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Games set in the United Kingdom

Games set in the United Kingdom are more than a few. A lot of them are based on one of the most iconic (and fictitious) British characters: Sherlock Holmes. The popular detective is in good company: a lot of games set in the UK were inspired by other popular characters such as Robin Hood, King Arthur, Jack the Rupper or even Doctor Who.
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221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
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Bob Winner

DOS1986 Loriciels
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Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood

DOS1991protected Sierra On-Line
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Dalek Attack

DOS1992 Alternative Software
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Dracula in London

DOS1988 SDJ Enterprises
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS1992 Simulmondo
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS1994 Stormfront Studios
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Gloriana

DOS1996 ASCARON Entertainment
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Jack the Ripper

DOS1995 Intergalactic Development
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Lords of the Realm

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm is top-down kingdom simulation game set in medieval Europe (England and Germany), designed by Christopher J. Foster and David Lester, developed by Impressions Games and released 1994 for DOS, Windows and Amiga.
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected ICOM Simulations
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Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS1985 Magicom Multimedia
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Spirit of Excalibur

DOS1990 Synergistic Software
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The Adventures of Robin Hood

DOS1992 Millennium Interactive
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The Clue!

DOS1994freeware neo Software Produktions
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The Gene Machine

DOS1996 Divide by zero
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS1989 Eldritch Games
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Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS1989 LucasArts
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by LucasArts in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST.
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Tom and the Ghost

DOS1990 Blue Byte Software
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Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS1991 Synergistic Software
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