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- From: smb@col.hp.com (Sam Bauer)
- Subject: >>For Sale: Sherlock Holmes CD-ROM
- Sender: news@col.hp.com (Usenet News)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.233942.3741@col.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 23:39:42 GMT
- Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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- CD-ROM PC GAME FOR SALE
-
- ****** Sherlock Holmes - Consulting Detective (CD-ROM) *******
- by ICOM
-
- Requires: CD-ROM Drive (150KB Data Transfer Rate. Continuous Read)
- 12Mhz/286 or better IBM PC or Compatable
- 640K RAM - (490K available).
- Dos 3.3 or higher
- Sound Blaster/Media Vision Audio Card or compatable.
-
- This game has spectacular Audio and Video, over 90 minutes of full motion
- video. The three cases are well done and the acting is good. It reminds
- me of a BBC production. Gameplay and interface is also quite good.
- Unfortunately, re-visiting characters later in the game when more clues
- have been uncovered does not yield new information, they just tell you the
- same thing. The game is also fairly short. Expect to spend 2 to 5 hours
- on each case. You will have to interview many people, consult your files,
- London Library, even read the Times. Replay is encouraged through a scoring
- mechanism that reports how well you did compared to Holmes' best possible
- score. I found that replay goes very quickly and is fun but doesn't succeed
- in extending the games "play life" much. What does lend to the replay value
- is the shear impressiveness of the video and audio. This game was made for
- CD-ROM, and uses around 300 Meg of storage. Game save is possible to a floppy
- or hard disk.
-
- The game comes on a CD in a standard plastic CD "jewel box", with all
- documentation (including the printed copy of the on-line London Times
- editions needed to solve the cases), and registration. Also comes in the
- original cardboard CD box. I am the original owner.
-
- I will sell the game for $42.
-
- I will pay shipping. It will be mailed inside a box with packing.
-
- EMail at smb@col.hp.com or call 1-719-531-4460 (days).
-
- Sam Bauer, Hewlett Packard CTD, Colo. Sprgs CO.
-