An aging Sherlock Holmes has to solve the mystery of what seems to be an apparent suicide on board of a steamship. Along his investigations he meets famous people like Lawrence of Arabia, Houdini, Picasso and Thomas Edison among others in this original mystery based on the immortal creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Amid the upheaval following World War I, Holmes and Watson enter history to take "Another Bow." To bring you aboard the S.S. Destiny, where you are Sherlock Holmes, with Watson at your side, passing through the world of Edison and Graham Bell, acquainting yourself with the genius of Picasso and Gertrude Stein, while Henry Ford, Baron de Rothschild, Lady Astor, Louis Armstrong and other real and imaginary stars of the past parade across this interactive stage. With cases as complex as history itself...
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Grave, cool, nostalgic and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, Mac, DOS, Apple II
- Developer
- Imagic
- Publisher
- Bantam Software
- Released
- September 1, 1985
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person, Text
- Time to beat
- 5 h main story
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