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The most popular UK games

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.

Most popular UK games

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Gloriana

DOS19964.2/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table

DOS19943.5/5 MVP Software
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Spirit of Excalibur

DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software
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Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS19894.3/5 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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Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

DOS19894/5 Infocom
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Jack the Ripper

DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development
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The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 Divide by zero
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS19944/5 Stormfront Studios
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Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
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Lords of the Realm

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4/5 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: Another bow

DOS19853.5/5 Magicom Multimedia
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Dylan Dog: Through the Looking Glass

DOS19923.6/5 Simulmondo
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 ICOM Simulations
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221B Baker Street

DOS19864/5 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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Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19913.9/5 Synergistic Software
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Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 Eldritch Games
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Dalek Attack

DOS19923.7/5 Alternative Software
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The Adventures of Robin Hood

DOS19923.5/5 Millennium Interactive
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The Clue!

DOS1994freeware4/5 neo Software Produktions
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Tom and the Ghost

DOS19903/5 Blue Byte Software
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS19923.7/5 Simulmondo
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