Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
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Developers | |
---|---|
Sierra On-Line | |
Engines | |
Original | AGI |
VGA Remake | SCI1.1 |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1987 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1987 |
Windows | January 18, 2011[1] |
Key points
- The game has in-game DRM for the 1992 VGA remake. The manual is provided by all digital versions.
- Both the original release and the 1992 remake can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Sierra Help Pages - Police Quest series
- Police Quest Omnipedia - A huge wiki for the Police Quest series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- A web browser version is also available.
Version differences
Police Quest Collection
A compilation pack containing Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (both the original EGA release and the 1992 VGA remake), Police Quest II: The Vengeance, Police Quest III: The Kindred, and Police Quest: Open Season.
All games in the pack are pre-configured to run with DOSBox.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
Windows | <path-to-game>\PQ1[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PQ1\EGA[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/494740/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\PQ1SG.*** |
Windows | <path-to-game>\PQ1\PQ1SG.***[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PQ1\EGA\PQSG.*[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/494740/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | EGA, MCGA, VGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.0 | 6.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 286 | Intel 386 |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | 1 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (494740) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
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- DOS
- Mac OS
- Windows
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