Download The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes

phil 2025-05-10 1 point DOS version

ok dosbox 0.74 made no diffrence and it crashes just the same at various points, downloaded scummvm and added the game folder and hey presto everything worked with sound on and so far no crashes. dont really know why dosbox crashes it and I am sure there is a reason that someone far clever than me could figure out but if you tried everything and its still not working download scummvm, seems to work fine

phil 2025-05-10 1 point DOS version

well with digital sound on, this game crashes when watching the intro video the bit where the cat tips the bottle over, it crashes every time, even with the patch suggested in the comments so music no problem but digital sound is a no on this so turn that off. its been suggested to try older versions of dos box version 0.74, will have a go at some point and report back.

aa 2024-10-25 0 point

the game has no music, and also when i change the settings

Leon 2024-09-12 2 points

Rick, there is at least one more game in "Lost files of Sherlock Holmes" series: "The case of the Rose Tattoo".
Usually proposed as one of the games below, but, anyway, the direct link is:
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-lost-files-of-sherlock-holmes-case-of-the-rose-tattoo-cem

It is also a very good adventure game, in the same spirit as this one, so I do recommend it if you liked this one.

A personal comment on this one here - there was time when this game was like a benchmark of what is possible in adventure games. The game was running as a demo of graphics capabilities of PCs (rolling intro) in computer stores. I remember seeing this still as a happy Amiga user. The result was that I slowly started becoming less happy, seeing games such as this one. And the inevitable happened sometime later - as a fresh owner of my first PC (a 486SX/33, with an VLB SVGA and SB16), I remember this game as clearly one of the best adventure games from that period (the first half of 1990s). Of course, Lucasfilm games were cool, like some of the games from Sierra - but a detective story set in a beloved realm of Conan-Doyle classic novels, served in a technically impressive way (for the time when it appeared) - that was really something. For me, it was superior to games done by Sierra, on par with really the best ones like "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis".

And it is still a good game today, I highly recommend it.

What may be interesting for some - I find the music sounding better on Sound Blaster/AdLib's FM chip than MIDI, what is rather unusual. Try to listen intro on both (can be done easily with SCUMMVM), MIDI version plays most instruments strangly quiet, what IMHO destroys the intro piece, while FM music sounds really good.

Lyceus 2024-01-09 3 points DOS version

This is an excellent game I enjoyed many years ago, and I've finally played it again. If you want to play it you should take into consideration a couple of things:

The game runs flawlessly on an up-to-date ScummVM (currently 2.8.0). Version 2.5.1 got rid of some annoying bugs. Make sure your ScummVM is updated.

The game has an oversight that causes music to only place once every time you enter a new screen. This wasn't intended but never officially corrected. You can download Osprey's fix (Repeating music patch) which only requires you to copy one file into the game's folder: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/929-lost-filesserrated-scalpel-repeating-music-patch

MiB 2023-01-31 1 point

If the game crashes try google to find the Fix and after patching start it with game.exe "Martin Kiewitz's HOLMES FiX patch"