
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Sherlock
Release dates
DOS 1992
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel on Wikipedia
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

MobyGames - Description, screenshots, credits, technical information and more
Game Nostalgia - Background information, developer profiles and game-related media

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
 Floppy, CD-ROM
DOS

Version differences

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

Essential improvements

Repeating Music Patch

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

Skip intro videos

Use GAME.EXE[1]

Run the game with GAME.EXE instead of HOLMES.BAT.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\HOLMES.CFG

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\HOLMES.SAV
Exported text files for Watson's Journal are saved as *.PRN in the installation folder.

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Sound stuttering and crash during intro

During the intro, when the cat knocks over the bottle, the sound stutters and the game crashes, often with the message "Exit to error: DMA segbound wrapping (read)".

Replace DOSBox v0.74[2]

Downgrade DOSBox to v0.73 or upgrade to an SVN build.

Disable EMS[2]

Open DOSBox's dosbox.conf, scroll down to the [dos] section and set ems=false.

Use ScummVM[3]

Play the game in ScummVM, instead of DOSBox.

Watson's Journal printing

Official DOSBox builds don't support printing.
Enable printer support[1]
  1. Set up DOSBox printer support.
  2. Change the default timeout= value for printing (e.g. timeout=100).

Other information

API

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

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.0 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 80386
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA

References