THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE



SHERLOCK



PUBLISHER

Melbourne House



AUTHOR

Beam Software



YEAR



CATEGORY

Text Adventure



INSTRUCTIONS



HINTS/TIPS

This is the complete solution.



Monday 8.00am: Sherlock's Sitting Room 

OPEN PLAIN DOOR, N, TAKE CHINA MANS DISGUISE,

WEAR CHINA MANS DISGUISE, TAKE OFF CHINA MANS

DISGUISE, WEAR OLD MANS DISGUISE, TAKE OFF OLD

MANS DISGUISE, S, SAY TO WATSON "HELLO" (it is better to

greet a character first, before you ask him or her what to do, or else

they will ignore you), WAIT (until Watson tells you about 2 murders in

Leatherhead), TAKE LAMP, SAY TO WATSON "DROP

CHRONICLE", SAY TO WATSON "FOLLOW ME", OPEN MY

DOOR, W, D, OPEN FRONT DOOR, S 



To Leatherhead Station 

HAIL CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "HELLO", CLIMB INTO CAB

(Watson follows you), SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO KINGS CROSS

ROAD", WAIT (until you reach there at 8.45am), GIVE MONEY TO

CABBIE (he pays you £5/4- shillings!), CLIMB OUT OF CAB, NE,

NE, NE, NE (at Platform 3 of Kings Cross Station with Inspector

Lestrade), SAY TO LESTRADE "HELLO", WAIT (until the train

arrives at about 9.16am), WAIT (until Lestrade climbs into the train),

CLIMB INTO TRAIN, WAIT UNTIL 10.00, WAIT (until train arrives

at Platform 1 of Leatherhead Station at 10.25am), CLIMB OUT OF

TRAIN (Lestrade goes south), FOLLOW LESTRADE (you see

Straker), SAY TO STRAKER "HELLO" (you MUST greet him or else

the local policeman at Brown's Front Gate will not let you into Brown's

house. Straker tells Lestrade about the two murders), S, W, SAY TO

POLICEMAN "HELLO" 



Brown's House

S, SW, S, SW, E (at east side with Lestrade), CLOSELY EXAMINE

CORPSE (body of a middle aged woman. The policeman says that he

hasn't found the gun yet), CLOSELY EXAMINE NOTE (tells you of a

meeting by the bridge & signed by P.F. - stands for Patricia Fender, not

Percival Ffoulkes), CLOSELY EXAMINE BRIDGE, W, N, N, NE, S,

OPEN OAK DOOR, S, OPEN HEAVY DOOR, E (in sitting room

with Daphne and Basil), WAIT (until Lestrade enters at 11.45am),

WAIT (until Lestrade interrogates Daphne and Basil, who gives his alibi

that he was in his rented house, playing Chopin on the piano, during the

night of the murders), SAY TO DAPHNE "HELLO", SAY TO

DAPHNE "TELL ME ABOUT TRICIA FENDER" (she was Mrs

Brown's secretary, and she lives in Portman Street, London), SAY TO

BASIL "HELLO", SAY TO BASIL "TELL ME ABOUT YOUR

ADDRESS" (he lives in Camden Street in London and has a rented

home in Cobden Lane, down the road), OPEN DININGROOM

DOOR, S, OPEN PLAIN DOOR, W (in the kitchen with Lestrade.

You can see the gardener, the cook and the maid. The maid and the

cook relate what happened), SAY TO COOK "HELLO", SAY TO

COOK "TELL ME ABOUT BASIL", SAY TO GARDENER

"HELLO", SAY TO GARDENER "TELL ME ABOUT MAJOR",

OPEN PLAIN DOOR, E, OPEN DININGROOM DOOR, N, OPEN

HEAVY DOOR, W, S, OPEN WOODEN DOOR, W, EXAMINE

DESK, OPEN DRAWER, CLOSELY EXAMINE DRAWER, OPEN

FALSE BOTTOM, LOOK (you see a bank account book and a note),

EXAMINE BOOK (Mrs Brown has been withdrawing large amounts

recently - someone is blackmailing her), EXAMINE NOTE (tells you of

a meeting and signed by Tricia Fender), E, N, OPEN LARGE DOOR,

N, N, N, E, E (Jones's Front Gate) 



Jones's House

S, OPEN FRONT DOOR, S, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, W,

OPEN SOLID DOOR, S, CLOSELY EXAMINE BODY (that of a

woman shot in the head), CLOSELY EXAMINE BOOKCASE (you

reveal a secret room behind the wall), LOOK (an exit west), W,

CLOSELY EXAMINE CLOTHES (labelled Tricia Fender), SAY TO

WATSON "GET CLOTHES", E, N, WAIT (until you see Lestrade

and Major at 1.30pm), FOLLOW LESTRADE (into library), WAIT

(until Lestrade interrogates Major, who gives his alibi that he was in

London all that night and says he lives in Sidmouth Street, London),

LOOK (make sure you see Watson), SAY TO WATSON "FOLLOW

ME", OPEN SOLID DOOR, N, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, E,

OPEN FRONT DOOR, N, N, W, S,S 



Basil's Rented House

OPEN BACK GATE, E, OPEN BACK DOOR, N, OPEN PLAIN

DOOR, W, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, W, U, CLOSELY

EXAMINE BED (you see a small tear of the sheet), CLOSELY

EXAMINE WINDOW (a piece of cloth is caught on the window

frame), CLOSELY EXAMINE GRAMOPHONE (a record of

Chopin), CLOSELY EXAMINE PIANO (the music sheet is Baroque,

not Chopin - Remember that Basil earlier said that he was playing

Chopin on the piano - he was obviously lying), D, OPEN FRONT

DOOR, W 



To Tell Lestrade: Major Percival Is Innocent

N, N, N, N, (platform 2 of Leatherhead Station), WAIT (till you see

Lestrade at 2.50pm), SAY TO LESTRADE "THE MAJOR IS

INNOCENT" (he asks you what proof do you have and leaves) 



To Sidmouth Street: Major's House

WAIT (until train arrives at 3.15pm), CLIMB INTO TRAIN, WAIT

(until train arrives at Platform 4 of King's Cross Station at 4.30pm),

CLIMB OUT OF TRAIN, SW, SW, SW, SW, SW, WAIT (Lestrade

asks the cabbie to go to Parliament Street), WAIT (so as to let the

Lestrade cab away first. If there are 2 cabs there will be some confusion

in communication), HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO

WATSON "CLIMB OUT OF CAB" (you have to leave him here for a

while), SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO SIDMOUTH STREET", WAIT

(until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF CAB, LOOK, OPEN OAK

DOOR, NW, WAIT, SE, WEAR CHINA MANS DISGUISE (make

sure you do this now), HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, WAIT

UNTIL 9.00 (save game now. You most probably have to use this

saved data pretty soon!), WAIT UNTIL 10.00, WAIT UNTIL 10.30

(press ENTER key when the time reaches exactly 10.28pm. You

MUST stop the time at EXACTLY 10.28pm. If not, try again), WAIT

(until you see the Major enter at 11.02pm), WAIT (until Major enters

his house), WAIT (he comes out and hails a cab), WAIT (he tells the

cabbie to go to Slater Street. This time should now be EXACTLY

11.25pm or before. If it's after 11.25pm, LOAD saved game and try

again) 



To Prove Major's Innocence To Lestrade 

(You now have a limited number of moves to prove Major's innocence

before Tuesday morning - TIMING IS ESSENTIAL) SAY TO

CABBIE "GO TO SLATER STREET", WAIT (until you get there at

exactly 11.51pm or before), CLIMB OUT OF CAB, N (in opium den

with Major. You need to be carrying the lamp to see), TAKE OFF

CHINA MANS DISGUISE (Major confesses he is an opium addict

and he was here on the night of the murder), S (you MUST see

Lestrade at exactly 11.57pm or before), SAY TO LESTRADE

"MAJOR VISITED THE DEN" (Lestrade says he'll return to

Leatherhead TOMORROW ie TUESDAY to have a look) 



     1) The time now must be at or before 11.59pm, Monday. If it's

     Tuesday 12.00am or past, you'll have to LOAD the saved game

     and try again. This is the first frustrating bit and you might have to

     try at least 10 times before you get the correct time. If you carry

     on after Tuesday 12.00am you won't see Lestrade again until

     Wednesday morning and there may be a shoot-out. 

     2) If Lestrade is not convinced of the Major's innocence, there'll

     be a shoot-out in which Lestrade kills the Major. The game will

     then end. If the shoot-out occurs, LOAD saved game and try

     again 



Tuesday Morning: To Basil's Rented House 

HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB (Lestrade tells Major that he is free

to go), DROP CHINA MANS DISGUISE, SAY TO CABBIE "GO

TO KINGS CROSS ROAD", WAIT (until you get there at 12.26am),

CLIMB OUT OF CAB, LOOK (you see Watson), SAY TO

WATSON "FOLLOW ME", NE, NE, NE, NE (at Platform 3 of Kings

Cross Station), WAIT UNTIL 1.00, WAIT (until train arrives at

1.45am), CLIMB INTO TRAIN, WAIT (until train arrives at

Leatherhead Station at 3.00am), CLIMB OUT OF TRAIN, S, S, S, S,

OPEN BACK GATE, E, OPEN BACK DOOR, N, OPEN PLAIN

DOOR, W, S, OPEN SAFE, LOOK (you see the letters), EXAMINE

LETTERS (blackmail letters from Tricia to Mrs Brown), CLOSE

SAFE, N, OPEN SITTINGROOM DOOR, W, OPEN FRONT

DOOR, W, N 



To Prove Mrs Brown Killed Herself 

W, S, SW, S, SE, E, WAIT UNTIL 9.00, WAIT (until Lestrade

arrives at 9.20am Tuesday. If you had proved Major's innocence after

Tuesday morning, Lestrade won't be arriving until Wednesday morning

at 9.20am), SAY TO LESTRADE "MRS BROWN KILLED

HERSELF" (Lestrade asks what proof do you have), SAY TO

LESTRADE "EXAMINE STREAM" (you find the gun and Lestrade

congratulates you), W, N, N, NE, N, E, N, N, N, N (Platform 2 of

Leatherhead Station. SAVE game now) 



To Portman Street: Tricia's House 

WAIT (until train arrives at 10.45am. Lestrade congratulates you again),

CLIMB INTO TRAIN, SAY TO LESTRADE "TRICIA

BLACKMAILED MRS BROWN" (Lestrade asks what proof do you

have), WAIT UNTIL 12.00 (the train arrives at Platform 4 of Kings

Cross Station at 12.00pm), CLIMB OUT OF TRAIN, SW, SW, SW,

SW, SW, WAIT (until Lestrade goes away in his own cab), HAIL

CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO PORTMAN

STREET", WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF CAB,

LOOK, OPEN FRONT DOOR, S, OPEN HEAVY DOOR, S (at

Tricia's lounge and you see Tricia Fender), OPEN SAFE, LOOK (you

see an unfinished note and a folder), READ NOTE, EXAMINE

FOLDER (empty - someone has stolen the secret plans), SAY TO

WATSON "GIVE ME CLOTHES", SAY TO TRICIA "HELLO",

SAY TO TRICIA "TELL ME ABOUT BLOODSTAINED

CLOTHES" (she confesses that she is really Mrs Jones and she killed

the real Tricia when she found out she was blackmailing her friend Mrs

Jones), LOOK (you now see Mrs Jones instead of Tricia), SAY TO

MRS JONES "HELLO", SAY TO MRS JONES "FOLLOW ME"

(make sure she is here or else go back for her), SAY TO MRS JONES

"FOLLOW ME" (repeat this command if she says she cannot do that

now), N (if you haven't followed everything correctly, Mrs Jones might

leave the house and lock you in. If so, LOAD saved game) 



Take Mrs Jones To Scotland Yard 

HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO MRS JONES "CLIMB

INTO CAB", LOOK (to see she's in the cab with you and Watson),

SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO PARLIAMENT STREET" (repeat until

you're moving), WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF CAB,

SAY TO MRS JONES "CLIMB OUT OF CAB" (repeat until she

actually climbs out. If you haven't done everything correctly, she may

either refuse to leave the cab or get out of the cab herself and go east,

disappearing for good. If that happens, LOAD saved game), SAY TO

MRS JONES "FOLLOW ME", E (in Scotland Yard and you see

Lestrade), SAY TO LESTRADE "MRS JONES KILLED TRICIA"

(he asks what proof do you have), GIVE CLOTHES TO LESTRADE,

SAY TO LESTRADE "EXAMINE CLOTHES", SAY TO MRS

JONES "TELL LESTRADE ABOUT THE CLOTHES", SAY TO

LESTRADE "MRS JONES KILLED TRICIA" (Lestrade says brilliant

and calls a constable who takes Mrs Jones away), W 



To Camden Street: Basil's House 

HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO

CAMDEN STREET", WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT OF

CAB, WEAR OLD MANS DISGUISE (Watson will stay here - he

won't follow you if you are wearing the disguise), E (you see the

window), OPEN WINDOW (it's locked), WAIT UNTIL 9.00, WAIT

(until someone opens the window at 10.00pm), NE (you need to be

carrying the lamp. You see Basil - ignore him), NW, NE, OPEN

HEAVY DOOR, SE (at Basil's library), TAKE NOTE (do not examine

it yet), NW, LOOK, OPEN PLAIN DOOR, NE, OPEN BACK

DOOR, NE (at Basil's Yard with a trash pile), CLOSELY EXAMINE

PILE, LOOK (you see a torn note), TAKE NOTE (do not examine it

yet), SW, SW, SW, SE, SW, W (at Camden Street), TAKE OFF

OLD MANS DISGUISE 



To Decipher Coded Notes 

EXAMINE TORN NOTE (in code: VAKS USH KNWH UL UNMH

YWNQH UNMH QNTH FTK RTLVBK GHNUS SNK

KUNTUHG USH YLWAQH BLKABP NTLEBG; decipher as:

WISH THE SALE TO TAKE PLACE. TAKE CARE MRS BROWN

DEATH HAS STARTED THE POLICE NOSING), EXAMINE

RIPPED NOTE (in code: A BLV SNIH USH YWNBK. XLET

YTAQH AK NQQHYUNRWH. WHU FH MBLV VSHTH XLE;

decipher as: I NOW HAVE THE PLANS. YOUR PRICE IS

ACCEPTABLE. LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU; the code for both

these notes is: A=I, B=N, E=U, F=M, G=D, H=E, I=V, K=S, L=O,

M=K, N=A, P=G, R=B, S=H, T=R, U=T, V=W, W=L, X=Y, Y=P) 



To Scotland Yard To Tell Lestrade About The Plans 

HAIL CAB, CLIMB INTO CAB, SAY TO CABBIE "GO TO

PARLIAMENT STREET", WAIT (until you get there), CLIMB OUT

OF CAB, E (at Scotland Yard), WAIT UNTIL 6.00 (Wednesday

6.00am), WAIT (until Lestrade enters at 7.00am), SAY TO TRAIN

(you MUST do this before Lestrade climbs out of the train or else try

again by LOADing the game you just saved), S, S (at the Main Street

where you see the police cab), CLIMB INTO CAR (you MUST climb

into the cab before Lestrade, Straker and the local policeman -

otherwise there is no room for you), WAIT (Lestrade will ask the cab to

furiously go to OLD MILL ROAD), WAIT UNTIL 3.00, WAIT (until

you arrive at OLD MILL ROAD at 3.15pm. You'll see Basil whip his

horse and speed down the road DO NOT get out of the cab), WAIT

UNTIL 4.00, WAIT UNTIL 4.30 (Press ENTER key when the time is

4.28pm. You must stop the time at exactly 4.28pm), WAIT (until

4.46pm when you arrive back at Main Street and you see Lestrade has

already got out of the cab), CLIMB OUT OF CAB (once out of the

cab you MUST see Basil and the German agent going north; if not, try

again from saved game), N, N, N (at Platform 2 of Leatherhead Station.

Basil and the German agent have just managed to get away in the train.

You MUST see Lestrade remark that Basil has eluded us), SAY TO

LESTRADE "FOLLOW ME", S, S, S (at Main Street), CLIMB INTO

POLICE CAB (Lestrade and Watson follow you. The time should now

be exactly 5.05pm or before), SAY TO POLICE "FURIOUSLY GO

TO KINGS CROSS ROAD" (repeat until you're moving speedily

down the lane), WAIT (until you arrive at Kings Cross Road at

EXACTLY 6.20pm or before), CLIMB OUT OF CAB (if you got it

right, you'll hear the German agent remark to the cabbie to go to

Parliament Road), NE, NE (Platform 1 and you see the underground

train. If the train leaves or is not here, you'll have to try again). CLIMB

INTO TRAIN, WAIT (you're travelling underground. Do NOT get out

at Paddington Station), WAIT (until you arrive at Victoria Station. If you

got it right, Basil will be arrested by Lestrade. You'll be the world's

greatest detective) 



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