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Police Quest

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Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
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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".

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