Police Quest

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
First release	1987
Also known as	Police Quest 1 PQ
Developed by	Sierra
Published by	Sierra
Distributed by	(unknown)
Platforms	MS-DOS, Tandy 1000 Mac, Apple II Apple IIGS, Amiga Atari ST, PCjr Sega Master System
Resolution	AGI: 320x200, 16 colors SCI: 320x200, 256 colors
Engine	AGI, SCI
Support	AGI: Since ScummVM 0.10.0. SCI: Since ScummVM 1.2.0.
Available for Purchase	Yes

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel was the first game in the Police Quest series. The game follows Sonny Bonds, a veteran policeman in the fictional town of Lytton, California. He is assigned to traffic duty, and investigates a car crash that turns out to be a suicide. He becomes a temporary detective and later goes undercover in pursuit of the murderous drug dealer Jesse Burns, also known as "The Death Angel".

Installation

Required data files - SCI

For more information on how ScummVM uses game data files, see the user documentation.

WARNING: Unlike other games, SCI games have significant variation in the naming of required files.

They also can load supplementary files by resource maps, so it is recommended to keep all files in the game data directory from the CD.

Unless otherwise specified, do NOT remove any file from the directory, even if it does not appear on the following list, since this will likely cause weird bugs.

Copy all files to the game directory. Some games need additional work:

Floppy games with RESOURCE.p01, p02, etc. and/or RESOURCE.a01, a02, etc. files

• Concatenate all RESOURCE.p0* files to RESOURCE.000 (e.g. copy /b RESOURCE.p0* RESOURCE.000 on Windows, or cat RESOURCE.p0* > RESOURCE.000 on *nix).
• Concatenate all RESOURCE.a0* files to RESOURCE.AUD (e.g. copy /b RESOURCE.a0* RESOURCE.AUD on Windows, or cat RESOURCE.a0* > RESOURCE.AUD on *nix).

Required data files - AGI

For more information on how ScummVM uses game data files, see the user documentation.

All platforms

• *VOL.* (e.g. GRVOL.0, KQ4VOL.11, VOL.1)

• OBJECT

• *DIR* (e.g. PQDIR, MH2DIR, DMDIR, DIRS, LOGDIR, PICDIR, SNDDIR, VIEWDIR)

• WORDS.TOK

and if available

• PAL.*

Apple IIGS

These files are needed to enable music playback

• *.SYS16 (e.g. KQ.SYS16, LL.SYS16, MG.SYS16, BC.SYS16, SQ2.SYS16)

• SIERRASTANDARD

Controls

Predictive input dialog

The Predictive Input Dialog is a ScummVM aid for running AGI engine games (which notoriously require command line input) on devices with limited keyboard support.

For more information, see the AGI/Predictive Dialog wiki page.

Miscellaneous

• The AGI version comes on 2 3.5" and 2 5.25" disks.
• The SCI version comes on 5 3.5" disks.

External links

• Wikipedia article on Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
• MobyGames entry on Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (AGI version)
• MobyGames entry on Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (SCI version)
• Screenshots (Police Quest series)