Police quest was great, because the manual was the copyright protection. It had all the crime codes and procedures, and you couldn't get very far in the game without them.
It had this incredible level of detail right down to going to the range to adjust your pistols sights. If you didn't do that every day, the first time you went to use your gun you pretty much died because you couldn't hit anything.
I think it was the first game, I was sent to a crime scene and I didn't use the kit in the trunk and contaminated the crime scene, the next thing I know I'm in the Chiefs office and he's yelling at me. So it was a rough day, so I typed in "Draw gun" then "Shoot Chief" and the game ended right there.
But I felt better.
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