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| Police Quest: Open Season | |
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| Developer(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Director(s) | Tammy Dargan |
| Producer(s) | Tammy Dargan |
| Designer(s) | Tammy Dargan |
| Programmer(s) | Doug Oldfield |
| Artist(s) | Darrin Fuller |
| Writer(s) | Tammy Dargan |
| Composer(s) | Neal Grandstaff |
| Series | Police Quest |
| Engine | SCI |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS |
| Release | November 1993[1] |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Police Quest: Open Season (also known as Police Quest IV[a]) is a 1993 police procedural point-and-click adventure video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It is the fourth installment in the Police Quest series. Departing from the fictional setting of Lytton, California from the first three installments, Open Season follows police detective John Carey as he investigates a series of brutal murders in Los Angeles.
The game was produced in cooperation with former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) chief Daryl F. Gates, replacing former series director ex-California Highway Patrol officer Jim Walls, who left Sierra around 1991.
Open Season received mixed reviews and underperformed compared to previous entries. An updated CD version was released in 1996. An indirect sequel and spinoff, Police Quest: SWAT, was released in 1995.
- ^ Fyfe, Duncan (January 18, 2018). "How Sierra and a Disgraced Cop Made the Most Reactionary Game of the 90s". Waypoint. Vice Media. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
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