What platforms is Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective on?

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective was released on Mac, DOS, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Sega CD.

When did Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective release?

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective was first released on December 31, 1991.

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

Dec 31, 1991SimulatorAdventureMacDOSTurbografx-16/PC Engine CDSega CD

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective on?: Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective was released on Mac, DOS, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Sega CD.
When did Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective release?: Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective was first released on December 31, 1991.

About Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

A FMV update to the classic book-based game, SH:CD challenges players to help Holmes and Watson solve three cases involving murder. One of the first CD-ROM-only releases.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Mac, DOS, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Sega CD
Developer: ICOM Simulations
Publisher: ICOM Simulations
Game modes: Single player
Series: Sherlock Holmes

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega CD	1992	$8	$10	$20	4 reviews	Low

Also released on: Mac · DOS · Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega CD · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02

Loose

Complete

$10

few sales

Sealed

$20

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release (Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective)	$12	$27	—

How often it sells

Loose: about 3 times a year
Complete: about once a year
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-11-02.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $0.75 in Jul 2009, $5.95 five years ago, and $8.11 as of Nov 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$3.05	—
Jan 2011	$3.52	—
Jan 2012	$4.49	—
Jan 2013	$9.95	—
Jan 2014	$6.00	$9.99
Jan 2015	$1.29	$8.98
Jan 2016	$11.17	$14.99
Jan 2017	$9.87	$8.85
Jan 2018	$7.00	$8.85
Jan 2019	$6.54	$10.00
Jan 2020	$5.95	$13.21
Jan 2021	$5.95	$11.70
Jan 2022	$5.95	$13.33
Jan 2023	$7.51	$9.45
Jan 2024	$6.17	$9.10
Jan 2025	$6.18	$9.09
Jan 2026	$6.34	$9.09
Nov 2026	$8.11	$9.75

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Nov 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode
North America	November 1992	T-4501	—
Europe / PAL	April 1993	4650	4974365646509

Source: Japanese product numbers, dates and prices: Sega Japan's Mega-CD software lists, each number checked against MAME's Mega-CD software list. North American and European numbers: the number printed on the disc as recorded by Redump, shown where MAME's list agrees or has no number

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1992
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases of these games are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega CD prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A short, talky live-action detective game that is still an enjoyable thinking game, and one of two games packed with the original North American Sega CD.

This is the Sega CD version, developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Sega, with live actors and three cases to solve. Electronic Games, reviewing it as one of the Sega CD's pack-ins in January 1993, found that its video was not as clean as Night Trap or Sewer Shark, that its sound and voices were excellent, and that it was short but enjoyable. It called it a good thinking game for anyone who had not seen it before.

Sega Pro welcomed it as a change from an action-packed market: there are only three cases to solve, it said, but the user-friendly interface and complex clues stretch them out.

What the press said at the time

Electronic Games January 1993	January 1993	84%
MegaTech Issue 22	October 1993	79%
MegaTech Issue 26	February 1994	84%
Sega Pro Issue 36	September 1994	78%

“Sound is excellent, as is the voice, and, while being short, this is an enjoyable game to play. A good thinking game for those who have not seen it before.”
— Electronic Games, January 1993

“This is a bonafide classic CD game that made its debut last year on the TurboGrafx-16 CD. This game's almost exactly the same. It only has a few inconsequential graphic changes, but that's good!”
— GamePro, February 1993

“All the cases have to be approached in a methodical manner for success.”
— Mean Machines Sega, September 1993

“Holmes is a bit limited in his investigative abilities. It would have been good if he could do more than just talk to suspects.”
— MegaTech, October 1993

Before you buy

The original North American Sega CD's box held this game and Sol-Feace, so check that the disc matches the case it is sold in. Loose US copies sit below the middle of the pack among North American releases, and European copies usually cost somewhat more loose and much more complete.