Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

Sierra On-Line released Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel in the year 1987; it's an old crime and mystery adventure game, part of the Police Quest series. Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is abandonware, runs on DOS and can be played in single player mode. It's available for download.

Rating: 4

(29 votes)

abandonware

Genre:

adventure / graphic, keyboard input

system:

DOS

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keywords:

law enforcement, crime and mystery, urban setting, modern world, Engine: AGI, isometric

Downloads for Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

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Additional info

Facts, trivia and collector's notes are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. These texts use material from this Wikipedia article.

The game is the most realistic of those developed by Sierra by the late eighties (when compared to Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, or Space Quest), and featured many puzzles where proper police procedure is required to succeed.

It is the first game in the Police Quest series and spawned three direct sequels as well as the spin-off series SWAT.

Police Quest I was reported to have been used as a training tool for Police officers.

players: single player

input: keyboard, joystick

distribution: 3,5 floppy disk, 5,25 floppy disk, cd-rom, download

graphics: CGA, EGA, Hercules, MCGA, Tandy, VGA

sound: Adlib, PC speaker, Roland, Tandy, Sound Blaster

Abandonware DOS popularity: low

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