POLICE QUEST III (VGA Version) Adventure Game Gameplay Walkthrough - No Commentary Playthrough

[@MegaSeth22]

After 25 years, i get to see the parts of the game i missed... most of it.

[@digitalmagicAR]

We loved this game. It really sucked you into it back then with the story, music, emotion, humor, realism, sound effects, graphics. An outstanding experience!

[@alwillk]

Great game. Got my copy from a k-mart bargain bin in 1997. I remember writing sierra because I couldn’t get to the crime scene at 1:03:18. Apparently you had to stop perfectly and get out of the car which took me forever to do.

[@SJReid82]

Man, I remember playing this when I was about 9 or 10, and having no f'n idea what I was doing. Part of the problem was not having the booklet with all of the proper penal codes, and this was long before game FAQs existed. 30 years later, I'd love a revival of this series. Something akin to LA Noire but maybe in a more contemporary setting.

[@alwillk]

You could always write sierra and ask for tips. I remembering getting stuck on the pentagram part. I mailed them a letter asking for help and they did respond a few weeks later.

[@Darkhandrob]

If you want a modern game similar to Police Quest you should try out "the Precinct"

[@ManOfSdeel]

Excellent music. If I'm not mistaken, Jan Hammer (the dude who made the original music for Miami Vice) did the soundtrack to this game.

[@jonjl96]

He did. He’s even credited with the soundtrack here.

[@AchtungBaby77]

Glad I'm not the only one who picked up on his distinct musical style during that funky opening sequence! I was delighted to see his name in the credits.

[@scratchadams]

Ahh when times were simpler and video games were rad

[@thesnare100]

I booked Brian Forbes with 12025, (possession of a concealed weapon) that works as well, even though it would really require multiple codes, as he's not in control of his faculties, attacks a police officer, and has the concealed weapon. You can try to get him to take the breathalyzer too, but it will tell you his problems go beyond alcohol.

[@HowDoUPlayGames]

I too have always booked the crazy guy under 12025 because of the knife you find on him. I never thought to use 05150 because it's listed under "Vehicle Code" in the manual, which I assumed you only use for driving violations.

[@straightpipediesel]

It makes sense if you have heard songs about "5150". It's a real reference to a mental health hold in the California Welfare and Institutions Code. I think the manual is intentionally vague on this point to see if people get the reference. Perhaps somebody liked Van Halen.

[@berad3574]

Thanks this brings back so many memories when I was a kid. I remember my favorite part was continually shooting that crazy guy in the water haha!

[@kreemkrackered3755]

LOVED the Police Quest games - the only reason I bought a PC..

[@RetroPCUser]

Remember kids: don't copy that floppy.

[@777certain7]

every time you copy that disk, you're taking a risk

[@Gazelichkin]

;-))))

[@brettjaniec3933]

That’s right... Copying a game violates copy protection law! Go SIERRA...

[@thedarksideoftheforce6658]

Fo life!!!

[@thesnare100]

no, now they use bittorent

[@jinx17]

i so vaguely remember this game, i was probably about 9-10 when i played and i had no clue what to do, wish i had it now so i could play it correctly

[@kevinh2810]

Gog.com

[@brentlichtenberg]

Completely forgot about that kick ass intro. Thank you for sharing!

[@Joey007ist]

In my opinion, this is the darkest Quest game by Sierra.

[@williamblackfyre4866]

Did Sierra make Phantasmagoria 1 and 2?

[@maverick2009ish]

@@williamblackfyre4866 yes they did

[@TheIwanttoapologize]

It's not quite as dark as Open Season. In this game, the serial killer is a cross dressing psychopath based on Jeffrey Dahmer. Not only this, but a lot of his character is borrowed from The Silence of the Lambs, which came out only two years before the game in 1991. Not only this, but in the first scene of the game, you find the body of a pre pubescent boy perforated with 9mm slugs tossed in a dumpster. In my opinion, that's more disturbing than any of the satanical stuff that was in PQ3. Not that it's a bad game, just that it's not as gripping as Police Quest Open Season. In my opinion.

[@Joey007ist]

William Blackfyre “Quest” game, meaning Space Quest, Police Quest, etc.

[@Joey007ist]

Jon Anderson I guess. To me though Open Season is such a different style of game compared to previous Sierra games that it feels weird to compare it to its predecessors.

[@EarlyMist]

Roast me all you want but I have more fond memories of 1 and 2. That's 40 yr old nostalgia for ya 😂

[@brianstraight9308]

Same here, the first two were just a bit more "fun" and had a better look. The more "photo semi-realistic" aspect here is nice, but was never a fan of the "point and click" interface of the Sierra Adventure games as opposed to typing the commands and this one just got a bit too "gritty" and a bit too involved in the administrative aspects of police work. You spend the first good chunk of the game doing paper work. Marie getting attacked was also a bit too dark of a slant on things.

[@williamblackfyre4866]

34 year old nostalgia here. I liked 1 and 3, 2 was kind of dull for me. I know ur chasing Jesse but it felt different than the other 2. Also loved KQ4, LSL1-3, and a slew of others. Whether they were point and click or type the command...i wish they still made games like this.

[@xthemetalmilitiax]

Man I never got to play 1-2 but my uncle bought this game when it came out like 30 years ago I’m 35 now but now about I’m about to make a career in law enforcement I felt the inspiration back then

[@WittyKittyRitzy]

OK but why am I crying when he visited his wife in the hospital. This went from friendly police officer to crime and drama TV

[@openmythirdeye]

I remember this game but I don't remember having to type in case numbers and other numbers all the time. Taking notes playing this game must be imperative

[@AchtungBaby77]

The case numbers and arrest codes were Sierra's way of implementing copy protection - you needed these codes from the printed manual that came with the game.

[@marceltiel7919]

I was always fascinated by the Police Quest series, though I never really played a single game. I was more into Quest for Glory and the Larry series at that time... Great music on this...and so nice to see this gameplay

[@sha11235]

At least Sonny didn't curse at the reporter, just yelled at him.

[@darkowl9]

"Some of the incidents are based on actual events" - does that include dressing up like a pimp to play poker in PQ1? Hmm. Also, Jan Hammer. Just amazing.

[@JosedeNoche]

Brings fond memories of my childhood.

[@juhaolkkonen8390]

Thanks for the video. It was a pleasure. Cheers from Finland!

[@markdaly1648]

I played space quest and kkngs quest but I have never heard of this.

[@brettjaniec6281]

I rely on this game for most of my day AND to its daily interactions. Sierra games instilled a sense of Honor in us.

[@leandrotami]

In my opinion, this was the best Police Quest

[@leandrotami]

OMFG of course it was... "WRITER: Jane Jensen". No wonder I also love KQ6 and the GK series

[@peterhalliday6492]

@@leandrotami what are KQ6 and the GK series please?

[@puuorava3019]

@@peterhalliday6492 King's Quest and Gabriel Knight

[@honestabe411]

Eh game lays it on thick with the copaganda

[@Some0neSomewhere]

I bought all the police quest games when they came out (actually 90% of all Sierra On-Line games). PQ 3 was the most frustrating, not because it was hard, but because I had the infamous game killing courtroom bug!

[@Berk1988a]

Ah those bugs 😂

[@BaDAiR647]

INCREDIBLE soundtrack. That driving music. Hats off!

[@mazerdervy6808]

this game was cool. need remake

[@nitroraptor5316]

Hopefully not by EA ;)

[@DavidJG242]

great game

[@dnjj1845]

pretty sophisticated for its time

[@dawnbreaker2912]

LOL, goes to work at 1:27pm, dicks around in the office for about an hour, "guess it's time to call it a day!". I want that job.

[@revokdaryl1]

And he's able to afford a very nice house in the suburbs to boot!

[@ruizj2006]

This game looks dope. I always loved games like this. Can’t there be more like these?

[@JAM_2024]

Those days are long gone.

[@DrJekyll38]

This was the last in a trilogy. The first two were controlled with a text parser, but the original was later remade like this one.

[@SteeTheelo]

@@DrJekyll38 there was a police quest 4

[@kierownikautobusu]

@@SteeTheelo Not really related to the rest - different hero, different city, no Jim Walls as a designer

[@KBP120]

@@JAM_2024 Got that right.

[@Ambaryerno]

Every time they call Sonny "Officer" (especially after he's back in Plain Clothes) makes me want to reach through the monitor and shake them. He's a DETECTIVE, dammit!

[@leandrotami]

It's a generic term that people use when they're not sure what word should be used

[@SlurpTheFoxHole]

Aside from the generic encyclopedia answer... detective!! Dammit!! 🤣

[@bigdrew565]

Actually, Detective Sgt. If you really want to get nitpicky about it. ;)

[@RaymondTheSkyfishIncarnate]

1:18:25 scratch foul!

[@scriptedhuman]

I love how the homeless lady says I wanna go home.

[@jam2007]

Jan Hammer, who did the Miami Vice theme, done the music for this game? Cool.

[@sandranajera1333]

Im glad i was a teen when these games were available to buy in stores in the mall like waldens software lol

[@TwiigssGames]

We always used to go to Egghead software in Maryland. I remember buying Life and Death, it came with a surgical mask and latex gloves, and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, the action game not the adventure game. I don't think when that game came out that the adventure game was made yet. We had a Vendex computer, man it was pretty neat growing up in those times. I remember when I had a 30mb hard drive, and just to install Mechwarrior 2 meant that I had to delete all my other games. (that was back in the DOS 6.22 days). Most of my 3.5" floppy disks still work, but just about all of the 5 1/4" disks are non-working.

[@bloodguzzler]

The guy at Aspen Falls looks like Al Leong

[@sha11235]

Of course, why not help the bag lady by getting her a home to live in?

[@metuberob]

ok ... not a good idea to have the arrested party sit in the front seat beside you ...

[@revokdaryl1]

Yeah I remember thinking it was very strange for California to be using Japanese coupes for patrol cars instead of the Ford LTD or Chevy Impala 4 door sedans like every other PD used at the time 😂

[@demonofelru3214]

Yeah lol even as a little kid I always thought that was weird.

[@straightpipediesel]

@@revokdaryl1 A Ford Mustang SSP isn't a Japanese coupe.

[@revokdaryl1]

@@straightpipediesel Yes you're right! But when I was younger, it appeared to be a two door Honda Accord to me. But now that I see the SSP Mustangs it makes sense.

[@kxmode]

When the Sierra logo appeared, I knew I was in for a grand adventure.

[@coolnut99]

The game should've had an arcade sequence where you shoot at raging Bathonians like the one at the river.

[@LeafyNebula]

The music feom this game puts you in a state of nostalgia

[@vikingfortiesfaeroes]

If you make up the photofit of the bushy-bearded guy at the beginning of the game, you still get the old lady saying "that's him! etc etc" (even though she's not actually there) - evidently Sierra thought that people wouldn't play about like that and only wrote one script.

[@Jared.rock138]

I loved this game. I may have been 12-13 when playing this

[@RetroPCUser]

Is it just me, or does the paramedic on the left at 32:42 look like Matthew Perry?

[@alwillk]

Yes, and Steve rocklin looks like Keith Whitley.

[@revokdaryl1]

RIP Matt Perry.

[@robwar1992]

Anyone think the iv mishap was intentional as Morales called someone to up it

[@Ambaryerno]

I'm still trying to figure out how Morales got the promotion in the first place, considering she was such a problem officer and you even pretty much put her on report at the beginning of the game.

[@robwar1992]

@@Ambaryerno funny enough i think the ending explains this as you know one guy in bonds department was investigating her the promotion could of been a mere trap for her to drop her guard overconfidence kills and if i gotten a promotion out of the blue and i know i did nothing to deserve it probably would raise a red flag the cop in question could of been on to her about the drugs too but needed a way to trick her into dropping her guard and i think this is what happened here...if she been a tiny bit bright and realized this i have no doubt the drug dealers plan would of gone without a hitch and bonds would of either failed the case or end up dead the cop investigating her took great personal risk doing this and the department too because that very much could of happened luckily Morales iq isent there so gg

[@sha11235]

@@Ambaryerno I guess they decided to take her ass off traffic duty and put her in the office working.

[@revokdaryl1]

​@@sha11235They should have demoted her to cleaning toilets!

[@grendel824]

14:00 Why in the world would a cop let the guy sit in the front passenger seat instead of the back?

[@dnjj1845]

And he wouldn't throw keys in a lake

[@thesnare100]

Do you know what happens if you show the army recruiter the military star you find on the ground? Is it even necessary to show him Bains military record, what does that help you accomplish/do, other than him just giving you a diagnosis on his personality.

[@thesnare100]

it just says "he isn't interested in that"

[@AchtungBaby77]

Amazing that this game could be finished in under 2 hours... took me weeks to finish... but I was in primary school at the time, that's my excuse 🤣

[@coolman2805]

def wasn’t your fault, the puzzles are difficult as hell at points

[@sha11235]

This is played once you know exactly what you have to do, so it is like a walkthrough.

[@bigdrew565]

Driving places made me quit this game back in the day.

[@lefetichemicro4574]

Thanks for your work, i prefer the first episode in vga, really :-)

[@sha11235]

I wonder who that last victim was. Guess it's not important once the case is solved.

[@APOSTA-pz7vs]

I is great. II and III are so so. IV is a masterpiece of the highest order.

[@HotaruZoku]

Reaches hospital at 1455 Drives home, reaching it at 2200. My man's got a 16 hour round trip commute? Leaves house at 1300 Arrives at station at 1306 ...what the actual fuck.

[@sha11235]

That day goes by fast, doesn't it? Well, this is a walkthrough, so it's the fastest way to play it.

[@straightpipediesel]

LA traffic

[@brettjaniec3933]

Pat Morales... You shouldn’t have done THAT!

[@tuxipops]

play this game as. kid and loved it how seemed "like working" I couldn't never complete it, got stuck at the part where you had to plot the pentagram or something, as I didn't have the original game, so I was missing the manual with those details, bummer, but now I realize what I was missing

[@98wongjf]

How the heck are you able to drive so smoothly!? I had just spent 6 hours on this game and most of them are because of the driving problems!!

[@thesnare100]

go slow is all I think I can tell you, yes if you go past a stop sign and off the road that kills you/turning too fast, etc.

[@sha11235]

Defense attorney had no case. That's why he didn't say boo.

[@Morberticus]

Why is the music so good in this version? Awesome soundcard?

[@stepheno9569]

It's emulating a roland mt-32 which was super high end at the time

[@revokdaryl1]

​@@stepheno9569That's right! This is how the music was supposed to sound, though few people back then shelled out the big money for the MPU-401 interface along with an MT-32.

[@uyegidgg]

Pretty sure VGA was the only version

[@thesnare100]

Until I played this game, I didn't know you could get pulled over for driving too slow

[@tim_nj_devil176]

It is most commonly called "Impeding the flow of traffic".

[@brianstraight9308]

If you're driving too slow in the fast lane you can, indeed, get pulled over.

[@thesnare100]

@@brianstraight9308 but couldn't you still on any road, say going 5 mph on a main (non-interstate highway road) going 5 or 10mph with a speed limit of 30, no speed minimum listed? When I took drivers ed they confirmed I could get pulled over for driving too slow "You know you can actually get pulled over for driving too slow"

[@brianstraight9308]

@@thesnare100 If you're holding up traffic and causing a line then, yeah, you can pulled over. (Unless you're farm equipment and ate incapable of going faster.)

[@thesnare100]

though the court case is nothing like the ones I've been to in real life, no judge and lawyers for driving citations, just the magistrate and a table, or once I made an improper turn, my registration fell out of my glove compartment, so I thought I didn't have it, told them this they said I wasn't responsible and it was over.

[@guitargod259]

@52:28 "Gotta take care of some woman stuff." What's that mean? Does she have to change her tampon and put on some makeup?

[@shankao]

What's the sound card used, Roland? I don't remember some of the background sounds like that

[@dawnbreaker2912]

Yes... but it's missing all the proper .wav sound effects, and using synth ones for some reason.

[@revokdaryl1]

It's the Roland MT-32 sound module. They're getting fairly pricey today on the used market due to scarcity. You could set the sound in the installation to use MT-32 with the real sound effects with sound Blaster, or you could set it so that even the MT-32 handled the sound effects as well as the music.

[@Mundane05]

Were 2-seat patrol cars a thing back then?

[@straightpipediesel]

The car, including the interior looks just like a 1987-1993 Ford Mustang SSP. They were designed for the California Highway Patrol, from which Jim Walls retired from. That's a 2-door 4-seat car, but the back seat is useless. They were most commonly found in highway patrol/state police use who wanted a fast car and did mostly traffic enforcement. I don't think they would normally arrest and transport somebody in one, they'd have to call up another unit with a 4-door, e.g. Ford LTD Crown Vic or Chevy Caprice.

[@Mundane05]

@@straightpipediesel Very interesting, thanks.

[@JH-pe3ro]

Day 5 - "it's important to see your wife at the hospital every day" *Sonny enters the building, turns around, goes home*

[@jordanscherr6699]

I know the game is supposed to be a bit of a simulation, But it lacks the fun of the first two games. It's not even technically accurate to put the sergeant officer on duty so soon after his wife is assaulted. Add the photographic work instead of artistic liberty's, doesn't stand up to the previous games.

[@Rognik]

So there is a dog credited, but I don't remember seeing any dogs in the playthrough.

[@gabrielknight5418]

At the crack house

[@truestselfhealing]

There's three dogs: dumpster chihuahua, the backyard dog at the crack house, the dog sniffing K9. The drug sniffing K9 is not in this playthrough but if you play the game, you go outside and then the police dog goes in and alerts you toward the remote and the fireplace.

[@douro20]

They could have made this a talkie if they wanted to- the game engine was more than capable.

[@larzuthul5315]

The police dept looks different every game for some reason.

[@revokdaryl1]

Funny you should mention that! My local police station in my city hadn't changed an inch in the past 45 years.

[@jeremyparry3250]

Does anyone know where you can download these old Sierra games?

[@JohnnyUtah15]

Right here: gamesnostalgia.com/en/games/publisher/sierra+on-line or for purchase at Good Old Games: www.gog.com/games?devpub=sierra&page=1&sort=popularity

[@midgetgirl5]

This game has some good music

[@revokdaryl1]

Jan Hammer 🔨 💪

[@thesnare100]

I found out sometimes showing the judge the clipping and the picture doesn't work for some reason. instead she says "I wish I were convinced" I guess you have to also turn some things into evidence at the station for it to work..............and it crashes the game, she never stops saying it/it doesn't let you past it.

[@bigress4300]

7:32 what happens if u pick any of the other options? like “exonerated”, for example

[@alwillk]

I think you get a game over later on, like if you don’t ticket the guy for impeding traffic then you can’t make a copy of morales key at the mini mall.

[@ilmarinen79]

Too bad he didn't have a cool sidekick. Pretty snazzy art after 1 & 2. Actually, snazzy as heck.

[@steveo984]

At one point I kept crashing in the police car during a conversation, because I was speeding, XD wasn't able to finish the game

[@tetakdejan6887]

12:08

[@sha11235]

How would Jessie be standing on the porch of the crackhouse with Michael if he had died awhile back? Wasn't this crack cocaine ring established after his imprisonment and his death following his escape?

[@thewildman1000]

Care to do the VGA version of the second game?

[@straightpipediesel]

That's already done... it doesn't exist.

[@tetakdejan6887]

58:16

[@dgwaters]

F. Lee Bitten, Ima K. Nein, LOL!

[@bigress4300]

28:58 portable breathalyzers didn’t exist back then??? Really????

[@straightpipediesel]

They don't exist today. In most states, the things that they hold up to your face and tell you to blow in are not admissible in court, they are only used as a preliminary screen. There, the only breath test admissible is through a gas chromatograph that's usually fixed, because it's large, sensitive and needs gas tanks for calibration. The older model of the most popular brand, Datamaster, looks similar to the one in the game.

[@drayquan23]

Hmm I just got this on dosbox v0.74 but new to using it. My game doesn't sound as nice: There are sounds playing in your video that don't play in mine, and it seems like you have little music bits here and there that don't play in mine either. any suggestions to tweak music/sound? Also, I can't seem to get it to go to 4:3 ratio even forcing desktop settings :P Thx if anyone can help! I remember getting this for my birthday as a kid, such awesome nostalgia now that I'm 36 :)

[@Usumgallu]

Sierra games should have install.exe where you can setup your sound card. Soundblaster should work and Dosbox emulates it well. You can get the correct screen ratio by editing the .conf file found from your start menu under Dosbox.

[@drayquan23]

Usumgallu -ok cool, thx, I’ll give that a try when I get home again in a few days

[@zelinski77]

install munt, then set sound to mt-32

[@drayquan23]

Mike Zelinski hey thx, I installed Munt, now do I set it to mt-32 inside the dosbox config .txt file? Right now it’s emulating sb16 by dosbox default

[@zelinski77]

Richard K now the fun part. Munt does not come with the mt-32 ROM files. You need to hunt those down. I found mine in a wing Commander forum that was listed in the description of a wing Commander you tube videos. Download and save those. In DOS box set midi to 1 in the config file. Follow the path for munt on where to put your room files so munt can find it

[@husseinandout3867]

This game went over my head. I couldn't understand shit. I was 12 at the time so I had to stick with Lucasarts games like Indiana Jones, Monkey island etc. They were much easier lol

[@primodernious]

what if we could have some neural net based games made like these in 2020?

[@grantorino2325]

1:33:50 Crowd control? Mustn't they be in UNIFORM for that?

[@maverick2009ish]

as stated in the game the LPD is understaffed so they can use whoever is on the street and on duty at a moment

[@tetakdejan6887]

1:17:19

[@DrJekyll38]

Maybe it's just me, but if the player is driving at 75 MPH down city streets, shouldn't he at least have the SIREN on!?

[@RealArtVandelay]

Wait the patrol car is a 2-seater and the suspects ride shotgun in the front ? and this game was designed by a cop ? 🤣

[@Daud76]

42:00 Is this the same town where Charlie Brown and Peanuts gang grew up? Wa waa waaaa wa wa.... 😄

[@SuperSedans]

22:55 so what? he is allowed to speeding?

[@Magooch86]

So, Sonny looked like Fred Willard all along? Not sure how I feel about that.

[@thomas489]

Does anyone know how to gain the maximum points? I managed to gain 450 of 460.

[@taekwondotime]

Map view while driving sucks in this game.

[@GeordieGames]

Buggy as hell. Right at the end and can't enter the court for a search warrant, all that time wasted. Good guide though, obviously didn't follow it to the letter.

[@thesnare100]

there was a way to screw that up, as I recall, my uncle did it, if you show her some stuff to early, you can't go forward. Was like that in other sierra games too, like in SQ2, if you didn't get the glass cutter to cut yourself out of the glass case, you were sol, you had to restore to an eariler save and get it.

[@anonviewerciv]

This writing... (47:37) 2:22 Genre: Fantasy. 12:55 Subduing. 35:00 1:52:52 Acceptable targets. 1:02:30 1:19:39 F. Nostalgia. That's pretty much all this series has these days.

[@jaygriffin5710]

I like how you just go around arresting blacks and mexicans. Very realistic!

[@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero]

I'm pretty sure there were also whites that got arrested in the game as well dude. Pretty sus to note those two races and then claim 'realism' for it.

[@jaygriffin5710]

@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero nothing sus about it. There's only so much I can say without getting shadowbanned but, I hate em, all of em, simple as, my people are supreme, and that the good guys lost THAT war. Hope u get where I am headed with this

[@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero]

@@jaygriffin5710 >OP comment states the game is accurate for arresting characters that are black or hispanic >the game actually has you arresting more whites than black and only two characters who aren't white are just given tickets >"there's nothing sus about it!" then goes on to say the most suspicious, albeit, racist, statement. There is a place for you and your ilk online and it's not here. I pray to God that his good graces and love will reach to you and snap this phase you've wrapped yourself in but for now; this is where you belong >>>/pol/

[@dixiejuche1703]

Should have let Patrolwoman Morales off the hook.

[@thesnare100]

guess you haven't played through the whole game, if it's not shown here, she's no good.

[@juanmaguire6482]

They updated the graphics on this which makes it shit

[@dnjj1845]

This is the original game

[@ericchark5359]

driving to oak tree mall when i try to make the turn is say (there's no reason to get out here) help please!!!!

[@CalintzJerevinan546]

^I not i

[@Barbe]

+Hyung Tae Kim If you got time to correct grammar, you got time to do other things.

[@Fronzel41]

I played a number of Sierra games in my youth but this wasn't one of them; playing it for the first time only recently, it comes off as dry and bland. I was never a big fan of Police Quest, but even the first game had a little more flavor than this.

[@mrgerbeck]

Oh man... VGA graphics... I wish.