<s>
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
:	I-Device
In	I-Device
Pursuit	I-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Death	I-Device
Angel	I-Device
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
I	I-Device
or	O
simply	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
1987	O
police	O
procedural	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Jim	O
Walls	O
and	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
follows	O
police	O
officer	O
Sonny	O
Bonds	O
as	O
he	O
investigates	O
a	O
drug	O
cartel	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Lytton	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
as	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
game	O
built	O
on	O
Sierra	O
's	O
AGI	B-Application
,	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
was	O
remade	O
in	O
1992	O
using	O
256-color	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
SCI	O
engine	O
and	O
used	O
point-and-click	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
to	O
effectively	O
be	O
a	O
police	O
simulator	O
,	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
features	O
relatively	O
simple	O
puzzles	O
,	O
but	O
relies	O
strongly	O
on	O
strict	O
adherence	O
to	O
proper	O
police	O
procedure	O
,	O
as	O
detailed	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
was	O
a	O
moderate	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
spawning	O
the	O
successful	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
evolved	O
into	O
the	O
SWAT	B-Application
series	O
of	O
shooter	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
:	I-Device
In	I-Device
Pursuit	I-Device
of	I-Device
The	I-Device
Death	I-Device
Angel	I-Device
,	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
whose	O
gameplay	O
is	O
centered	O
on	O
interacting	O
with	O
the	O
environment	O
to	O
resolve	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
largely	O
revolve	O
around	O
typical	O
police	O
work	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
securing	O
crime	B-Application
scenes	I-Application
and	O
recovering	O
stolen	O
vehicles	O
,	O
plus	O
some	O
important	O
duty	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
realistic	O
of	O
those	O
developed	O
by	O
Sierra	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
(	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
,	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
or	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Failure	O
to	O
abide	O
by	O
proper	O
procedure	O
typically	O
leads	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
being	O
penalized	O
points	O
,	O
or	O
having	O
Sonny	O
killed	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
if	O
Sonny	O
does	O
not	O
store	O
his	O
gun	O
in	O
a	O
gun	O
locker	O
while	O
detaining	O
a	O
suspect	O
at	O
the	O
jail	O
,	O
the	O
suspect	O
will	O
immediately	O
steal	O
it	O
and	O
shoot	O
him	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officer	O
Sonny	O
Bonds	O
of	O
the	O
Lytton	O
Police	O
Department	O
is	O
assigned	O
to	O
traffic	O
duty	O
by	O
his	O
supervisor	O
,	O
Sergeant	O
Dooley	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
told	O
to	O
look	O
out	O
for	O
a	O
stolen	O
black	O
Cadillac	B-Application
(	O
Mercedes-Benz	O
in	O
the	O
remake	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
Bonds	O
locates	O
the	O
stolen	O
Cadillac/Mercedes	O
-Benz	O
(	O
now	O
painted	O
light	O
blue	O
)	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
help	O
from	O
Cobb	O
,	O
arrests	O
the	O
driver	O
,	O
Jason	O
Taselli	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
's	O
conception	O
,	O
Sierra	O
president	O
Ken	O
Williams	O
wanted	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
police	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
preferably	O
with	O
an	O
actual	O
police	O
officer	O
overseeing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
design	O
to	O
ensure	O
authenticity	O
and	O
realism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Walls	O
 '	O
retirement	O
from	O
the	O
CHP	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
Williams	O
befriended	O
Walls	O
and	O
asked	O
if	O
he	O
could	O
write	O
a	O
short	O
story	O
about	O
his	O
experiences	O
in	O
the	O
CHP	O
;	O
this	O
short	O
story	O
eventually	O
developed	O
into	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
's	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
(	O
128K	O
)	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
SCI	O
1.1	O
enhanced	O
version	O
in	O
256-color	O
VGA	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
four	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
games	O
totaled	O
850,000	O
sales	O
by	O
late	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Markus	O
Krichel	O
of	O
PC	O
Games	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
interest	O
on	O
the	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
gamer	O
fell	O
slightly	O
"	O
with	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Season	I-Application
,	O
which	O
led	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
direction	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
with	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
SWAT	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sierra	O
,	O
combined	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
—	O
including	O
SWAT	B-Application
—	O
surpassed	O
1.2	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
recommended	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
,	O
praising	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
terrific	O
this	O
reviewer	O
has	O
ever	O
seen	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
I	I-Device
was	O
reported	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
training	O
tool	O
for	O
police	O
officers	O
:	O
</s>
