Police Quest III: The Kindred

Police Quest III: The Kindred (aka Police Quest 3: The Kindred) is an adventure game produced by Jim Walls for Sierra On-Line, and released in 1991. It is the second sequel to Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel and is part of the Police Quest series.

Gameplay
Sierra's standard point and click interface is used in Police Quest III. It is set in Lytton, California in September 1991.

Back of box
Almost Too Real

The Kindred

Your wife's been viciously stabbed. You're at the breaking point, bent on revenge. Can you keep your temper and follow professional police procedure? Can you keep cool while you direct forensic and crime lab investigations? Do you have the guts to make it as a cop in the gritty world of crime, corruption and gore? Find out.

The Police Quest series is the most accurate simulation of police action you can get. It's so realistic it's used by police departments across the country as a training tool.

Our Most Technically Advanced Game


 * Video-captured human actors with life-like action sequences and realistic sound effects.
 * A searing music-card compatible stereo soundtrack by Jan Hammer, of Miami Vice soundtrack fame.
 * Hand-painted, digitized color scenes and graphics.
 * Point-and-click, hands-on, no-typing interface.

While recuperating from injuries incurred in a real-life shootout, designer Jim Walls was asked by Ken Williams to translate his experiences as a police officer into a computer game. The result was the Police Quest series, praised by law enforcement officials for its realism and detail.

Plot
Sonny and Marie married following Bains' death. Promoted once more, Sonny now has to deal with rampant crime as a drug cartel begins operating in Lytton and evidence of a satanic cult starts to appear. When Marie is stabbed in a mall parking lot, Sonny's police work becomes personal.

Sonny must deal with a partner with questionable ethics as well as find patterns in crime to find his next lead. The Bains family also plays a role in this game.

Development
Released in 1991 for SCI version 1, PQ3 is completely mouse-driven. It was only released for the IBM PC and the Amiga. After this game, Jim Walls left Sierra for reasons that have still not been publicly explained (he has said personal reasons), and SWAT founder Daryl F. Gates was named to take over of the Police Quest series.

MS-DOS

 * Executive Producer: Ken Williams
 * Producer: Guruka Singh Khalsa
 * Creative Director: Bill Davis
 * Director: Mark Crowe
 * Game Designer: James Walls
 * Art Designer: Mark Crowe
 * Lead Programmer: Doug Oldfield
 * Programmers: Kimberly L. Bowdish, Chris Hoyt, Mike Larsen, and Doug Oldfield
 * Animators: Mark Crowe, James Larsen, Cindy Walker, Jon Bock, Willis Wong, Suzi Livengood, Jeff Crowe, Daryle Smith, Frank Ferrell, Terrence C. Falls, Richard Powell, and Phyllis Cucchiara
 * Background Artists: Mark Crowe, James Larsen, Jon Bock, Willis Wong, Suzi Livengood, and Nathan Larsen
 * Composer: Jan Hammer
 * Music Director: Mark Seibert
 * Sound Effects and Additional Music: Robert Atesalp
 * Development System: Jeff Stephenson, Robert Eric Heitman, Dan Foy, Larry Scott, John Rettig, J. Mark Hood, Christopher Smith, Terry McHenry, Eric Hart, Chad Bye, Mark Wilden, Ken Koch, John Crane, Steven Coallier, and Randy Moss
 * Writer / Additional Written Material: Jane Jensen
 * Quality Assurance: David Fleming
 * Actors: Christopher Daniel Barnes (as Sonny Bonds), Cheryl Loyd (as Marie Bonds), Patty Lang (as Pat Morales), Robert Tapp (as Captain Tate), Roger Griffith (as Kevin Miller), Mike Pickhinke (as Steven Rocklin), John Hartin (as Mike Downs), George Esparza (as Juan Jose Ruiz), Robert Ballew (as Zak the Keymaker), Josh Mandel (as Leon the Coroner), Mary Anne Larsen (as Hysterical Lady), Steve Parker (as Allied Officer), Cindy Walker (as Evidence Officer Ms. Gibbs), Craig Simmons (as Booking Officer Mr. Smith - Chief Fireman), Bill Davis Jr. (as Janitor Mr. Stump), Corey Cole (as Psychologist Sidney Aimes), Orpheus Hanley (as Speeder Mr. Hanley), Diane Haley (as Pregnant Lady), Zoltan Andahazy (as Army Recruiter), Robert Fischbach (as Drunk), Nancy Bickley (as Florist), Warren Cleeland (as Doctor Wagner), Nick Medici (as Newspaper Reporter), Brian Brouillette (as Nut at Aspen Falls), Veronica Oldfield (as Court Recorder), Nancy Smythe (as Bag Lady Carla Reed), Tara Ryan (as Judge Mildred Simpson), Chris Garski (as Defence Attorney Mr. Meyer), and Ken Williams (as D.A. Mr. Cannon)
 * Actors (Additional Credits): Spot the Wonder-Dog [as Spike the K-9 unit], F. Lee Bitten [Trainer], Ima K. Nein [Assistant Trainer], Sean Claude dePoo Del [Spike's Hairdresser], Ralph the Wonder Llama [Spike's Stunt Double], Dog and Doggie of Beverly Hills [Spike's Costume]
 * Documentation: Jane Jensen and James Walls
 * Documentation Design: Gloria Garland

Amiga

 * Executive Producer: Ken Williams
 * Creative Director: Bill Davis
 * Director: Mark Crowe
 * Producer: Guruka Singh Khalsa
 * Game Designer: James Walls
 * Art Designer: Mark Crowe
 * Lead Programmer: Doug Oldfield
 * Composer: Jan Hammer
 * Animators: Mark Crowe, James Larsen, Cindy Walker, Jon Bock, Willis Wong, Suzi Livengood, Jeff Crowe, Daryle Smith, Frank Ferrell, Terrence C. Falls, Richard Powell, and Phyllis Cucchiara
 * Background Artists: Mark Crowe, James Larsen, Jon Bock, Willis Wong, Suzi Livengood, and Nathan Larsen
 * Programmers: Kimberly L. Bowdish, Mike Larsen, Chris Hoyt, and Doug Oldfield
 * Music Director: Mark Seibert
 * Development System: Jeff Stephenson, Robert Eric Heitman, Dan Foy, Larry Scott, J. Mark Hood, Eric Hart, Mark Wilden, Chad Bye, and Christopher Smith
 * Sound Effects and Additional Music: Robert Atesalp
 * Additional Written Material: Jane Jensen
 * Quality Assurance: David Fleming
 * Documentation: Jane Jensen and James Walls
 * Documentation Design: Gloria Garland

Patches

 * Police Quest III Patch (PQ3PENT): 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): 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): 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): 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 Collection (2006) DOSBox Update (PQCollectionDBUpdate): 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 the 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.