Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
Cover art for the 1987 version
Developer(s)	Sierra On-Line
Publisher(s)	Sierra On-Line
Designer(s)	Jim Walls
Programmer(s)	Al Lowe Greg Rowland Ken Williams Scott Murphy
Artist(s)	Mark Crowe Gerald Moore
Writer(s)	Jim Walls
Composer(s)	Margaret Lowe
Series	Police Quest
Engine	AGI / SCI1.1 (Remake)
Platform(s)	Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II, Apple IIGS, DOS, Macintosh
Release	December 1987[1] (AGI) 1992 (SCI)
Genre(s)	Adventure, simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (also known as Police Quest I or simply Police Quest) is a 1987 police procedural adventure video game developed and published by Jim Walls and Sierra On-Line. Police Quest follows police officer Sonny Bonds as he investigates a drug cartel in the town of Lytton, California.

First released in 1987 as a command-line interface game built on Sierra's AGI, Police Quest was remade in 1992 using 256-color VGA graphics and the SCI engine and used point-and-click gameplay. Designed to effectively be a police simulator, Police Quest features relatively simple puzzles, but relies strongly on strict adherence to proper police procedure, as detailed in the game's manual.

Police Quest was a moderate critical and commercial success, spawning the successful Police Quest series, which later evolved into the SWAT series of shooter games. A direct sequel, Police Quest II: The Vengeance, was released in 1988.