Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
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| Developers | |
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| Sierra On-Line | |
| Engines | |
| Original | AGI |
| VGA Remake | SCI1.1 |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1987 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1987 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | January 18, 2011[1] |
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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[edit]
- A web browser version is also available.
Version differences[edit]
Police Quest Collection[edit]
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[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\PQ1[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PQ1\EGA |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/494740/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\PQ1SG.*** |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\PQ1\PQ1SG.***[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PQ1\EGA\PQSG.* |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/494740/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| 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[edit]
In-game options menu (1992 VGA remake)
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox or ScummVM). | ||
| 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[edit]
| 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 | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | EGA, MCGA, VGA |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM. |
System requirements[edit]
| 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 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/494740/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (494740) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.