The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel

Developers
	Mythos Software
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS	1992

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

Availability

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.

Essential improvements

Repeating Music Patch

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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location

Save game data location

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System	Location

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 a "DMA segbound wrapping" error.

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

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