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- OBJECT TYPE
- GAME/PC/5.25 IN. FLOPPY DISK/SINGLE-SIDED
- DATE
- 1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0757.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sierra On-Line Inc.
- MODEL
- POLICE QUEST
- LOCATION
- Coarsegold, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC DISKS IN PAPER PROTECTORS/ CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.9 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Sierra
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Coarsegold
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CIRCA 1987+
- Canada
-
AMERICAN DESIGNED & MADE SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON PERSONAL COMPUTER, APPLE IIC. ORIGINAL APPLE II, INTRODUCED IN 1977, WAS FIRST PC TO BE MASS MARKET SUCCESS IN CANADA, AS ELSEWHERE - Function
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COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN WHICH GAME IS PLAYED USING COMPUTER SCREEN & INPUT DEVICE SUCH AS MOUSE OR JOYSTICK. THIS GAME INVOLVED ROLE PLAYING IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT. - Technical
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY OUTSIDE SOFTWARE DESIGNER FOR USE ON APPLE II PC.COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PC. THIS GAME ENABLES PLAYER TO EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES OF POLICE OFFICER, BOTH ROUTINE & EXTRAORDINARY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABELS PRINTED IN BLACK 'SIERRA' & 'Sierra On-Line, Inc., Coarsegold, CA 93614, (209) 683-6858. (R) is a registered trademark of Sierra On-Line, Inc. (c) 1987 Sierra On-Line, Inc.' & TYPEWRITTEN 'POLICE QUEST/ APPLE II SERIES/ Version #1.0I/Interp. #0.099/ DISK 1 OF 4' OR 'DISK 2 OF 4' ETC.
- Missing
- POSSIBLY MANUAL
- Finish
- BLACK DISKS WITH BEIGE LABELS/ WHITE PROTECTORS/ BLUE BOX COVER
- Decoration
- COLOUR ILLUSTRATION OF MOUNTAIN ON LABELS & UNDERSIDE OF CARDBOARD TRAY
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Sierra On-Line Inc., Software, 1987, Artifact no. 1995.0757, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0757.001/
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