History Trivia / PoliceQuest

* CreatorBacklash: Of a sort. Ken Williams has gone on record saying if he knew the full story regarding the controversies surrounding Daryl Gates[[note]]Gates lied to Williams about how minorities in the L.A. area adored him, which was actually the complete opposite.[[/note]], he wouldn't have hired him for ''Open Season.''
* HostilityOnTheSet: During the making of ''Open Season'', Daryl Gates' visit to Sierra headquarters was very tense, coming off the Rodney King incident. Sierra staffers, many of whom were from the L.A. area, were reportedly incensed that the company would even consider associating with Gates.
* MultiDiscWork:
** The EGA version of ''Police Quest I: In Pursuit of the Death Angel'' is on either two or three disks (though a Polish version by IPS Computer Group is on five). The VGA remake takes up five disks.
** ''Police Quest II: The Vengeance'' is on three 3½[=''=] disks or six 5¼[=''=] disks.
** ''Police Quest III: The Kindred'' is on five disks.
** ''Police Quest IV: Open Season'' is on twelve disks in the floppy version. Amusingly/disturbingly enough, 600KB is taken up by one of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's speeches, meaning almost half a disk is taken by the Fuhrer.
* NoExportForYou: Actually averted and inverted for ''[=PQ2=]''. There is a very rare Japanese release for UsefulNotes/PC98 (that works in [=ScummVM=]!), playable in either English or Japanese or with subtitles, and with a fully functional Japanese parser!
* TechnologyMarchesOn:
** In the third game, Mike talks about his new Model V, and how it goes from zero to 30 Megahertz in 3.5 seconds, has a 4 Megabyte memory capacity, XGA graphics, and a 5 millisecond network access time.
** In the fourth game, when hanging out at the Short Stop, Sam remarks on how he's mesmerized by his own computer.
--->"Did you know you can make spread sheets, write letters, and play ''games'' on them?"
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: For a long time, the Wikipedia page for ''Police Quest II: The Vengeance'' mentioned an alternate ending where if Bonds kills Bains before the latter even shoots, he would've been fired for "acting recklessly". No such ending ever was ever made.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The plot of [=PQII=] is based on Jim Walls own experience as a policeman when he tracked down a crook that kept evading arrest.
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* DivorcedInstallment: The ''SWAT'' series. GenreShift aside, the series drops the ''Police Quest'' name from ''SWAT 3'' onwards.

** ''Police Quest II: The Vengeance'' is on three 3.5[=''=] disks or six 5.25[=''=] disks.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Keith smoking in the homicide office in the second game really sets the game firmly in a period when smoking in a public place was okay.

* DivorcedInstallment: The ''SWAT'' series.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The plot ofn [=PQII=] is based of Jim Walls own experience as a policeman when he tracked down a crook that kept evading arrest.

* UrbanLegendoOfZelda: For a long time, the Wikipedia page for ''Police Quest II: The Vengeance'' mentioned an alternate ending where if Bonds kills Bains before the latter even shoots, he would've been fired for "acting recklessly". No such ending ever was ever made.

* UrbanLegendofZelda: For a long time, the Wikipedia page for ''Police Quest II: The Vengeance'' mentioned an alternate ending where if Bonds kills Bains before the latter even shoots, he would've been fired for "acting recklessly". No such ending ever was ever made.

--> "Did you know you can make spread sheets, write letters, and play ''games'' on them?"

* TechnologyMarchesOn: When hanging out at the Short Stop, Sam remarks on how he's mesmerized by his own computer.

** the fourth game dear lord. With references to Beavis and Butt-head, the L.A Riots, Darryl Gates a chief, computer technology(see above), Emo Jone's clothes etc etc etc it's so early 90's it hurts. Heck, the female cop in the short-stop is even described as a 90's woman.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Keith smoking in the homicide office in the second game really dates the game to a period when smoking in a public place was okay.
** the fourth game dear lord. With references to Beavis and Butt-head, the L.A Riots, Darryl Gates a chief, computer technology(see above), Emo Jone's clothes etc etc etc it so early 90's it hurts. Heck, the female cop in the short-stop is even described as a 90's woman.

** the fourth game dear lord. With references to Beavis and Butt-head, the L.A Riots, Darryl Gates a chief, computer technology(see above), Emo Jone's clothes etc etc etc it so early 90's it hurts. Heck, the female cop in the short-stop is even referred to as a 90's woman.

--> "Did you know you can make spread sheets, write letters, and play ''games'' on them?"

* HostiltyOnTheSet: During the making of ''Open Season'', Daryl Gates' visit to Sierra headquarters was very tense, coming off the Rodney King incident. Sierra staffers, many of whom were from the L.A. area, were reportedly incensed that the company would even consider associating with Gates.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Creator/JoshMandel, voice of [[VideoGame/KingsQuestV King Graham]], is Leon, TheCoroner in the third game.
** Ken Williams, the CEO of Sierra at the time, played Mr. Cannon, the Defense Attorney.
** Former LAPD Police Chief Darryl F. Gates appears in ''SWAT 2'' as an ingame advisor.

--> "Did you know you can make spread sheets, write letters, and play ''games'' on them?"

* HeyItsThatGuy: Josh Mandel, voice of [[VideoGame/KingsQuestV King Graham]], is Leon, TheCoroner in the third game.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Josh Mandel, voice of [[VideoGame/KingsQuestV King Graham]] is Leon, TheCoroner in the third game.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Josh Mandel is the actor for Leon, TheCoroner. The same guy who voice acted as King Graham for the Kings Quest games and fan games.