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- THE SEARCH FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES
- by
- Dick Caron
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- In this text adventure, you see the
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- world of late 19th Century London
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- through the eyes of a 15-year old
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- waif, Toby Stubbins. You are not an
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- ordinary street urchin, however;
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- you're part of the information network
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- that connects the great detective,
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- Sherlock Holmes, with London's
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- underworld.
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- But as you arrive outside of Holmes'
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- Baker Street apartment, you embark on
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- an adventure that will test every bit
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- of your street smarts-- Sherlock
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- Holmes has been kidnapped. Supplied
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- with a single clue by the distraught
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- Dr. Watson, you must find and save
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- your patron from a horrible fate.
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- PLAYING....
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- Text adventure aficianados will
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- probably find THE SEARCH FOR SHERLOCK
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- HOLMES to be a unique experience--
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- most adventures are filled with
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- descriptions such as:
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- "You are at an intersection. There
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- are exits to the north, south, east,
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- and west."
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- and require you to continually type in
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- the direction you want to move. Your
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- character moves around in the created
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- world like a piece in a board game--
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- one step at a time.
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- THE SEARCH FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES takes
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- a different, more intuitive, approach
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- to moving your character around its
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- world. This adventure supplies you
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- with a list of "verbs" and "modifiers"
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- that you use to create two word
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- commands.
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- Thus, unlike other adventure games,
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- making a map of the surroundings isn't
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- really necessary-- if you want to go
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- to Cheapside (London's shopping
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- district), you may get there in a
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- flash by typing in "go cheapside."
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- You must remember, however, that you
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- sometimes cannot skip every point
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- between your location and destination.
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- If you want to "go smokeshop", you
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- must first "go cheapside". The same
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- advice applies when you want to
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- manipulate objects-- if you want to
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- open a chest, you must first "go
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- chest".
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- Obviously, THE SEARCH FOR SHERLOCK
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- HOLMES requires familiarity with it's
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- command list. Fortunately, you may
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- view this list at any time by entering
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- "go list". In any case, learning the
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- list is a small price to pay to enter
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- a world as intriguing as this one!
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- DISK FILES USED:
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- HOLMES BOOT SEARCH HOLMES
- HOLMES.TITLE.SHP DEATH.SHP
- HOLMES/WIN.SHP UNPACKER
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