<s>
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Kindred	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
1991	O
police	O
procedural	O
point-and-click	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
third	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
positively	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
and	O
sold	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Season	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
but	O
featured	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
story	O
and	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
interface	O
common	O
to	O
adventure	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
manual	O
driving	O
minigame	O
whenever	O
the	O
player	O
travels	O
from	O
one	O
location	O
to	O
another	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
,	O
though	O
the	O
interface	O
has	O
been	O
simplified	O
and	O
streamlined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Investigating	O
the	O
evidence	O
and	O
the	O
previous	O
stabbing	O
,	O
Bonds	O
links	O
it	O
to	O
an	O
unsolved	O
murder	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
victim	O
had	O
a	O
pentagram	B-Application
carved	O
into	O
their	O
body	O
post	O
mortem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
a	O
witness	O
,	O
Bonds	O
identifies	O
the	O
suspect	O
as	O
Steve	O
Rocklin	O
,	O
whose	O
background	O
includes	O
links	O
to	O
a	O
cult	O
that	O
deals	O
cocaine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Investigating	O
Rocklin	O
's	O
motive	O
for	O
the	O
murders	O
,	O
Bonds	O
and	O
Morales	O
realize	O
that	O
someone	O
else	O
is	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
crimes	O
:	O
alongside	O
finding	O
cocaine	B-Application
in	O
Rocklin	O
's	O
wrecked	O
car	O
,	O
someone	O
had	O
torched	O
Rocklin	O
's	O
home	O
before	O
investigators	O
could	O
search	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Bonds	O
becomes	O
suspicious	O
of	O
Morales	O
 '	O
behavior	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
suspicious	O
phone	O
calls	O
,	O
and	O
reports	O
her	O
to	O
internal	O
affairs	O
after	O
discovering	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
seized	O
cocaine	B-Application
in	O
her	O
police	O
locker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
SCI	O
version	O
1	O
,	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
completely	O
mouse-driven	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
employee	O
Jane	O
Jensen	O
finalized	O
the	O
writing	O
for	O
the	O
still	O
unfinished	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
and	O
former	O
LAPD	O
chief	O
Daryl	O
F	O
.	O
Gates	O
was	O
named	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walls	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
several	O
former	O
Sierra	O
employees	O
,	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
design	O
Blue	B-Application
Force	I-Application
.	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
called	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
"	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
date	O
"	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
no-typing	O
interface	O
greatly	O
improved	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
User	O
International	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
realism	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
and	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
91%	O
.	O
</s>
