I was able to find another version of this puzzle for Mac OSX at the link below.
http://games.flowix.com/en/index.html Having only played two games I have some very shaky observations that I would like to share and some questions. Coincidentally on the Mac the name Sherlock is one of Apple's own programs for search, so that name with a web search was not productive. The version I downloaded is very playable, but some aspects of the play were difficult to find from the instructions. a) You will likely want to play the game with the option set for *not* using full screen mode because it disallows accessing other applications. b) Right clicking on alternative choices in the 6x6 grid deletes impossibles, but beware that an errant click can lose the game for you. c) The Save option allows you to save occasionally and to later Load if you make an error. d) So far I have not figured out how to alter the Hall of Fame screen, but am not very concerned about this. One reason for my lack of interest is that I have found the puzzle so difficult relative to the likes of Sudoku or Freecell, for example, and I do not expect to excel often. I wonder if there are ways to select puzzles based on their difficulty level? In the version I have downloaded, I have not found any way to do so and no way to identify or classify individual puzzles. Do other versions have such features? In another posting you mentioned that it might be good for kids to learn the einstein puzzle. Unless there is access to much simpler puzzles, I don't think my age 7 grandson would have a chance. Thank you for the links. On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, [UTF-8] Bj??rn Helgason wrote: [snip] I then looked for a new copy of Sherlock but for free was only a copy that needed to be paid for. Then I discovered a free program called http://demonews.com/downloadget.php?id=1220&file=9&evp=724e590e7277748b7c21aa3bd609f6f2 It is actually quite good. [snip] -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
