221B Baker Street

Information

Genre

Board Game - Miscellaneous

Language

[unknown]

Controls

Keyboard, Joystick

Players

1, 2+

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Adams, Peter

Graphic Artist(s)

Camasta, Todd J., Reid, Bonita

Game design

Harth, Jeff, Duboff, Steven, Sohl, John P.

Musician(s)

[unknown]

Sound FX

[unknown]

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1987

Publisher

US Gold

Developer

Sculptured Software

Licensed from

Antler Productions

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, Falcon030, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.9/10 · Votes: 176 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 9

Article (1)

U.S. Gold · ST Action · June, 1988

Trivia (3)

Origins

Game was based on board game created by Jay Moriarty, and inspired by the exploits of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It derives its title from the detective's residence at 221B Baker Street in London.

Conversion - Atari 8-bit

Releases

First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (8/1987)

Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (2)

Atari ST User · September, 1987 · Rating: 5/5

ANALOG · July, 1988 · by Panak, Steve