The Fleet Street Phantom
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| Publisher | Sherston Software |
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| Release | October 1987 |
| Genres | Educational, adventure |
The Fleet Street Phantom is an educational video game in the guise of an adventure game published in 1987 by Sherston Software for Apple II, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, then later for MS-DOS. Developed by Simon Hosler and Bill Bonham, the player assumes the role of a reporter in a British newspaper office, proofreading articles in order to infer the identity of a mysterious criminal in London. The game was designed as a game supplement for Sherston's Typesetter! desktop publishing application. The game was received positively by critics and educators.