The second game released in the Police Quest franchise. It follows the adventures of Sonny Bonds after his recent promotion to the Homicide squad in the fictional town of Lytton, California in 1988.
I am very much interested in remastering the collection series if you are interested in this please reach out to me on here. I grew up on this game
This is my favourite game of all time. I absolutly love it.
Just as fun as I remember. Works perfectly as well.
Nice.
Very dated in some places. Clearly a product made during the war on drugs period from back in the day.
However, this is classic point-n-click adventure at it's finest.
I have great memories of PQ3 and I'm glad to be able to replay it. Pleasantly surprised there was a PQ1 VGA, but then also sad PQ2 VGA was never released.
For a game so old, this is actually still quite playable and not too bad. Even though the UI and gameplay are clunky/dated, the point and click nature of the game makes it age a lot better. There is quite a bit to explore as well, with the game bundling the first 4 games together.
If you are interested in this classic, give it a shot especially when it is on sale.
Good
These games are very difficult to play on modern machines and with a modern approach to gaming, but they are actually really awesome. A lot of cool details, including some police "culture" that has survived all the way into modern policing, is very present in these games.
Timeless point and click classic. Was part of my childhood that also helped pave the way for future gaming and story telling. More than just a series of games. A sentimental throwback to a simpler time. Give it a shot and take a step back into PC gaming history.
Get ScummVm and import these games into there.
Also, these are games I recommend you use a guide for. Really hard if you don't. They're good, but this adaptation isn't.
Fair warning, Open Season is disturbing, as you examine a few dead bodies, [spoiler]a child's.[/spoiler]
This collection is complete trash. Every game crashes constantly and I've spent all my playtime in these Sierra Classic collections just trying to get them running. I purchased the Police Quest Collection, The Space Quest Collection, and Leisure Suit Larry 1,2,3, and 5 in a sale and didn't get around to trying them for around 2 months. They all have the same issues and are unplayable. STEAM has denied my refund request because I purchased them too long ago... 8 min play time, denied, 20 minutes playtime, denied, 0.1 hours on record... denied.
This is terrible customer service and makes me extremely unlikely to EVER purchase any classic game collections on STEAM again. I have much better and easier options for playing every game in them. Don't waste your time and money on any of the classic Sierra games here on STEAM.
Not even worth the SALE prices.
The first three games are pretty good but also kinda complicated at some points but the fourth game on the other hand is just... bad.
ce jeu et trés bien 4 incroyable aventure mais avec un réallisime et une difficulter qui déffie toute logique comme space quest (c'est un ami qui m'a donné le jeu) il faut aimer les jeux retro pc des année 80 les jeux sierra les point n click et le clavier et en qwerty
Thought it would be nostalgic. Nope, it was just frustrating.
Отличные квесты.
My personal favorite early PC adventure games. Police Quest 4: Open Season (PQ4) is the true masterpiece here. Those were the days when CD-ROMs were all the rage in the gaming world. Consoles had the hardware consistency and shelf-life advantage over an average desktop long before the touch-screen-phone took over my world. Before those abominations, the avant-garde video game world consisted of brave, bored, spoiled, or insane programmers and we the gamers who could get ahold of a good PC-CD-ROM system back in the 90s....
The "Space Quest" and "King's Quest" series that acted as a Sierra counterpart to the "Police Quest" series also deserves mention here. Hell! Even Tom Hanks and the movie "Big" can be referenced here as far as the type-in interface games from the 80s go...Teaching kids to type and/or write through fantasy adventures was born in my era of childhood.
The "Quest for Glory" games are also an honorable mention here.
Lee, the older brother of my buddy Ray (the WASP) introduced me to adventure gaming on the PC with a guided walk-through of "Space Quest 2: Vohauls' Revenge" for his brother and me WAY BACK in the day. He would later introduce me to the idea of a "save game" with "Space Quest 3." There wasn't a mouse back then, just a joystick and a keyboard. Lee would type in commands to the computer and narrate the action.
Sometime later my buddy Steve's mom would buy Steve Police Quest 3: The kindred (PQ3) for his birthday circa 1992-1993 and accelerate the imagination and reasoning of all of us in his group! I can still remember looking at and being interested in the box that "Police Quest 3: The Kindred" came in. It was bigger than the ol' Nintendo Gamepak. Oooohh! A police computer game, wow! Does it talk?
I was already a fan of detective stories since my father took me to see "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" in the movie theaters back in 1989. Years later the Police Quest games gave me a realistic simulation of reality that did it's best to please/entertain/educate with the technology at the time. PQ4 will always be my fav for the story and the audio! We kids were mesmerized by a game that could talk!
Daryl F. Gates and the Los Angeles Police Department were the adventure game champs before Tex Murphy arrived in my life, not to mention my beloved Elder Scrolls! This collection also has the Jim Walls adventures, which are great if one is able to read, think, and use an 80s imagination. All the games in this collection are worthy in my eyes. To be honest I can only claim to have completed all of these games except for the original Police Quest (not the VGA re-make). I also confess that I had to use hint manuals and guides.
Many years ago I found an old "Police Quest 2: The Vengeance (PQ2)" copy for sale on the ol' 3 1/2 inch floppy disks somewhere in the discount rack at some department store (possibly Target circa 1993-1994). It was sometime after I'd played PQ3, and PQ4 was brand new. I didn't have the money on hand and would have had to trade some chores, babysitting time, or some other spiritual currency compatible with my Catholic upbringing at the time to afford PQ2, so I had to pass. It was some years later that I realized the chance I missed at capturing that rare fish of an ol' PC game, I wish I had a DeLorean time machine to help me to correct that mistake. On the contrary, I did succeed in purchasing and preserving my beloved "Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest Collection: The Four Most Wanted," even if I didn't have a copy of the original releases of PQ3 and PQ4 like Steve. I have so many beloved memories attached to this collection. There was even a time when my friends and I would take turns acting out our own versions of Police Quest....complete with our own memos and angry citizens. Wolfenstein and Doom where all about shooting King' Quest and Quest for Glory were fantasy, but Police Quest was a realistic and gritty game about thinking and being a strong but tolerant and intelligent warrior who could take insults, collect evidence, and find the bad guys.
Years after I aquired the ol Daryl F. Gates Police Quest Collection (the 4 most wanted here on Steam) I would spend a rare 50$ Best Buy gift certificate on Police Quest:SWAT and become an angry, disappointed 15 year old....What a disappointment! That mistake is absent here. Nothin' here but gaming history in my happy PC adventure gaming world. Contemporary gamers and historians will note the use of reasoning and adventure, in the American Edgar Allen Poe style, with a touch of Sherlock Holmes and modern realism.
Police Quest is here to stay!
The first type-in interface adventure game I ever played was "Hugo's House of Horrors" which was a goofy often frustrating haunted house game that my friends and I spent hours taking turns to try and solve! The only type-in interface game I solved was PQ2 when I aquired the ol' "Daryl F. Gates: The 4 Most Wanted" back in the day. So glad to see this collection on Steam!
PQ3 deserves credit as an early point and click adventure game success as well as my introduction to the series, but PQ4 had the CD-ROM sound FX and Map-activated dialogue.
The driving simulation in the early police quest games was rather bothersome. Talk about dated! I once loved and still adore the "Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of Death Angel remake (PQ1RM)" and actually prefer the driving engine on that game to the ol' PQ3 driving simulator. PQ4 has no driving simulation, which is nice. What helped me get passed the dated type-interface of PQ2 is the lack of having to spend time just learning how to drive and not getting into a wreck. PQ1RM at least gives you a map with a GPS, while PQ3 gives you a manual with a map and a perp tracking map with a GPS, but you still don't know the city (Lyton, California) that you're supposed to be patrolling! The visuals are quite limited behind the wheel in PQ3. There's just no fancy overhead view to be able to determine visually the direction you're driving in!
PQ3 is very distinguished in my warped brain for not only perfecting the point and click adventure game interface, but also accelerated my obsession and respect for a good murder mystery story! Sometime later during the DOOM years PQ4 arrives and brings CD-ROM FX and Graphics to a point and click interface...and the rest is history. PQ4 has everything! Racial tensions, innocent victims, deranged maniacs, damaged loners, strip clubs, judicial red-tape, and aggressive reporters!
For years I found myself sneaking and spending hours on my parents' desktop playing the "Police Quest" games and "Betrayal at Krondor" until the sun came up!
If there was one game that deserved any kind of educational value it would be an old school style police quest game. In this collection is a stylish historical trip. There's dialogue, environment, characters, controversy narrative, and a side of civic value to be learned. A true titan in any decent history of gaming!
Very Cool Text Adventure
Cleaning up the streets of Lytton, California one day at a time, this classic Sierra point and click adventure is a Time Machine right into my childhood. You can go pure classic 80’s with EGA or high color 90’s with VGA. Like all Sierra games, it stands the test of time. Such an incredible series. Highly recommend for anyone!
A great Sierra classic! Follow Sonny Bonds on his next adventure!
a great game
Activision® Collection paketiyle satın aldım.
Bu Oyun 4 eski police quest oyununu içeriyor. Normalde dönemine göre klasikleşmiş bir oyun olmasından dolayı bu tarz oyunların oynanamayacak düzeyde olsa da olumlu oy veririm.
Ancak fiyatını görünce hiçbir şekilde olumlu yorum atamazdım. Bu fiyata almanıza gerek yok.
It's painfully slow moving around,the animation is very slow, so just moving between rooms at the police station feels like an eternity
Buy it on GOG, not Steam! As it stands, the Steam version is a lazy, dated & abandoned DosBox port. The GOG versions running on ScummVM are much improved. However if you must get them on Steam, do yourself a favor and replace DosBox with the latest version of ScummVM and run them on OpenGL with better scaling, the option to use better audio such and Tandy/PCJr for the first game and Adlib & Roland MT-32 for the sequels, are a must-have.
Fortunately they were nice enough to use the original game files, free of modern DRM so you can DIY a better version with the Steam release, as it seems the publisher never will.
Police Quest 1 has a copy protection but doesn't give you a PDF with the code
Old school classic right here. If you know, you know.
Old school classics. Sierra at it's best.
This game is a great throw back to the 1990's.
[h1]Only for early 90s adventure connoisseurs.[/h1]
After trying to satisfy my recent urge for retro-games with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, which failed miserably because I obviously suck at arcade fighting games, I went for a much more laid back and chill experience with the classic Police Quest Collection and much to my surprise those games did not age as poorly as other classic adventures I've played from the early 90s.
The Collection contains the original versions of the first four Police Quest games plus the VGA remake of the first game. Gameplaywise they are pretty much everything that comes to mind when you think of "classic late 80s / early 90s point-and-click adventure". What sets them apart from their mostly wacky and more comiclike contemporaries (like Maniac Mansion, Leisure Suit Larry, Monkey Island or Sam & Max to name a few) is their much more realistic premise with an extremely over-particular focus on correct policework procedures. And just to mention it right at the start: All games run perfectly fine on modern systems without any patching or fixing required at all.
I didn't play the original first Police Quest and instead went straight to the VGA remake with it's charming colorful pixel grafics. The story and writing is exactly as you would expect it to be: It strongly resembles the kind of banter that you'd see in early 90s trash TV and cheap C-movies, but at least it's kind of entertaining and might make you chuckle now and then.
To solve the game you actually need information printed in the manual, which is only partially included as PDF, so it's absolutely obligatory to use a walkthrough. But apart from that, it aged a lot better, than the first Police Quest SWAT game for example. It's a quite short game, too, so if you have an afternoon to spare, there are much worse games to waste it on.
Police Quest 2 on the other hand didn't get the fancy VGA treatment, which makes it a borderline unplayable game in every aspect, wether it'd be in terms of grafics, sound, controls or the gameplay itself. It's the very definition of late 80s snail-paced, super-cryptic, hyper-contrived adventure gameplay: Again, you basically need a walkthrough from second one, otherwise good luck in figuring out what the game wants you to do and then typing in the proper commands for that (yes, you actually have to type in all the stuff you want to do and hope that the game understands it because there are no mouse controls). I'm unable to understand how all those adventures became so successful in the late 80s and early 90s with gameplay like that. Due to the cryptic gameplay plus the antedeluvian presentation and controls this was the Police Quest game I enjoyed the least, but you have to give it that, the 8-bit chiptune music is just banger after banger.
Police Quest 3 was the first game in the series with VGA grafics, mouse controls and a new user interface, so it pretty much plays exactly like the VGA remake of the first game, but once again, maybe even more so than in PQ 1 and 2, you absolutely need a walkthrough for all the cryptic and contrived BS.
The last game in the Collection, which is called Police Quest Open Season, is no continuation of the Police Quest 1-3 story, but more of a spin-off or reboot. It starts a lot f*ckin darker and grittier than the previous PQ games with the discovery of the bullethole-riddled body of a 6-years-old boy in a dumpster in the ghettos of L.A., but it quickly falls back into the almost soap-opera-like cheesy writing of its predecessors, even accompanied by bad voice-acting this time. They went for slighty more realistic visuals, too, but they aged considerably worse than the charming VGA grafics of PQ3 and the PQ1 remake and in combination with the poor sound (the music is actually more annoying than oldschool-amazing here), the presentation of Open Season is the second-worst of the whole collection after PQ2, despite it being the latest game of them all. On the other hand it has some much needed quality-of-life improvements, for example it got rid of the absolutely dreadful, frustrating driving sections of PQ1 and PQ3, which gives the game a much better flow. Nevertheless, PQ OS requires a walkthrough, too, unless you have A LOT of spare time and simply NOTHING better to do with it. In the end, of all the Police Quest games (SWAT 1 included) only the very first game seems somewhat solveable without a guide to me.
Finally be aware that the Police Quest games portray a rather conservative and dated view on american policework, gender roles, ethnic groups and society as a whole. In other words: Many aspects of those games are pretty much politically incorrect in 2024 and if you are sensitive or easily triggered regarding the topics mentioned above, you might get offended here.
Since the Police Quest games are only about a handful of hours long on average, I have to admit that I did somewhat enjoy breezing through them with a walkthrough, more so than I did most other early 90s adventures I played so far. But then again, I grew up loving videogames ever since I saw the Super Mario Bros. demo running on the NES display at our local toy stores back in 1991 when I was 5 years old. I'm perfectly aware that my (limited) enjoyment of Police Quest stems from pure nostalgia simply evoked by the (mostly) charming VGA grafics and (mostly) awesome chiptune music (basically any game from the late 80s and early 90s makes me smile because of those), and not because the Police Quest games would be timeless adventure masterpieces that were ahead of their time and aged like fine wine. Quite the opposite. Police Quest can be fun for people grown up in the 80s and 90s who just want to get a break from all of today's foto-realistic grafics and take a bath in glorious nostalgia, but it would basically be a crime to recommend this Collection to anybody younger than 35. If you are a hardcore fan of mega-cryptic classic adventures and/or just trying to flee from the daily responsibilities of a family father approaching his forties by desperately clinging to the careless memories of your own unworried childhood (just like me XD), it might be okay to invest 5 bucks for Police Quest Collection on the next sale. But then again, maybe just save those 5 bucks instead and buy your kids some ice cream on the next family trip, eh?
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POLICE QUEST COLLECTION
Genre: Adventure
Release: Q4 1987 - Q4 1993
( ) 0/8 Simply one of the worst games ever made. Don't waste any money on this.
( ) 1/8 Bad. Seriously flawed with barely any redeeming qualities. Worth a couple of Cents at best, if at all.
(X) 2/8 Sub-par. Only for hardcore-fans of respective genre / series. Don't pay more than 5 bucks.
( ) 3/8 Meh-diocre. It‘s okay. Don't pay more than 10 bucks.
( ) 4/8 Decent, but not for everybody. Don't pay more than 15 bucks.
( ) 5/8 Good game, Must-play for genre- / series-fans. Worth 20 to 25 bucks max, if you are not a fan.
( ) 6/8 Great game, universal recommendation. 30 bucks would be a steal for this.
( ) 7/8 Outstanding game, a milestone of it‘s respective genre. Definitely worth its full prize.
( ) 8/8 Simply one of the best games ever made. Get this, the prize doesn't matter.
I played the first Police Quest on Steam Deck and there seems to be some slowdowns from time to time. But yeah, it is definitely playable. I can't say anything about the other games yet, I guess the experience should be the same.
Anyway, a must have for anyone who loves classic point & click games. These are still fun to play after so many years, but be prepared that Activision won't give us a solid discount on this collection, most likely ever. If you don't mind spending $6-10, go for it.
Old school gaming a bit of nostalgic game for me one of the 1 st games I ever played but still fun and entertaining
Coming from King's Quest and Space Quest, Police Quest is an extremely disappointing series that is probably better left unexplored by most people outside of the most hardcore point and click adventure game fans. What's worse is that I personally think it peaks with the very first game, In Pursuit of the Death Angel. This series has a lot of the baggage of most Sierra games like ridiculous logic jumps and ease of being trapped in unwinnable states, but it lacks the charm of the better franchises they put out. It doesn't help that the fourth game is designed by Daryl Gates and gets extra edgy. Open Season almost feels like it's from a different series entirely with its tonal whiplash after the original trilogy.
Honestly, just skip this one and play the good King's Quest and Space Quest games instead.
old school sierra vibes are always a good thing first pc gaming i really got into watching my dad play them
Police Quest 2 is the only decent game in this collection despite being the oldest. It has logical gameplay with no leaps of logic required.
Police Quest 4 is abysmal. Full of bugs, dead ends and some of the worst graphics I have ever seen. The graphics are so bad you will struggle to find key items. Police Quest 2 with it's EGA graphics is superior in every way.
Police 1 and 3 are average games. Without the tedious driving mini-games they would be better games but you just spend far too much time doing it.
one of my favourite games as a kid, in fact all the sierra games were my faves. i wish it was available on my macbook, i bought it when i had windows but now im on a mac and cant play anymore :(
This is the first game series I ever played. This game is Awesome.
Arr yes the days when Sierra was the king.
I got this game for nostalgic purposes, use to play it with mi padre, so its cool to play again
Absolute classic DOS game!
I don't know why I keep trying these DOS games but I had to with this one as I LOVED it growing up. But it seems like none of these DOS games ever work right on new PC's. The first game doesn't even launch. The 4th game has no sound. Don't think I'll try another DOS game which sucks because it was half the reason I invested in a nice PC was to play these old games again.
God awful series
wdym i cant just shoot people?! Im a cop!
It doesn't get much better after the Sierra blast, but it's neat to see these old, old games on Steam.
Just don't really want to play them lol.
These classic games are best left in the rosy tinted, fuzzy clouded, blissfully pleasant, historical minds eye.
Perhaps I just got lazy, I remember these extremely fondly, after all. However I found them unplayable.
The first game I'm just over having to type in commands. I didn't mind as a youngling, before we were introduced to easy clicking, but as a crotchety old man used to modern QoL it drives me mental.
The second and third games have copy right protections you don't have easy access to the info for (I mean, unless you want to keep a google search nearby, but again, QoL!)
The fourth game has this incessant buzzing in the background that will send you into a murderous rage within minutes.
And all the games suffer very heavily from 'what the hell am I meant to be doing?!' It's a shame. they just aren't for me any more.
I do actually recommend these if you love adventure games, as I said, I remember them fondly, but you need to go in to them understanding that they are painful to handle, when you're old, and soft, and used to modern games.
I'd [i]really[/i] like to see some cleaned up, rebuilt, and remastered versions, however, as these truly do deserve more love than I'm giving them here.
Impossibly difficult and Islamophobic, too.
10/10 ...nothing more to say :D
I love this old school game. I used to play this for hours as a kid.
Classic Sierra, love the series.
it's alright but space quest is better
Frustrating and broken game, can't even get through the first instalment because it claims I have a criminal in the back of my car (I do not) and will let me neither remove this supposed criminal nor continue the game until they are removed.
Thee game breaking bugs were prevelant in the first 4 hours but this is the only one I can't get around. Incredibly frustrating, don't bother buying.
Classic 8 bit glory! Pure Sierra classics! 4 installations of the classic Gates' series. Highly recommend to gamers that like linear quest type games.
i have loved this game since the original release. Especially Darryl Gates police quest 4 and SWAT. Very realistic and although slow moving (or so it may seem), be prepared at any time for surprises. Every move you make affects the outcome of the story.
Don't play this game
Die Police-Quest-Reihe hat wirklich Spaß gemacht. Für Teil 3 und 4 gibt es einen deutschen Sprach-Patch für die Steam-Version (!) im Netz (nur Text, nicht Sprache, also OmU).
Der remasterte erste Teil ist super spielbar (mit Point-and-Click-Steuerung).
Teil 2 ist von der Steuerung sehr hakelig und hat keinen Spaß gemacht. Zudem sind Parser-Eingaben notwendig (kein Point-and-Click), was mir auf Englisch zusätzlich nur begrenzt Spaß gemacht hat.
Teil 3 ist ähnlich dem ersten Teil, und ebenfalls gut spielbar. Schade, dass man noch immer nervig mit dem Auto zu den Tatorten fahren muss.
Teil 4 ist letztlich das Sahnehäubchen der Reihe.
I highly recommend the Police Quest Collection Series because it's all about being a police officer and you follow rules and policies or you will be kick off the force or die. I had the original Police Quest Series on PC and on Amiga 1000. With years of playing this game I don't miss playing it. I highly recommend it.
Nostalgia
Great game, i remember playing 1, 3 and 4 back in the day ! Game still retains its charm. 4th game is the best imo. If you want a taste of what point and click games were like back in the day, then get this, this is a fine example of top tier pc gaming from way back when!
Plays great on the steam deck!!
Hard to figure out the car controls or what the hell to do
Nice game, missing the manuals to the game, the game asks about some stuff that is in the manuals, otherwise it an old an fun game. RETRO
PREMESSA :
il voto positivo viene attribuito per una pletora di fattori personali che poco hanno a che vedere con la qualità oggettiva del titolo !
SPIEGONE :
avendo oramai superato i 40 anni (in effetti sono più verso i 50) posso dire di essere cresciuto in mezzo alle avventure Sierra che, fra la fine degli anni '80 e l'inizio dei '90, mi avevano letteralmente rubato il cuore..
Alcune delle memorie più "tenere" del mio passato avevano sullo sfondo un'avventura Sierra.
Ho deciso di comprare questa collection, e ho intenzione di comprare tutte le altre, sia per giocare titoli che non giocai alla loro epoca, sia perché tutte le avventure che mi trovai a maneggiare erano rigorosamente piratate (lo devo ammettere). Comprare queste collection mi permette di pulirmi, almeno un po', la coscienza.
Per tutti questi motivi : voto positivo !
Parlando in modo più pratico posso dire che PQ ha sempre avuto un grosso difetto e risiede nella volontà di "simulare" la vita di un poliziotto, per cui il gioco ci costringe ad azioni, spesso ripetitive, che non hanno nessuna utilità ai fini della trama vera e propria.
Esempio : in tutti i giochi (oddio forse non nel primo, non ricordo) è presente una valigetta che è il kit per raccogliere le prove come fluidi, vernici, impronte ecc, e questa valigetta DEVE essere posizionata nel bagagliaio della macchina per poterla guidare : azione inutile, ripetitiva e pallosa !
(a proposito se non lo sapete il bagagliaio in inglese si dice Trunk e quindi ripetete con me : open trunk (invio), take kit(invio), open kit(invio) e quando avete finito : close kit(invio), put kit(invio), close trunk(invio)..
Ah colgo l'occasione per precisare che PQ2 è l'unico dei 4 giochi presenti nella collection che esiste solo nella versione EGA e quindi grafica a 16 colori e Parser testuale : queste avventure sono le dirette discendenti delle avventure testuali , alla Zork tanto per capirsi, e quindi a parte il movimento del personaggio , bisogna scrivere quello che gli si vuol far fare.
PQ3 e PQ4 sono nativi in VGA e utilizzano un sistema a icone , molto più immediato ed elementare
PQ1 ha tutte le due versione : EGA e parser oppure VGA e icone.
Tornando alle azioni tediose e inutili : in tutti i giochi ci viene chiesto di raccogliere prove , ma queste prove sono solo un elemento "laterale" in quanto non serviranno a trovare il colpevole, assolutamente no.
PQ4 che è il peggiore a mio giudizo ha il concetto del "taccuino" : noi possiamo ordinare a John , il protagonista, di prendere appunti; utilità ? NESSUNA ! Non si potranno consultare , ma serviranno solo perché dovranno essere dati al nostro collega che si occupa di riempire le scartoffie
La cosa peggiore dei Police Quest, che si sente in modo molto pesante negli ultimi 2 titoli è la totale sovversione di quello che dovrebbe essere un buon gioco di avventura e cioè seguire questo semplice schema : prima trovo un problema, poi ragiono sulla soluzione.
Una porta chiusa ? Un mostro che ci blocca la strada ? Un nemico imbattibile ? Ok, fammici ragionare e al massimo vado a tentativi...
Invece PQ ti chiede di fare "robe" SENZA SAPERE il perché ! Capiterà di frequente di girare e girare come degli str*nzi nel water, senza avere idea di cosa dover fare e perché... ahhh adesso è comparso un oggetto in quel vicolo dove sono stato già altre 753 volte ! Come ho fatto a non pensarci ! Ora invece dovevo andare all'obitorio, senza motivo, solo perché era richiesto per far andare avanti la trama.
Insomma , non me la sento di consigliare ad un pubblico più giovane e quindi più esigente e più impaziente giochi che per molti versi sono invecchiati malissimo.
Chiudo con una piccola realizzazione umana : quanto è bella la nostra fantasia ! Police Quest 2 è un gioco tremendamente silenzioso con pochissimi effetti sonori e poca musica ( se cercate dei long-play su youtube capirete), ma quando lo stavo giocando insieme a mio fratello a inizio anni '90 non me n'ero mai accorto , anzi mi sembrava pieno di suoni..
old skool blijft cool
It's a Police Quest collection. It's like Space Quest or King's Quest, except you're a cop.
Just one of my favourite game series of all time!
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Interesting characters and music, but the clunkiness of the controls and gameplay is too aggravating. At the start you are given a choice between an antiquated text interface and traditional point-and-click games. The latter has annoying driving. It's nice going through actual police procedures, but it seems the player character just likes acting stupidly just so there's another way to die. Do the pixel hunts and trial-and-error gameplay right, or you'll die stupidly since your experienced lawman character thinks it's a great idea to turn your back to an openly-hostile suspect. I'll go through these games once, and I highly doubt I'll play them a second time.
It was 1987 and this was my first PC game! This game taught me how to speech touch type. "Get Gun" "Take Shower" "Open Door" You die, you start all over and become faster at typing.
[h1]Police Quest is in the same game series as SWAT4.
The collection contains the very first, original four games that run on DOSBOX:
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
Police Quest II: The Vengeance
Police Quest III: The Kindred
Police Quest (IV): Open Season
They're classic point and click adventure games and the prequels to Police Quest - SWAT.
6/10[/h1]
I had this game on a Pal Laser 286 with the big instruction manual and the map and all the clues and hints you need to help you along the way. Lots of good memories. The nostalgia alone is worth the price.
Some of the best police games made, don't let the graphics fool you this is still very good.
Necesitaré un tiempo sin jugar point and click después de esto...
if you love sierra games and you always wanted to be a police officer, this is the game for you. Its a good point and click adventure game too!
The Police Quest games are a little something familiar to 1980s-90s Sierra adventure game fans, and a little something different. While most of the actions and even parts of the plot structures of these games are the familiar part, Police Quest is a bit more immersive for its out-of-game content in parts - like looking up ticket codes, for example. While the setting is entirely unique (and not really my favorite), the writing (and humor) remains on point, and they're overall wonderful adventure games from days of yore.
It is great to play the old point and click adventures on modern computers, and this version runs well. You also get EGA & VGA versions to play.
Great if you enjoy showering. 🚿
Just look at this "pixel art" and compare it to today's retro imposters.
get these classics through other means. broken DRM makes these games hard to play on a modern system.
Er... Nope. This is a collection of 4 very old games with mechanics that predate the P&C games we know nowadays. Each one has a story connected in some ways to the next one except for the last one, which is independent of the others. The music is something that comes and goes randomly.
Bugs... yeah, and glitches and more. Runs fine on win 7.
Overall, it's plainly bad. It's extremely dated, it still uses text commands. It's hard to control. The mechanics are primitive and really annoying. The storytelling is terrible and boring. The direction is embarrassing. Ex-cops were involved in making these games and had no idea what fun is, but they had a very clear intention to let you feel the tediousness of the police bureaucracy and tell their fairy tales about the charm and heroics of the trade. The graphics are old-school good and that's it. If you're not among those that had a blast with these games in the '80s and cherish those memories, let them rest in peace covered by pixel dust. Some things should not be unearthed and disturbed... ever.
[i]Note: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2494144855]This guide[/url] explains how to quickly/easily edit each game's conf file to correct the aspect ratio so it isn't stretched. This will also allow for use of the Steam Overlay and the taking of screenshots.[/i]
While not without some merit at times, the Police Quest series is something of an insanely bizarre historical anomaly of, at best, mixed quality and overall atrocious writing. The stories are either outright weak or start strong then completely fall apart, the adventure gameplay is mostly terrible, the direction is insane, the flow is wildly inconsistent and just wrong, the pacing is sadistic, the presentation quality varies wildly, and the whole series feels like the masturbatory fever dream power fantasy of a former police officer (which each and every game here pretty much [i]is[/i]).
Jim walls, the former highway patrolman responsible for the first three games in the series, had a falling out with Sierra and went on to create Blue Force, one of the worst games ever made. Darryl Gates, the disgraced former Chief of LAPD forced out after the Rodney King Riots and co-founder of the failed D.A.R.E program, took over for the fourth game in the series... That all ought to give you a good idea of the kind of fustercluck you're getting into with these games. They are generally a mess of cliches, stereotypes, and derivative tropes. Most of the series is mired by a lack of quality control. Most of the games have some potential in them but they're ultimately brought down by a swarm of issues and godawful writing. That they provide a uniquely disturbing window into how the writer's view their profession and what they think is cool/fun is arguably the only true redeeming quality of the collection at large.
[b]Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (EGA/VGA)[/b]
A pedantic emphasis on nitty-gritty police procedure gives this all the tedium, some of the realism, and barely any of the fun one would expect from playing a cop. It is proof that more realism does not make a better game but it's been horrifyingly and unironically used to train some actual, real life USA police officers... so, hey... at least there's that @_@
This game is pretty on-the-rails and where it isn't, the "puzzle" is in regards to following by-the-book police procedure. It plays like a stiff training simulation that put in some extra effort to try to be a little entertaining... while never failing to emphasize procedure over story. It's kinda like if Brooklyn 99 forced you to sit there and watch the characters do all their paperwork. This is also arguably the best, or at least the most consistent, game in the collection.
[b]Police Quest II: The Vengeance[/b]
This improves upon the original in a number of ways and 3/4 of it is objectively pretty solid... but it completely falls off the rails in the last acts with truly "what the ACTUAL ♥♥♥♥" non-sensical design choices and the most coke-fueled fever dream cop power fantasy tripe you could ever imagine. For a series trying to be "realistic," it sure doubles down on completely unbelievable writing. It's especially infuriating because the game kicks off with better presentation, direction, writing, character development, flow, storytelling, all the vibes of a classic 80s/90s cop flick, and a more enjoyable/engaging approach to procedure then it just up and ♥♥♥♥♥ its pants to death out of nowhere.
An especially negative aspect of the gameplay is that it has [i]extreme[/i] dead-man-walking syndrome in that [spoiler]if you don't re-sight your sidearm twice in a ridiculously short period early on, you will be unable to survive at the end with zero indication whatsoever that you need to do this.[/spoiler]
[b]Police Quest III: The Kindred[/b]
An adventure game so bad it tempts me to [i]commit[/i] crime. This is where Jim Walls had a falling out with Sierra and it shows. The game feels like a buggy, unfinished mess in every regard and it is a significant downgrade from its predecessor despite its enhanced graphics and engine. The driving system is unforgivably horrible and overused to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ [i]death[/i], eg. in an apparent attempt to demonstrate what 1st degree murder looks like, the devs bludgeon the very concept of "pacing" to a fine paste by forcing us to drive across town SEVEN ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TIMES before the climax to get/upgrade warrants and the game is so messed that if you do something as innocuous as speak to the judge first, it bugs out later and prevents you from progressing entirely. Graphics sometimes just glitch out and partially disappear. The world is empty and lifeless. Part of the plot requires to creep on your partner (and except for that, the game reverts to the most pedantic procedure enforcement of the series). The bugs create dead man walking situations (eg. if you submit some evidence properly and don't have it in your inventory to physically show the judge, the game bugs out). There is a "♥♥♥♥ around and do literally nothing for ~15min real time" section near the start. The hallways have weird, arbitrary auto-pathing. The visuals, despite being clean, are of mostly bland, milquetoast settings. The writing is utterly atrocious (eg. [spoiler]your wife wakes up from a coma and you don't exchange a word and just leave[/spoiler]) the entire time.
I could go on. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ [i]hate[/i] this game. This may even be a contender for my all-time most hated game. It was so bad that these are some of the notes I took for review while playing it:
- "Oh my god... oh my god... this is so bad... this is so so bad."
- "The cop who wrote this crap must have lost an arm jerking himself off."
- "This is so stupid... kill me... please make it stop."
- "Just depressingly awful."
- "This is a barely-polished turd."
[b]Police Quest IV: Open Season[/b]
This has a phenomenal opening sequence then it steadily falls off the rails, ultimately becoming a game with a few good moments strung together by arbitrary tedium, length-padding, and horrible writing. It ends with the similar coke-fueled WTF-ery as PQ2 does. The dialog is generally pretty good but the voice acting & execution is inconsistent and there is still some [i]very[/i] stupid and unnecessary dialog at times. The branching dialog sections are the best part of the game and make you feel like an actual detective... unfortunately it's not enough to pick up the slack. The visuals, all digitized, range from pretty good at times to being so ugly you sometimes won't be able to tell what's what on the screen even if you have a walkthrough.
You're likely only going to get any enjoyment from these games if you have a hard-on for doing police paperwork on par with that of Amy Santiago or you're subjecting yourself to them to experience a bonkers piece of gaming history. If you do intend to buy them, I would strongly advise against doing so at anything less than 90% off. They do not hold a candle to Sierra's classics in the slightest and the series completely changed direction after these for good reason.
If your OLD and remember the originals like me this is a must have but can not recommend beyond that, the games are so dated its like playing a real bad mobile game with glitches galore. If you into Computer game history, go for it.
brought out best memories which i played after my dad showed me how. I played years ago but i play again. Really did enjoyed it.
[h1] It's a Love - Hate thing [/h1]
If you never played around with Police Quest back in the day, it won't have the same charm from days of yore.
(and it's the charm that's really the backbone of this collection in 2021)
Whilst the original Police Quest was given a wonderful VGA makeover in 1992 which updated the graphics and sound dramatically (and also introduced the familiar point and click interface)
Police Quest 2 was never given this treatment. I'm afraid EGA graphics with Sierra's Interpreter parser engine is just far too dated to be enjoyable in the modern world, which is a real shame because jumping from PQ1 to PQ3 means you miss out on a chapter of Sonny Bonds life.
Whilst PQ is an enjoyable game and a very realistic take on Police Procedures - it's very unforgiving. Something we very rarely see in PnC's is dead ends or death. Police Quest has this in abundance.
Forgot to search a suspect after handcuffing them? ... .you best hope your last save wasn't too far back
Not got your gun holstered at the correct time? ....queue the death cutscene
Missed something from the Previous day? - The game will continue which seems like you're doing fine, but you will hit a dead end (sometimes takes a while to even realise this)
This can be very frustrating but also goes back to the 'charm' element of these games. You're happy to forgive these shortcomings as you want to follow the story of Sonny Bonds life on the beat.
and then along comes Police Quest 4 . .. . . . . in an age where digitised graphics were the style of the moment (Mortal Kombat - Pitfighter etc) PQ4 jumped on the wagon and whilst at first sight, it looks great. It's really a step backwards in the series.
No Longer are we following the life of Sonny Bonds in fictional Lytton County. We take control of John Carey in a real life L.A
what?! . . .how could they!
The digitised graphics make this game very poor. Objects don't stand out on the digital photographed backgrounds, so you find yourself mindlessly clicking the look button on every square inch of the screen so as to be sure you haven't missed anything.
PQ4 introduced speech to the series for the first time.......awful - straight back to text option.....
To summarise - PQ is a great series which is well worth playing through if you had any experience with it back in the day. it really does follow Police Procedures very well and seeing Sonny go from Traffic Cop to Sergeant warms the heart. If only PQ2 was given that magic VGA makeover ......it would fill a disappointing void in the series
(one word of advice - Print the grid map for PQ3 - it makes a fairly frustrating driving engine a whole lot better)
Just like the old game, works great.
This game is a classic. Even frustrating at times, it kept me on my toes and was calm yet suspenseful the whole way through.
fun and challenging
Brings back tons of memories. Very fun 90s police procedure game.
The Good:
+ all the classics, with manuals
+ minecraft graphics
+ great soundtrack
+ unbelievable plot twists
The Bad:
- I still remember all the plot twists from my childhood (i.e. flooding the toilet)
The Ugly:
* still a bit too scary for my son.
* might inspire someone to become a police officer.
mixed feelings
played so many Sierra classics, most should PASS
Classic puzzle gameplay (save often)
This is a collection of 4 abandonedware Sierra point + click adventure games where you follow the career of a police officer/detective and use traditional adventure game mechanics and police procedures to solve crimes.
The games all run in DOSbox and while they were state of the art back in the 1980's, they're just too dated to get into now. Little work has been done on these, even though they certainly deserve a remaster. Activision is nostalgia gouging these abandonware games for $10 USD, which is really not okay.
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Police Quest Collection is a collection of 4 point and click police adventure games that all feel extremely dated. There are a number of "Sierra moments" where the game seems to ignore logic and requires you to do something ridiculous. The games also vary wildly in quality. It isn't very expensive, so you can probably justify buying this even though only a couple games would be considered good. It's probably good for anyone looking for some nostalgia gaming, but if this is your first time playing this type of game, you will probably get frustrated and quit fairly early on. Even though I'm giving it a thumbs up, this is really a more neutral review.
5/10
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Classic Sierra!
all time classics
The [i]Police Quest Collection[/i] is a classic bundle that brings together the best (and sometimes the quirks) of Sierra's crime-themed adventure games. These games are a mix of gritty police work, puzzles, and Sierra's signature humor and challenge. If you enjoy classic point-and-click adventures with a darker tone, this collection is a trip back to the late 80s and early 90s.
[h3][i]Police Quest I: In Pursuit of the Death Angel[/i] (9/10)[/h3]
The original game is a standout for its gritty depiction of police work in the 80s. You play as Sonny Bonds, a cop rising through the ranks while tackling everything from traffic violations to chasing a dangerous drug kingpin. What makes this game shine is its atmosphere—it feels like a snapshot of 80s America, with its dark, seedy settings and often brutal realism.
The puzzles here are classic adventure fare but grounded in police procedure, so you need to follow the rules to progress. The dark humor sprinkled throughout, like examining mundane objects or bizarre NPC interactions, adds some levity to the tense storyline. It’s not a long game, but it’s a tight, memorable experience.
[h3][i]Police Quest II: The Vengeance[/i] (9/10)[/h3]
The second game builds on the first, with a more intense story about Sonny pursuing a revenge-driven killer. The graphics and gameplay are slightly improved, but the formula remains similar: methodical police work paired with exploration and puzzles.
The atmosphere gets even darker, with more suspenseful moments and a greater focus on the dangers of being a cop. The pacing is excellent, and the stakes feel higher than in the first game. If you liked the original, this one is a worthy sequel.
[h3][i]Police Quest III: The Kindred[/i] (7/10)[/h3]
This entry starts to show the series aging a bit. While the graphics are significantly improved, the gameplay feels more rigid and linear compared to the first two. The story is still engaging, revolving around gang activity and corruption, but it lacks the spark of its predecessors.
The darker humor remains, but the puzzles can feel frustrating at times, and there’s less of that gritty police realism that made the first two games special. It’s still enjoyable, but it doesn’t hit the same highs as the earlier titles.
[h3][i]Police Quest IV: Open Season[/i] (5/10)[/h3]
The series takes a sharp turn here, with a new protagonist and a very different style. Directed by former LAPD detective Daryl F. Gates, this game tries for a more realistic and serious tone but ends up feeling awkward. The story has potential—it’s about solving a series of grisly murders—but the execution falls flat.
The humor and charm of the earlier games are mostly gone, replaced by a tone that feels overly grim and, at times, uncomfortable. The gameplay is also less engaging, with clunky mechanics and some confusing sequences. It’s a big departure, and not for the better.
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[h3]Overall Thoughts[/h3]
The [i]Police Quest Collection[/i] is worth playing for fans of classic adventure games or anyone who wants a peek into 80s and 90s cop drama. The first two games are the stars of the show, with their mix of gritty storytelling and procedural gameplay. The third game is decent, but the fourth feels like a misstep.
Despite some quirks and the occasional frustrating puzzle, this collection is a great way to experience a unique slice of gaming history. It’s short compared to modern games, but it delivers a memorable, atmospheric experience, especially for those with a bit of nostalgia for Sierra’s golden era.
The steam version lacks the manuals needed to play the game for example the code for the locker in PQ1 is 269. Sure websites like http://www.sierrahelp.com/ exist and you can ask online, but what fun is that? Overall the games did not age that well.. especially the second one where you type commands. Don't get me wrong the art style is as good as any other Sierra game, but there are better games to play. The third game was a drag from beginning to end.
В комплекте 5 игр, все игры Point To Click с 87 года по 93 год. Интересные головоломки, даже есть некая интерактивность. Но я не смог играть, не потому что игра плохая, а потому что игре уже больше 30 лет. И эта игра не моего времени. Но если для Вас олдовая графика, квесты 80 годов и игровая механика и игровые решения 80-90 годов являются нормой. То игра для Вас.
Поймите, я не ньюфаг. Я люблю большинство игр 80-2000. Но PtC 80-90 вообще не мое.
А так игра в свое время даже брала награды. Так что любителям квестов рекомендую. (Особенно если Вас не смущает выше сказанное)
El juego es muy bueno, lo se porque le jugué hace mucho tiempo, sin embargo ahora se hace tedioso, no es nada intuitivo y hasta que entiendes como hacer algunas cosas te has querido pegar tres tiros.
YAY! Nostalgia pure 100%!!!! Sierra Galore!
I remember playing this on PC a very long time ago. Looked a lot cooler back then.
Worst point and click. Police Quest 3 should be named Elevator Quest.
I remember the original PQ from the early 90s. I was on vacation with my mom in the Netherlands and saw it. Despite a lot of crying and arguing she would refuse to buy it. However, I got the game from my pocket money some time later. It was one of the major things, that helped me to learn English and it was also my first text based game. It is difficult but sadly not too long.
I never knew much about PQ2 and PQ3 until some years later, when I found those online as abandonware and got them downloaded. I did play PQ4 and PQ SWAT (the original one). While I did not like PQ2 too much, I loved PQ3 and PQ4. Those games made me a big fan of the series and later on I got all the SWAT games.
If you like police games with some realism and an interesting story, this is definitely your choice. Even after all the years, one of the best police games around and I personally like it more than for example This is the Police.
I was happy to see those three classics in a collection! They even work fine on Linux thanks to DosBox.
This game is very racist and excellent.
