Difference between revisions of "Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel"

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Police Quest
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel	1987
Police Quest II: The Vengeance	1988
Police Quest III: The Kindred	1991
Police Quest: Open Season	1993
Police Quest: SWAT	1995
Police Quest: SWAT 2	1998
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle	1999
SWAT 4	2005

Key points

The game has in-game DRM for the 1992 VGA remake. The manual is provided by all digital versions

General information

Police Quest Omnipedia - A huge wiki for the Space Quest series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		EGA and VGA. Configured to run under DOSBox. Comes bundled with Police Quest II: The Vengeance, Police Quest III: The Kindred, and Police Quest: Open Season.
Steam		Configured to run under DOSBox. Comes bundled with Police Quest II: The Vengeance, Police Quest III: The Kindred, and Police Quest: Open Season.

A web browser version is also available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/494740/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/494740/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu (1992 VGA remake)

300px

Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template: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 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
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

↑ New release: Police Quest 1+2+3+4 - GOG.com

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (494740) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] New release: Police Quest 1+2+3+4 - GOG.com

[1]

[Note 1]

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-|steam appid  =
+|steam appid  = 494740
 |gogcom page  = police_quest_1_2_3_4
 |strategywiki =
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 {{mm}} [http://policequest.wikia.com/wiki/Police_Quest_Omnipedia Police Quest Omnipedia] - A huge wiki for the Space Quest series
 {{GOG.com links|police_quest_1_2_3_4|police_quest_series|for game series}}
+{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/494740/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | Physical | | | DOS, Mac OS }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG | police_quest_1_2_3_4 | DRM-free | EGA and VGA. Configured to run under [[DOSBox]]. Comes bundled with [[Police Quest II: The Vengeance]], [[Police Quest III: The Kindred]], and [[Police Quest: Open Season]]. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG | police_quest_1_2_3_4 | DRM-free | Configured to run under [[DOSBox]]. Comes bundled with [[Police Quest II: The Vengeance]], [[Police Quest III: The Kindred]], and [[Police Quest: Open Season]]. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 494740 | Steam | Configured to run under [[DOSBox]]. Comes bundled with [[Police Quest II: The Vengeance]], [[Police Quest III: The Kindred]], and [[Police Quest: Open Season]]. | | Windows }}
 }}
-{{ii}} GOG.com initially only had the VGA remake available, but the EGA original was added in later.
 {{ii}} A [http://sarien.net/policequest web browser version] is also available.
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 {{Game data/row|Windows|}}
 {{Game data/row|Mac OS|}}
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
+{{Save game cloud syncing
+|origin                =
+|origin notes          =
+|steam cloud           = false
+|steam cloud notes     =
+|uplay                 =
+|uplay notes           =
+|xbox cloud            =
+|xbox cloud notes      =
 }}

Developers

	Sierra Entertainment
Engines
Original	AGI
VGA Remake	SCI1.1
Release dates
DOS	1987
Mac OS (Classic)	1987
Windows	January 18, 2011^[1]