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Police Quest: Open Season walkthrough

Police Quest 4: Open Season

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Opening scene
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Talk to everyone  at the murder scene. Click  the eye icon on the  
slain police officer's body. In the close-up view, click your notebook  
on the body and the cigarette lying  on the ground.  Exit the close-up  
view of the  body and click your notebook  on the graffiti on  the wall 
of the convenience store. Use your car keys to  unlock your car's trunk. 
Pick  up the homicide kit. Click the eye icon on the body  of Bob 
Hickman. Click the chalk from  the homicide kit on the cigarette and  
the body. Exit  the close-up view.  Open the dumpster  and click your 
notebook onthe body inside. Talk to Nobles about the body.   

In  the close-up  view of  the slain  officer, make  sure you  have 
clicked the notebook and the chalk on the body and the  cigarette. Also 
click the notebook on the graffiti on the wall and the body in the dumpster. 
After you have marked and  notated  everything,  talk  to  Julie  Chester 
until  she photographs and collects all the evidence.            

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Monday
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Parker Center
Talk to Hal Bottoms. Look at your desk. Click the hand icon on the memo 
in your in basket. Open the left-hand drawer and remove the photograph. 
Open the right-hand drawer  and pick up a  3.14 Follow-Up form. In  your 
inventory, click your notebook on the  3.14 Form. Still in the inventory, 
click the eye icon  on the photograph. Remember the password written on the
photograph. Give the 3.14 Form and the crime scene  report to Hal. Click 
the hand icon  on the computer in the back of the  office. The ID number 
is  the same as your badge  number, 612. The password is  GUNNER. Select 
"Gang  Information" and then  "Rude Boys Get  Bail" from the computer  
screen. When you are finished reading  about the gang, click on CANCEL and 
then LOGOUT to exit the computer. Leave the  office and take the elevator 
to the first floor.

Outside of Parker Center
There is  no graceful way out  of this situation. After  you have heard 
enough, click the hand icon on the reporter.

Morgue
Show  Sherry your  badge. Talk  to Russ,  the Coroner's  assistant. Talk 
to Sam Nobles,  the Coroner.  Click your  notebook on  Bob Hickman's  body. 
Before you leave, take  the personal belongings of  Bob Hickman and Bobby  
Washington from the counter in the room where you talked to Russ. Return the 
personal items to the grieving families.

Hickman's House
Knock  on the  door. Talk  to  Valerie.  Inside, give  Katherine Bob  
Hickman's personal belongings. If  you talk  to Katherine  about Bob's  drug 
and alcohol problem, she will become upset. When she leaves the room, talk 
to Valerie again until she  mentions the closet.  Open the closet  door and 
take  the bottle of pills from the denim jacket.

Target Range
Take the buff  colored 13.5.1 form from the counter  at the L.A. Police 
Academy Target Range. Give  the form to Bert. Take the  wallet from inventory 
and click it on Bert.  Pick up the box of ammo that Bert places on  the 
counter. Pick up the head gear. Exit this screen to  the right. In the firing 
range screen, walk forward. Take  the head gear  from inventory and  click it 
on  John Carey. When your gun is set to low ready, wait for a target to 
appear, then quickly aim and fire. When it is time to reload, open your 
inventory and click the ammo on your gun. When you are finished, drop the 
head gear off at the front counter.

South Central L.A.
From the scene of the previous night's  murder, exit the screen to the left. 
Go inside the  store and take an apple from  the counter and  some glue from  
the display rack on the right. Click your wallet on the proprietor to pay. 
Outside, walk 2 screens to  the left. There are two kids standing  in front 
of a burned-out building. Show your badge to the kid  who is standing up. 
Talk to him until he repeats himself. Click the hand icon on the door of the 
burned-out building. Inside, click the hand  icon on the bullet holes in the  
cinder block wall. Use the putty  knife from the  homicide kit to  loosen the 
slugs  in all 16  bullet holes. Click the  plastic bags from the homicide kit  
on each bullet hole. Exit the close-up view  of the wall. Leave this  screen 
by exiting to the  left. You should  now be  back at  the scene  of the  
previous night's  murder. Exit this screen to the right. Show your badge to 
the little girl. Question her. Give her the apple you bought at the 
convenience  store. Leave this screen to the right. Show  Mrs.  Washington  
your badge. Give  her  Bobby's  personal possessions. Question her.

Parker Center
Take the Parker Center ID from inventory and click it on John Carey.

Take the elevator to the basement level by pressing the "B" button. Walk to 
the end of the hall and give Julie Chester the glue from  the Lucky Mart 
store and the pills  from Bob Hickman's closet. Take the  elevator to the  
fourth floor. Walk to the  end of the hall and  talk to Teddy. Give him  
the bullets from the burned-out building.  Tell him they are for "Shelf  
Storage". Take the elevator to the third floor.  Return to your office. When 
the phone  rings, answer it by clicking the  hand icon first  on your desk  
and then on  the phone. Exit  your office and go to the first floor. Save 
your game! 

South Central L.A.
When trouble starts, crouch down beside your car by clicking the walk icon 
next to the rear door. Click the Kevlar vest that Katherine Hickman gave you 
on John Carey. Click the walk  icon near the trunk of the car  twice. Take 
the car keys from inventory and click  them on the trunk. When the trunk  
is open, click the keys on the shotgun. Click the hand icon on the shotgun 
to pick it up. Exit the view of the trunk.   

Once you have  taken the shotgun from the car's  trunk, open your inventory 
and select the shotgun. Click it on  the burned-out building. Now  you can 
aim the shotgun and click  to fire. If you use  all the shells, you have  one 
chance to reload. You can reload by opening your inventory and clicking the 
shells on the shotgun. If you run out of shells, you can still load and use 
your Baretta.

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Tuesday
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Parker Center
After talking to Lieutenant Block, talk to Hal Bottoms. Go to your desk, take 
a 3.14  form  from the  right-hand  drawer  and  click  your  notebook  on it 
in inventory. Take the elevator  to the "B" level and pick up  your gun from 
SIDS. Question Julie Chester.

Yo Money's House
Click your  notebook on the body  outline on the lawn.  Walk towards the 
house. Search the bushes in front of Yo Money's  front door. You will find a 
red shoe. Pick it up. Knock on the front door  and show your badge to the 
bodyguard. Talk to him. Inside, show the shoe to  Yo Money's girlfriend. Talk 
to Yo Money about his enemies.  

Morgue
Talk to Sam Nobles about the body of the slain officer, Rene Garcia. 

Parker Center
Wear your Parker Center ID. Give the completed 3.14 form to Hal. Click the 
hand icon on the computer in the rear of the office. Enter serial number 612 
and the password GUNNER. Select  HATE CRIMES from the main menu.  Type in the 
name that Yo Money mentioned: Walker. Click on CANCEL. Click on LOGOUT.

South Central L.A.
Go to Mrs. Washington's house and question LaSondra about the lady she saw.

Dennis Walker
Knock on  the door and when  Dennis Walker answers, show  him your badge. 
Click the  talk icon  on him.  Inside Dennis  Walker's apartment,  talk to 
him again. Before you touch his radio, be sure to save your game! 

Save your  game. You must  act quickly.  Take  the gun from  your inventory 
and click it  on Dennis Walker's girlfriend.  Select the talk icon  and click 
it on her twice, once  to make her freeze, and  once to drop the weapon.  
Once she is kneeling  with her  hands on  her  head, immediately take  the 
handcuffs  from inventory and click them on her. 

Parker Center
Return to Parker Center. Talk to Mrs. Garcia. Click the hand icon on your 
desk. Take the  memo from your in-box.  Inside your inventory, click  the eye 
icon on the memo to read it. Go to the Hickman's house and talk to Katherine. 
When you leave the Hickman's house you will automatically go to the Short Stop 
bar.


Short Stop Bar
Take some pretzels from the bowl on the table. Talk to Sam and Julie.

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Wednesday
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City Hall
Save your game. Walk to the front. Respond to the questions. When Dennis 
Walker starts to attack you, quickly take the  gun from your inventory and 
click it on him. Click the talk  icon on Dennis Walker first to make  him 
freeze and second to make him drop  his weapon. When Dennis Walker is 
kneeling  with his hands on his head, immediately take the handcuffs  from 
your inventory and click them on him.    

Parker Center
Talk to Hal Bottoms. Take a 3.14 form  from your desk and click the notebook 
on it. Give the 3.14 form to Hal. 

Target Range
Take a green form from the counter at  the target range. Give it to the 
officer who works there. Pick up the box of  ammo and the head gear. Exit the 
screen to the right.  In the firing range screen, walk forward. Take  the 
head gear from inventory and click it  on John Carey. When you are ready  to 
qualify, take the gun from inventory and click it on the  view of the firing 
range.When your gun is set to low  ready, wait for a target to appear. 
Quickly  aim and fire at the targets. When  it's time to reload,  open your 
inventory and  click the ammo on your gun. When you are finished give the 
head gear to Bert on the way out.

Morgue
Visit Sam and question him.

Impound Lot
Show your badge at the window to get  the code for the day. Talk to the 
yardman to give him the code and question him about the patrol car. Click the 
hand icon on the patrol car. Take the newspaper clipping from the car seat. 
Click the eye icon on the newspaper clipping to read it. 

Griffith Park
Give the  dog the pretzels you  picked up at the  Short Stop bar. If  you 
don't have the pretzels, you can go back to the bar and get them by clicking 
the hand icon on  one of the  bowls on the tables. After the  dog leave  
Griffith Park, walk to the tree with the yellow police banner around it. In 
the close-up view, click  the hand  icon on  the disturbed  dirt. Take  the 
plastic  bags from the homicide kit in inventory and click them on the bone 
that is revealed.

Morgue
Question Sam about  the bodies in the car.  Give him the bone you  unearthed 
at Griffith Park.  

Holly and Vine
Question the man in front of Ragin' Records and the Bitty Kitty Club. Enter 
the Bitty  Kitty Club. If the  club is  not  open  yet, you  need to  look at  
the newspaper clipping  from the patrol  car at the  Impound Lot. Inside  the 
Bitty Kitty, show your badge to Electra and question her. Show her the shoe 
you found at Yo  Money's house. Question her  about Barbie. Light her  
cigarette with the lighter that is on the bar. Leave the  Bitty Kitty, and 
pick up the mirror that is laying on the street next to your car. Enter 
Ragin' Records and question the proprietor. Return to  the Bitty Kitty, 
show your badge  to Barbie and question her. Show her the shoe.   

Morgue
Go to the L.A. County Morgue. You should see a news team questioning Sherry 
and the day  will end. If this  doesn't happen, you have  missed something. 
Did you get the newspaper clipping from the patrol car at the Impound Lot? 
Did you look at the clipping in  your inventory? Did you go to the  Bitty 
Kitty and question Electra and  Barbie after showing them  your badge? Did you 
show them both the shoe from Yo  Money's house? Did you question the  
proprietor of Ragin' Records about the patrol car and the abandoned car? Did 
you give the bone from Griffith Park to the coroner?  

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Thursday
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Morgue
Question Sam about the Skeletal Remains and John and Jane Doe. Go to SIDS and 
question Julie Chester. In your office, fill out a 3.14 form and give  it to  
Hal. Click  on the  door  in  the back  of the  office to  talk to Lieutenant 
Block. 

Impound Lot
Click your badge on  the Impound Lot window. Enter the lot  through the gate 
on the right.  Talk to the  yardman to give  him the code  word and then  
again to question him about  the car. Look at the  car license plate and 
write  down the number: E2BSY669. 

Parker Center
Back in your office at Parker Center  log in to the computer. Select DMV. 
Enter the license plate number E2BSY669. Select  CANCEL and then LOGOUT  to  
exit the computer. 

Health Office
Show your badge to Nora. Question her. In Luella Parker's office, click the 
eye icon on  the desk. Pick  up the case  files and the  audio tape. Leave 
Luella's office and  question Nora again. In inventory, click the eye  icon 
on the case files and note the names. 

Holly and Vine
Enter Ragin' Records  and give the audio tape to  the proprietor. Click the 
eye icon on  the counter. Click  the hand icon  on a drumstick.  Take the 
drumstick from the counter.  Leave the record store and  go next door to the  
Bitty Kitty Club. Question Barbie Cann about Luella Parker.  

Third Eye Theater
Click the  hand icon on  the ticket booth.  Show your badge  to the man  in 
the booth. Talk  to him. Click the  hand icon on the  theater doors on the  
left to enter the theater  lobby. Question Mitchell Thurman about  Luella 
Parker. Drink the tea he offers you. Enter the movie theater by clicking the 
hand icon on the doors to the right of the concession stand. After the dream
sequence, leave the theater and go to South Central. 

South Central L.A.
Enter the burned-out building and take the piece of rope from the boxes.

Griffith Park
Click the rope you got from the burned-out building on the dog. 

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End of the game
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Mysterious Place
Click the hand icon  on the homicide kit. Take the pry bar  and click it on 
the double doors to the left. 

Take the flashlight from the homicide kit  and click it on the screen. Move 
the flashlight beam around until you find a wooden door. Moving the 
flashlight beam near the edge  of the screen will allow  you to examine a 
different  wall. Take the putty knife  from the homicide kit and click it on 
the wooden  door. Click the hand icon on the door to open it.    

Click  the  glue  on  the  drumstick.  Click  the  mirror  from your car on 
the drumstick. You now have a makeshift periscope! Click this  device on the 
crack in the door at the top of the  stairs. When you see a "coast is clear" 
message, click the hand icon on the door  to enter the kitchen. Open the 
refrigerator to make a shocking discovery.   

Give the dog the bottle of sedatives you got from Bob Hickman's closet. 

Open the closet. Click  the hand icon on the rug in  the closet. Click the 
hand icon on  the secret trap-door.  At the bottom  of the ladder,  exit 
towards the rear of  the storage room.  Note the woman  in the theater  
seats. Exit to  the theater lobby at the  top of the screen. In the theater 
lobby, there are three soft drink cans on  the display case. Take the one on  
the right. In inventory, click the hand  icon on the can to  reveal a 
skeleton key. Return  to the movie theater and click  the skeleton  key on  
the door  to the  right of  the movie screen. Use the flashlight from the 
homicide kit. 

There is no way to avoid being attacked by the psycho.  

Pick up the ball and throw it out the window. 

Take the can of hair spray from the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. Return 
to the refrigerator and  take the cigarette lighter from  the corpse's mouth. 
Save your game. Before you enter the room at  the end of the hall, click the 
lighter on the hair  spray to make a torch. Enter  the room at the end of  
the hall and click the torch on the murderer.