The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes to form a satisfying whole." The reviewers of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" wrote of the 3DO version "Great graphics, excellent sound effects – this game really shows off the system's capabilities while providing a challenging mystery." They scored it a 6.6/10 average. In 2011, Adventure Gamers named "Case of the Serrated Scalpel" the 22nd-best adventure game ever released. This game was released September 27, 1996. Holmes' brother Mycroft is caught in an explosion when his club, the Diogenes, is blown up. The player, first as Doctor Watson and then as Sherlock Holmes, investigates the explosion and discovers that it was not
Sherlock Holmes pastiches note as Holmes, his mind briefly clear, admits to Watson that he knows that his powers are failing him but simply cannot think clearly enough to get past his age. Everett Kaser has published a series of free reflection games (puzzles) with names referring to Sherlock Holmes stories: "Sherlock: The Game of Logic", "Dinner with Moriarty", "Watson<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Map", "Baker Street", "Scotland Yard" "Inspector Lestrade", "Mrs. Hudson", "Reichenbach Falls", "Queen's Gambit", "Mycroft<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Map". Sherlock Holmes, however, does not appear in the games, except some very small icons. In "Midnight Mysteries: Haunted Houdini" a hidden-object/puzzle video game released in 2012 by MumboJumbo,