<s>
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
II	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
1988	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>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
well-received	O
by	O
critics	O
and	O
sold	O
moderately	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Kindred	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
text	B-Application
parser	I-Application
interface	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
in	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Lytton	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
Detective	O
Sonny	O
Bonds	O
of	O
the	O
Lytton	O
Police	O
Department	O
is	O
assigned	O
to	O
escort	O
Jessie	O
Bains	O
,	O
a	O
drug	O
lord	O
he	O
apprehended	B-Device
years	I-Device
prior	I-Device
,	O
to	O
a	O
retrial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evidence	O
at	O
the	O
site	O
leads	O
Bonds	O
and	O
Robinson	O
to	O
a	O
motel	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
and	O
a	O
SWAT	B-Application
unit	O
raid	O
Bains	O
 '	O
room	O
;	O
though	O
Bains	O
is	O
not	O
present	O
,	O
Bonds	O
finds	O
the	O
business	O
card	O
of	O
former	O
drug	O
dealer	O
Donald	O
Colby	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
tube	O
of	O
Marie	O
's	O
lipstick	O
under	O
the	O
bed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proper	O
procedures	O
for	O
collecting	O
and	O
handling	O
evidence	O
are	O
the	O
main	O
focus	O
of	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
in	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
(	O
using	O
redrawn	O
sprites	O
in	O
an	O
anime-esque	O
style	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
the	O
Japanese	O
market	O
)	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>
In	O
its	O
June	O
1989	O
issue	O
,	O
British	O
magazine	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
User	O
called	O
the	O
ST	O
version	O
"	O
excellent	O
in	O
every	O
respect	O
–	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
plot	O
,	O
detail	O
,	O
humour	O
and	O
story	O
telling	O
are	O
of	O
first	O
rate	O
quality	O
"	O
,	O
awarding	O
it	O
9	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retro-gaming	O
websites	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
and	O
Adventure	O
Gaming	O
both	O
praised	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
the	O
highlight	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
with	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
there	O
's	O
any	O
one	O
title	O
(	O
of	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
)	O
that	O
deserves	O
attention	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
this	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
II	I-Application
the	O
24th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
