Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel Technical

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General Information

Graphics

Sound

Requirements


MS-DOS

Minimum OS:
Minimum CPU: Intel 8088 / 8086
Minimum RAM: 256 KB
Minimum Video RAM: N/A
Graphics Modes: Hercules, CGA, Tandy / PCjr, EGA, VGA, MCGA
Audio Hardware: PC Speaker,Tandy/PCjr SoundPC Speaker, Tandy/PCjr Sound
Input Devices: Keyboard, Analog Joystick
Media: 2 3½" floppy diskettes


Apple II

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Input Devices: Keyboard, Joystick
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Apple IIgs

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Input Devices: Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick
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Mac

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Input Devices: Keyboard, Mouse
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Amiga

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Input Devices: Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick
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Atari ST

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Exploring Game Resources


Resources Used


External Resources


Resource Tools

Multiplayer

None known.

Troubleshooting


Issue ID

Only one audio voice plays. This is not a bug, this is the way the games were made. This would have been played through the PC's case speaker. The AGI games were originally designed for the PCjr and Tandy. On these systems the audio played with three voices and a white noise channel.


Solution 1

Play the game in DOSBox. If you change dosbox.conf to set "machine=tandy" instead of "machine=vga" there will be 3 voice PCjr/Tandy music with a white noise channel. You can also get Tandy sound in Sierra's AGI games without having to emulate Tandy video mode if you run "sierra.com" with a "-t" after it in the game's directory, i.e.:

sierra.com -t


Solution 2 (preferred)

Play the game with a newer third party interpreter, such as AGILE, NAGI, or ScummVM. You'll hear all three voices and noise channel and even have limited mouse support within your AGI games.

Patches

  • No Official Patch



New Installer

Works with both AGI and SCI versions. Copy the files from your floppy disks into a temporary folder on your hard drive and run this installer from that folder.


Debug Modes

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel Technical does have a debug mode.[1]

To activate it, press [ALT+D]. For version 2.0G type "stink bug" or "stink bugs".

Command Action Notes
GIMME GIMME All objects get added to inventory  
OBJECT ROOM Shows in which room certain object is located  
OBJECT NUMBER Shows list of objects in game  
OBJECT Gives information on objects on screen  
ROOM Shows coordinates of ego  
ALT + P Shows priority screen  
ALT + M Shows available memory  
ALT + I Gives information on objects on screen  
ALT + E Shows position of ego  
ALT + X Shows coordinates of ego  
SHOW PRIORITY Shows priority screen  
SET PRIORITY Sets priority  
RELEASE PRIORITY Returns to normal visual screen

References

  1. ↑ Partially based on the On-Line Debug Mode FAQ by HWM


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