Police Quest 3 CDROM?

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I have never heard of it nor does Moby list it. There may have been a re-release on CD-ROM like LSL5, but there was no differences between the floppy or CD-ROM versions. There might have been a planned multimedia release that got shelved a la SQ5.
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The required budget was deemed too high at the time, so it was shelved. I can't say how much the fact that SQ5 was developed at Dynamix might have had to do with it.
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Sonny Bonds is one Sierra legend who never had a voice counterpart. Whom would he sound like, do you think? I think a great fit would be Larry Wilcox (Officer Jon Baker, from "CHiPs"), but mainly because their characters were pretty similar in personality.
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In Sierra's Interactive Magazine from Summer 1991 http://www.sierragamers.com/uploads/240 ... r_1991.pdf
is an Interview with Jim Walls. Next to it is some information on page 13 about the production, which contains the following snippet:
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So apparently they indeed once planed to do a Multimedia Version of PQ3, but obviously these plans were shelved at one point in time.
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I wouldn't have been the first. The Conquests of the Longbow and SQ5 are probably the ones I regret the most that no MPC version ever done.

There is a talking demo of Robin - http://sierrahelp.com/Misc/Demos.html#Conquests
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You can hear fake Sonny Bonds' voice in SWAT 4. I don't know if he's supposed to be the same character or just an easter egg. He sounds nothing like how I'd imagine, though.
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Maxor127 wrote:You can hear fake Sonny Bonds' voice in SWAT 4. I don't know if he's supposed to be the same character or just an easter egg. He sounds nothing like how I'd imagine, though.
Funny that you mention that. I just installed this last nite from CD, I would assume it'd be the same character since he says Sonny Bonds. What's even funnier is you can create those custom missions, and Sonny Bonds is in the civilian list.
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Sonny appears in SWAT2 as well, did they give any of the PC units generic phrases?

http://policequest.wikia.com/wiki/Sonny_Bonds
Really there is nothing wrong with Sonny being in SWAT 4, but they really chose the wrong voice for him. California guy with a New York accent?
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