221B Baker Street (video game)

221B Baker Street
Developer(s)Datasoft
Publisher(s)Datasoft
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM PC
Release
Genre(s)Board
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

221B Baker Street is a 1986 video game published by Datasoft, based on an earlier board game of the same name. The game was inspired by the exploits of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and derives its title from the detective's residence at 221B Baker Street in London. The original board game was created and copyrighted by American writer Jay Moriarty (dba Antler Productions) in 1975.