The Fleet Street Phantom

The Fleet Street Phantom
Developer(s)
  • Simon Hosler
  • Bill Bonham
Publisher(s)Sherston Software
Platform(s)
ReleaseOctober 1987 (1987-10)
Genre(s)
  • Educational
  • Adventure

The Fleet Street Phantom is a 1987 educational adventure video game published by Sherston Software for various platforms. 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.