The first game in Sierra’s Police Quest series departed from the tried-and-true formulas found in the fanciful King’s Quest series and the spoof-filled Space Quest series.
Police Quest was part adventure game and part driving game, as you donned the persona of officer Sonny Bonds to patrol the streets of Lytton, California in search of a drug kingpin called The Death Angel. It was a serious, almost dark turn for Sierra but the formula worked.
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