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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

DOS versions can be played on ScummVM.^[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Bundled with Police Quest: SWAT 2. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Steam		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/560350/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SWATDATA.00*\
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/560350/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM user manual for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	SVGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0	6.22
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	SVGA
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Windows 3.x
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486DX
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	640x480 resolution, 256 colors
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	640x480 resolution
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7.1	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 601
System memory (RAM)	12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256 colors
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/560350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (560350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Police Quest: SWAT - ScummVM :: Compatibility - 2.1.0 - last accessed on 2019-10-12

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/560350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (560350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Police Quest: SWAT - ScummVM :: Compatibility - 2.1.0 - last accessed on 2019-10-12

[1]

[Note 1]

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-{{Video settings
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 |wsgf link                  =
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-|widescreen resolution      = unknown
+|widescreen resolution      = false
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 |4k ultra hd                = unknown
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+|fov                        = n/a
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 |borderless windowed        = unknown
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+|mouse sensitivity         = false
 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
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+|mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
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+|invert mouse y-axis       = false
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 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = unknown
 |separate volume notes    =
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = n/a
+|subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
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+|closed captions          = false
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Developers

	Yosemite Entertainment
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	SCI2.1
Release dates
DOS	September 30, 1995
Windows 3.x	September 30, 1995
Windows	September 30, 1995
Mac OS (Classic)	December 1995
Windows (DOSBox)	February 10, 2011