Police Quest Updates

Police Quest 1

Police Quest 1 Patch (PQ1VGA) (ZIP file) [22.7 KB]

For the remake (VGA) of Police Quest from the CD Collection Version ONLY. This patch fixes the Lockup that occurs leaving Bert's Park after you have arrested the kid (Victor Simms) for possession of narcotics. This problem is a system-speed related issue, and generally only happens on newer systems.

Police Quest 1 SCI - Caffeine Carol's Patch (PQ1SCI) (ZIP file) [4.9 KB]

For the remake (VGA) of Police Quest. This patch will fix the problem you may encounter if you arrive outside of Caffeine Carol's and click the Eye cursor on anything before getting Sonny out of his car.

NOTE: It is imperative that you restore to a point BEFORE you arrived at Carol's! If you restore directly to outside the diner, the patch files will not be read by the game and the error will return.

Police Quest 1 VGA Patch (PQ1VGA_NRS) (ZIP file) [5.01 KB]

For the remake (VGA) of Police Quest. This non-Sierra update is one of NewRisingSun's script level timer bugs patches. Fixes:

Lockup in park after drug deal

Police Quest 2

Police Quest II Patch (PQ2_NRS) (ZIP file) [4.39 KB]

This non-Sierra update is one of NewRisingSun's script level timer bugs patches. Note: This fix is ONLY for Version 1.002.011. The earlier version, 1.001.000, does NOT need fixing. Do not use this fix with any version other than 1.002.011! To find out which version you have, select "About PQ2" from the Sierra menu. Fixes:

Introduction sequence

NOTE: Previous saved games will work only if they were saved in an area whose script code is not affected by the patch.

Police Quest 3

Police Quest III Patch (PQ3PENT) (ZIP file) [4.94 KB]

This patch is to fix the pentagram problem found on PQ3 if using a keyboard. See the Readme file for more information.

Police Quest III SoundBlaster Patch (486SBDRV) (ZIP file) [8 KB]

For Diskette versions of older games. Corrects "error 29, unable to initialize audio hardware". Updated driver works with faster systems using the SoundBlaster 16.

Police Quest III Updated Sound Drivers (E29PATCH) (ZIP file) [8 KB]

This file contains two drivers that have been designed for compatibility with 486 systems, MTBLAST.DRV and SNDBLAST.DRV

Police Quest III Patch (PQ3_NRS) (ZIP file) [8 KB]

This non-Sierra update is one of NewRisingSun's script level timer bugs patches. Fixes:

Car driving sequences

Some animations

NOTE: Previous saved games will work only if they were saved in an area whose script code is not affected by the patch.

Police Quest 4

Police Quest IV Handcuff Patch B (PQ4CUF) (ZIP file) [20.7 KB]

For floppy Version only. On a few slower computer systems, it is extremely difficult or impossible to arrest Walker in City Hall. This patch will give you more time to put the handcuffs on the suspect.

Police Quest IV 1.0c Update (PQ4PAT) (ZIP file) [370 KB]

For floppy Version. Updates your copy of Police Quest to version 1.0c from versions 1.0, 1.0a or 1.0b. Fixes:

Lockups in the shoot-out scene.

Problems with Emo if the game was saved at a certain point in the shoot-out scene.

Not being able to scroll through cursor icons at one point.

All cursors acting like the talk cursor at one point.

Not getting the full amount of points when using the 90 degree mirror.

Lockups after certain DAC sounds played.

Police Quest IV Gravis UltraSound Drivers (GUS32) (ZIP file) [273 KB]

These Gravis Ultrasound Drivers will work with some Sierra 32 bit games. These drivers will not work on earlier Sierra games.

Police Quest Collection: The Four Most Wanted (1995)

Police Quest Collection: The Four Most Wanted (1995) Install (PQ4Install) (ZIP file) [77.1 KB]

This zip archive contains the missing install files to be able to setup the audio hardware for manual install of the DOS version of PQ4 that ships with the 4 Most Wanted Collection.

Police Quest Collection (2006)

Police Quest Collection (2006) DOSBox Update (PQCollectionDBUpdate) (EXE file) [1.60 MB]

This patch will allow the use of the latest version of DOSBox over the version 0.63 that shipped with the Collection. Also includes the NewRisingSun patches for PQ1VGA, PQ2 and PQ3. The patch also restores the missing install files to configure the games' settings. Also, if you own the original version of Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (AGI) (1986), you can copy trhe game files to a folder on your harddrive and run the patcher from there to setup the original game with the collection. After running the update, you will find new shortcuts in the "Sierra\Police Quest Collection" folder in the Start Menu. The launcher will no longer be needed.

NOTE: If you do not have the latest DOSBox installed in "Program Files\DOSBox" for 32-bit Windows or "Program Files (x86)\DOSBox" for 64-bit Windows allow this updater to download and install the DOSBox for you.

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