Police Quest 2: The Vengeance Technical

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General Information

Graphics

Sound

Requirements


MS-DOS

Minimum OS:
Minimum CPU: Intel 8088 / 8086
Minimum RAM: 512 KB
Minimum Video RAM: N/A
Graphics Modes: Hercules, Tandy / PCjr, EGA, VGA, MCGA
Audio Hardware: PC Speaker,Tandy/PCjr Sound,AdLib,Roland MT-32,Game Blaster (CMS),Generic MPU-401 MIDI,IBM Music Feature CardPC Speaker, Tandy/PCjr Sound, AdLib, Roland MT-32, Game Blaster (CMS), Generic MPU-401 MIDI, IBM Music Feature Card
Input Devices: Keyboard, Mouse, Analog Joystick
Media: 3 3½" floppy diskettes


Exploring Game Resources


Resources Used

  • VIEW.* — View resources; 16 color sprite graphics. Location: RESOURCE.00*, RESSCI.00*, patchDir.
  • PIC.* — Picture resources; 16 color background graphics. Location: RESOURCE.00*, RESSCI.00*, patchDir.
  • SCRIPT.* — Script resources; the game logic. Location: RESOURCE.00*, RESSCI.00*, patchDir.
  • TEXT.* — Text resources; series of ASCII strings. Location: RESOURCE.00*, RESSCI.00*, patchDir.
  • SOUND.* — Sound resources; MIDI music and some sound effects. Location: RESOURCE.00*, patchDir.
  • VOCAB.* — Vocabulary resources; Internal dictionary for the parser. Location: RESOURCE.00*, RESSCI.00*, patchDir.
  • FONT.* — Font resources; graphics to display text. Location: RESOURCE.00*, patchDir.
  • CURSOR.* — Cursor resources; graphics for the cursor or pointer. Location: RESOURCE.00*, patchDir.
  • PATCH.* — Patch resources; Audio patch files. Location: RESOURCE.00*, patchDir.


External Resources


Resource Tools

Multiplayer

None known.

Troubleshooting


Issue ID


Solution

Patches

Fixes introduction sequence.
::Note: This fix is ONLY for Version 1.002.011.


New Installer

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 2 should respond to the sentence: "kiss angel 187", but somehow it doesn't work. So use the internal debugger to change the value of global variable 101 to 1.

Command Action
[ALT + P] Show priority screen
[ALT + C] Show control lines
[ALT + V] Show visual screen
[ALT + S] Show cast (information about all objects on screen)
[ALT + M] Show memory
[ALT + T] Teleport (change room/scene/script)
[ALT + I] Gives inventory item
[ALT + E] Show ego information
[SHIFT + /] Help

References



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