Cover artwork of 221 B Baker St.

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221 B Baker St.

VG90 catalogues 221 B Baker St. (1987), a release from the 8-bit home-computer and console era for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, DOS, for research and discovery.

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About the game

221 B Baker St. is a video game released in 1987 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, DOS. VG90 lists it as a reference record so the title stays discoverable alongside the thousands of other releases that defined the 8-bit home-computer and console era.

the 8-bit home-computer and console era was a period of rapid change for the medium: bedroom coders and small studios shipped astonishing work on tiny memory budgets. Placing 221 B Baker St. in that timeline shows where it sat as the industry evolved.

Preservation records on VG90 link directly to verified external archives and downloads. Explore the platform, year, and era context, or launch the download directly from this entry.

Why it matters

The value of a record like this is context: the 8-bit home-computer and console era produced far more games than the handful everyone remembers, and bedroom coders and small studios shipped astonishing work on tiny memory budgets. An archive earns its keep by preserving the long tail, not just the hits.

Technical notes

Platform on record: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, DOS. Release year: 1987. Details are drawn from public catalogue metadata; corrections and additions are welcome through the archive.