New Police Quest DOSBox Installers
For those trying to install the Police Quest games the on a modern PC, I have written new installers for the old Sierra DOS games. It will install your game and set it up to run automatically in DOSBox from Windows shortcut, just like any Windows game or program. Just download the right installer for your game. These installers do not include the games. You must own the games to install them.Police Quest 4 Most Wanted Collection DOSBox insaller for XP/Vista
For those trying to setup on a new PC, I have written new installers for some of the old Sierra DOS games. It will install your game and set it up to run automatically in DOSBox from Windows shortcut, just like any Windows game or program. Just download the right installer for your game. These installers do not include the games. You must own the games to install them.
Police Quest Collection Series Installer
This new installer for the Police Quest Collection Series will install the police Quest games including S.W.A.T. and set them up to run automatically in DOSBox from Windows shortcuts, just like any Windows game or program. It will also install all four discs from Police Quest S.W.A.T. to your hard drive for CD-less play. These installers do not include the games. You must own the games to install them.
DOSBox Patch for the Police Quest Collection (2006)
The patch that started it all. This patch addresses all known issues with the highly flawed 2006 VU Collection. Just run it and point it to your installed copy of the collection. To do a clean install use the replacement installer below.
New Installer for the 2006 VU Police Quest Collection
New for the 2006 VU Police Quest Collection owners. I have made a new installer it that saves having to use the original flawed installer first and then having to apply the DOSBox patch. Now you can install the Police Quest games in one easy operation. Fixes all known issues with this release. Fully XP/Vista/Win7 32and 64-bit compatible. Restores missing files.Just insert your Police Quest Collection CD and run the installer. As with the DOSBox patch, the new installer can add the AGI version of PQ1 to the collection if the game's files are in the same folder as the installer when you run it. If you have the Mask of Eternity CD, it can add it to the collection, too.
* The standard Vista warning for old games should be observed -- because of its limited write access, avoid installing in the %ProgramFiles% folder ("C:\Program Files" on most English systems or "C:\Program Files (x86)" on Win 64 systems) or you may have problems with not being able to save configuration changes or saving games.
