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 also makes a minor but significant appearance in Warren Ellis and John Cassaday's comic book series "Planetary". Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright presented a mystery-adventure "Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes" (1979) in which Sherlock's older brother prevents a conspiracy involving a return of the American "colonies" to Great Britain. Sherlock makes appearances with Victor Trevor (from The Adventure of the Gloria Scott), Professor Moriarty and Moriarty's father. Carole Nelson Douglas has written a spin-off series centring upon Holmes' nemesis Irene Adler. The first book is titled "Good Night, Mr. Holmes" and takes place concurrently