Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (1987)

This page contains notes for the game Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (1987).

Rooms#

• 1 - Title screen
• 2 - Credits
• 3 - Helen Hots pulled over speeder closeup
• LPD
  • 4 - Briefing room
  • 5 - Locker room
  • 6 - Hallway with evidence room
  • 7 - Parking lot
  • 42 - Sgt. Dooley's office
  • 43 - Lt. Morgan's office
  • 47 - Locker inside
  • 49 - Narcotics
  • 50 - Clipboard(?) closeup
  • 51 - Computer room
  • 52 - Hallway west
  • 110 - Filing cabinet closeup
  • 111 - Folder closeup
  • 112 - Computer closeup
• 8 - Glove box closeup
• 9 - Trunk closeup
• City map
  • 10 - A1
  • 11 - A2 (Hotel)
  • 12 - A3 (Cafe & bar)
  • 13 - A4
  • 14 - B1 (Park)
  • 15 - B2
  • 16 - B3
  • 17 - B4 (Blue Room?)
  • 18 - C1
  • 19 - C2
  • 20 - C3 (Police station)
  • 21 - C4
  • 22 - D1
  • 23 - D2
  • 24 - D3 (Courthouse & jail)
  • 25 - D4 (Cotton Cove)
• 26 - Car crash
• 30 - Pulled-over speeder
• 31 - Pulled-over drunk
• 32 - Pulled-over Hoffman/Tasselli
• 33 - Blue Room outside
• 34 - Blue Room inside
• 35 - Cafe & bar outside
• 36 - Cafe Carol's inside
• 37 - Wino Willy's inside
• 38 - Inside briefcase closeup
• 40 - Jail inside
• 41 - Jail outside
• 53 - Courthouse outside
• 54 - Courthouse lobby
• 55 - Courtroom
• 56 - Park entrance
• 57 - Park
• 60 - Cotton Cove
• Hotel Delphoria
  • 63 - Outside
  • 64 - Lobby
  • 65 - Hallway east
  • 66 - Hallway elevator
  • 67 - Sonny's room
  • 68 - Cocktail lounge
  • 69 - Storage
  • 70 - Secret poker back room
  • 71 - Super secret high stakes poker back room
  • 75 - Poker game closeup
  • 76 - Staircase top
  • 77 - Staircase middle
  • 78 - Staircase bottom
  • 79 - Room 404
  • 80 - Drunk driver stop
  • 92 - Hoffman pull over stop (LSL1 disco)
  • 93 - Beach (ending?)
• 114 - Hoffman's gun closeup

Other Logics#

• 2 - Gun
• 39 - Locker room antics
• 44 & 45 - Sgt. Dooley briefing
• 58 - Jail drunk
• 59 - Jail Hoffman
• 61 - Jail drug duo
• 62 - Jail Marie
• 73 - Hotel Marie
• 94 - Car
• 95 - Traffic stops on map
• 106 - Debug
• 119 - Car/map stuff?

Flags#

Flags 220 through 226, 238, & ??? reset every time you enter a new room.

• 30 - F4 activated
• 31 - F6 activated
• 32 - F8 activated
• 33 - F10 activated
• 36 - Prevents Help screen and briefcase opening
• 39 - Sitting in car
• 42 - Gun is in jail locker
• 44 - Pulled over someone on map?
• 46 - Arrested someone
  • Drunk...when?
  • Ordered Hoffman to car
  • Opened back door at end of park bust
• 47 - Target active on map
• 62 - Got note about Hoffman/Taselli (2)
• 63 - Car door (front? Patrol?) open
• 64 - Patrol car rear door open
• 65 - Unmarked car door open
• 66 - Personal car door open
• 82 - Called cab and told them to come to hotel
• 84 - Marie is following you
• 85 - Related to Marie?
• 86 - Related to elevator?
• 87 - Elevator moving? Closing/opening?
• 88 - Elevator moving?
• 89 - Inside elevator
• 91 - Woody is leading you to secret poker room. Also sets f224
• 92 - Got first pigeonhole message about coffee (1)
• 93 - Laura searched her suspect (3)
• 94 - Stood up from high stakes poker game
• 97 - Transmitted hotel location (5)
• 101 - Finished park ambush bust, OR after Laura says she'll wait in the car at jail
• 102 - Prevents briefcase opening
• 112 - Elapsedseconds = or not = to v133? A timer is active?
• 113 - You're not close enough
• 114 - You already have it
• 115 - You don't have it
• 116 - Ok.
• 121 - Performed car safety check. Clears when entering station
• 122 - Related to Hoffman stop???
• 123 - Got VIN from Hoffman's car (2)
• 124 - Finished embarrassing balloon dancer scene (2)
• 125 - Gave no bail warrant to jailer (2)
• 126 - Entered speeder stop screen (4)
• 127 - Talked to Carol about bikers (3)
• 128 - Talked to Marie about Hoffman (3)
• 129 - Removed cuffs from drunk at jail. (2) Unlocks stolen car on map
• 130 - Removed handcuffs from "Hoffman" at jail. (3) Unlocks Sgt. Dooley's transfer memo
• 131 - Submitted memo (2)
• 132 - Related to Hoffman stop???
• 133 - Got dealer's number from Colby (3)
• 134 - Moved shirt to reveal tattoo (2)
• 135 - Removed cuffs from scared child at jail (2)
• 136 - Read rights to scared child at park (1)
• 137 - Got gun fingerprint results (5)
• 138 - Hotel desk clerk is leaving / called cab for Marie
• 139 - Narcotics partner Laura is with you
• 140 - You dead. All controls disabled
• 142 - Loaded gun (4)
• 143 - Got Hoffman file (2)
• 144 - Inspected car first time (5)
• 145 - Got gun first time (1)
• 146 - Got ammo first time (1)
• 147 - Got briefcase first time (1)
• 148 - Got Corvette keys first time (1)
• 149 - Got nightstick first time (3)
• 150 - Related to debug???
• 151 - prevent.input active (HandsOff)
• 152 - Plays sounds

• 155 - "Stink bug" debug active
• 159 - Prevents Help screen
• 160 - Got Cadillac keys first time
• 170 - You don't have them
• 221 / 231 - Got gun from locker?
• 222 - Got ammo
• 223 - Got briefcase
• 224 - Got corvette keys
• 225 - Detectives in Sonny's hotel room?
• 226 - Hoffman inside his car
• 229 - Standing... somewhere at Hoffman arrest
• 230 - Standing next to Hoffman's trunk
• 233 - Ammo is in locker
• 237 - Arrived at jail with prisoner
• 238 - Got Woody to show you to the poker game. Sets v220=200, then F91 in hotel lounge. [Common animation flag]
  • v31 = 160 or 175
  • f237 (v31 != 170), v31>19, v31>103
• 242 - Wearing towel??

Variables#

• 31 - Story progress
  • 1 - finished first briefing
  • 3 - finished second briefing
  • 4: read Dooley's memo about transfer
  • 70: got hair dye?
  • 71 (if at 70): put white suit and cane in locker? Wore towel?
  • 75: dyed hair blond
  • 80: changed into white suit
  • 100: got marked money
  • 101 (if at 100): ordered drink? F233
  • 102: Tipped Woody after Marie returned to table
  • 103: Woody told you about poker (Marie is following you)
  • 104: sent Marie home in cab (can get into poker room)
  • 160: won first poker game and stood up
  • 175: backup arrived in Sonny's room
  • 180: entered big poker game back room?
  • 190: won big poker game
  • 254: Logic118. Gun firing (can't be Sonny? Only at park & Hoffman arrest)
  • 255: dead
• 35 - Lt. Morgan state (1: entered Morgan's office at v31>4 and finished scene; 2: finished first Blue Room scene; 3: finished next Morgan scene; 4: Laura told you Marie called and to see Morgan, OR; 5: finished Morgan scene about seeing Marie at jail; 7: finished Morgan scene getting whitey disguise 8: dyed hair blond; 9: finished Morgan scene and got marked money)
• 36 - Laura state (1: finished narcotics intro scene; 2: finished courthouse call scene; 3: read Hoffman note OR called Chicago PD; 4: finished Marie called scene OR entered PD hub at v35=3 and v36=2;
• 38 - Speeder state
• 39 - Outfit (0: cop uniform; 4: towel; 7: towel as blonde; 8: undercover t-shirt; 13: pimp suit; 17: civilian clothes
• 44 - Current car (1: personal; 2: unmarked; 99: patrol)
• 48
• 56 - Jail room state (58: entered during drunk assignment; 59: entered during speeder; 61: entered during drug ambush; 62: entered for Marie)
• 60 - Room number of transmitted hotel location. Needs to be in east hallway (any floor?
• 63 - Park drug ambush progress (1: Laura entered car at station?; 2: hid behind bushes; 3: kid enters; 4: kid goes to table; 5: reaches table?; 6: both at table?; 7: exchange made; 9: cuffed scared kid 10: ordered to car; 199: left main park to entrance with Simms; 200: entered park entrance and came to stop; 201: tried to open door at 200; 210: ??? 220: "Morgan will be happy with this bust"; 221: "up yours dick tracy" at jail; 225: closed car door at 210; 250: entered PD parking lot at v63>1
• 67 - Current map goal (0: crash; 1: coffee; 3: speeder; 4: bikers; 38: stolen; 137: drunk; 175
• 89 - Real USA cash amount
• 93 - Carol / drunk driver state progression
• 94 - Bikers state (1: ???? OR left bar before beatdown; 2: approached by leader; 3: told them to move bikes 4: beat man with stick; 5: bye from Marie; 255: murdered)
• 96 - Jail story state (1: finished drunk jail scene; 2: finished Hoffman jail scene; 3: finished Laura narcotics intro; 4: Gave no bail warrant to jailer; 5: entered PD parking lot after Narcotics intros; 6: finished Laura scene about Marie; 7: met with Marie at jail; 199: finished Marie jail scene
• 98 - 1: 1st off duty, 10: 2nd off duty (Laura invites to blue room)
• 119 - Hoffman arrest state (1: called for backup; 2: backup arriving; 3: backup in position; 8: hands up; 9:?; 10: lying down; 11: laid down; 13: backup says he's covering you; 14: approaching suspect; 15: cuffed; 17: ordered to patrol car; 19: "Good job, Sonny!",
• 170 - Marked money amount (in hundreds)
• 220 - Cocktail lounge: if 55, pay with no money, =64
• 223 - When 100 in cocktail lounge, sets F84 (Marie is following you)

Random timer variables#

• 26 (car crash) - v140: random 11, 33
• 32 (Hoffman) - v140: random 10, 20
• 57 (Park sting)
  • First wait - v223: random 40, 66
  • Buyer enters - v225: random 11, 31
  • Seller enters - v220: random 40, 66
• 67 (Sonny's hotel room) - v140: random 33, 55