<s>
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
Consulting	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
is	O
a	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
tabletop	O
game-gamebook	O
hybrid	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
the	O
fictional	O
detective	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
,	O
created	O
by	O
Arthur	O
Conan	O
Doyle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
ICOM	O
Simulations	O
for	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
computer	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
CDTV	I-Device
,	O
TurboGrafx-CD	O
,	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
and	O
Tandy	B-Operating_System
Video	I-Operating_System
Information	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
with	O
all	O
versions	O
being	O
distributed	O
on	O
CD-ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
high	O
resolution	O
and	O
re-mastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
live	O
actors	O
and	O
sets	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
and	O
his	O
longtime	O
partner	O
Dr.	O
Watson	O
,	O
trying	O
to	O
solve	O
three	O
separate	O
crimes	O
by	O
visiting	O
various	O
locations	O
,	O
listening	O
to	O
the	O
dialogue	O
,	O
reading	O
the	O
included	O
mock	O
London	O
newspapers	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
gets	O
enough	O
evidence	O
,	O
answering	O
the	O
judge	O
's	O
questions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
each	O
case	O
a	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
clip	O
depicts	O
Holmes	O
and	O
Watson	O
meeting	O
a	O
client	O
and	O
learning	O
a	O
few	O
background	O
clues	O
about	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
clip	O
will	O
play	O
each	O
time	O
the	O
player	O
visits	O
a	O
relevant	O
person	O
or	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
view	O
a	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
clip	O
set	O
in	O
Holmes	O
 '	O
and	O
Watson	O
's	O
study	O
where	O
they	O
will	O
review	O
the	O
events	O
that	O
transpired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
general	O
informants	O
(	O
also	O
portrayed	O
by	O
actors	O
)	O
who	O
can	O
be	O
visited	O
in	O
multiple	O
cases	O
across	O
the	O
Consulting	O
Detective	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
characters	O
from	O
Arthur	O
Conan	O
Doyle	O
's	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
stories	O
,	O
namely	O
Inspector	O
Lestrade	O
of	O
Scotland	O
Yard	O
,	O
former	O
criminal	O
Shinwell	O
Johnson	O
,	O
and	O
gossip	O
columnist	O
Langdale	O
Pike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
volumes	O
of	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
Consulting	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
sold	O
over	O
360,000	O
copies	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
by	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	O
gave	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-CD	O
version	O
of	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
for	O
Wizard	O
,	O
Glenn	O
Rubenstein	O
listed	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
live	O
actors	O
and	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
slow	O
down	O
in	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
as	O
strong	O
points	O
,	O
but	O
remarked	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
interactivity	O
level	O
is	O
lacking	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
offered	O
nothing	O
new	O
to	O
those	O
who	O
had	O
played	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
Sutyak	O
of	O
Allgame	O
gave	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
2.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
praising	O
the	O
actors	O
and	O
the	O
dialogue	O
being	O
clear	O
and	O
well	O
acted	O
,	O
although	O
commenting	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
FMV	O
and	O
little	O
gameplay	O
and	O
felt	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
does	O
not	O
offer	O
the	O
player	O
enough	O
to	O
do.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
the	O
review	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
Unfortunately	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
you	O
like	O
solving	O
cases	O
,	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
Consulting	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
will	O
probably	O
bore	O
you.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
called	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
Consulting	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	B-Application
entry	I-Application
,	O
with	O
three	O
new	O
cases	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
,	O
albeit	O
not	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
nor	O
the	O
Turbografx-CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
David	O
Marsh	O
and	O
his	O
company	O
Zojoi	O
to	O
help	O
fund	O
a	O
high	O
resolution	O
and	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
Consulting	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
Adventure	O
Mysteries	O
.	O
</s>
