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{{Other uses|Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Sherlock Holmes:<br>Consulting Detective Vol. II
|image = [[File:Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol II cover.jpg|252px|Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II]]
|caption = Cover art
|developer = [[ICOM Simulations]]
|publisher = 
|designer = 
|series = 
|engine = 
|released = 1992
|genre = [[Adventure game|Adventure]], [[interactive movie]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Sega Mega-CD|Mega-CD]], [[TurboGrafx 16#TurboGrafx-CD|TurboGrafx-CD]], [[DOS]], [[Mac OS]], [[Tandy Video Information System|VIS]]
}}
'''''Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II''''' is a [[full motion video]] [[Video game|computer game]] released for the [[Sega Mega-CD|Mega-CD]], [[TurboGrafx 16#TurboGrafx-CD|TurboGrafx-CD]], [[Mac OS]], [[Tandy Video Information System|VIS]] and [[DOS]]. The game is based around the adventures of the titular character, detective [[Sherlock Holmes]], and his assistant, [[Dr. John Watson]].

The game is a sequel to ''[[Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective]]'', and was released in 1992.

== Cases ==
The format of the game is the same as the first, except that there are three new and unrelated cases to solve.

===The Two Lions===
This investigation takes place on 17 August 1888.<ref name="Sega Manual">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Sega_CD//Manual/formated/Sherlock_Holmes_Consulting_Detective-_Volume_2_-_1992_-_ICOM_Simulations.pdf |website=Games Database |page=6 |publisher=ICOM Simulations |title=Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Volume 2 - Sega CD - Manual |access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> Holmes receives a mysterious note on his door leading him and Watson to investigate the death of two lions who were part of a traveling animal show. At the same time a mysterious death is discovered that might tie the two cases together.

===The Pilfered Paintings===
This case is set on 22 January 1891.<ref name="Sega Manual"/> A pair of paintings, from a recently famed artist known as DeKuyper, are stolen from the [[National Gallery]] just days before they were to be revealed to the public in an art show. The unusual circumstances in which the paintings were originally acquired by the gallery only deepen the mystery.

===The Murdered Munitions Magnate===
This case takes place on 20 March 1888.<ref name="Sega Manual"/> Courtney Allen, a wealthy industrialist of a gun factory, is murdered in an alley just outside his office. Scotland Yard believes it was a robbery as certain valuable contents that Allen had on him were also stolen. As Holmes and Watson investigate, they learn of a secret government project that Allen's company was involved in and its possible connection to the crime.

==Reception==
''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' liked the interface and the improved quality of the video clips, but criticized the game's short length (recommending five cases, not three) and lack of background music. While warning gamers that it was not a [[Sierra On-Line|Sierra]]- or [[LucasArts]]-like [[point and click adventure]], the magazine concluded that ''Sherlock Holmes'' would "provide several captivating hours of armchair investigation".<ref name="miller199303">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=104 | title=Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective Volume II from ICOM | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=March 1993 | accessdate=6 July 2014 | author=Miller, Chuck and Millie | pages=86}}</ref>

== Sequel ==
A sequel, ''[[Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. III]]'', was released in 1993.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{moby game|name=''Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II''|id=/sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective-volume-ii}}

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[[Category:1992 video games]]
[[Category:Adventure games]]
[[Category:Classic Mac OS games]]
[[Category:Detective video games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Full motion video based games]]
[[Category:ICOM Simulations games]]
[[Category:Sega CD games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:TurboGrafx-CD games]]
[[Category:Video games based on Sherlock Holmes|Consulting Detective 2]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games set in London]]
[[Category:Fiction set in 1888]]
[[Category:Fiction set in 1891]]
[[Category:Video games set in the 1880s]]
[[Category:Video games set in the 1890s]]