Play Police Quest 2: The Vengeance Online

You type commands like "check glovebox" or "radio dispatch," sweating bullets over typos while Sonny Bonds stumbles through another day of paperwork and shootouts where the game aims for you. Still better than that cursed driving minigame from the first one.

Developer: Sierra On-Line

Genre: Adventure

Released: 1988

File size: 1.63 MB

Game Overview

Police Quest 2: The Vengeance came out in 1988 from Sierra On-Line, one of their many MS-DOS adventure titles from that era. It picks up right after the original, continuing the story of Officer Sonny Bonds in a world of pixel art and text parsers. The game fits right in with other Sierra releases of the time, relying on typed commands and careful observation to move the plot forward.

You play as Sonny Bonds, a police officer working to solve a murder tied to a drug ring. The game requires you to type specific commands like "look at notepad" or "draw weapon" to interact with the environment and advance the story. Key mechanics include evidence collection, proper police procedure during traffic stops, and occasional action sequences where aiming is handled automatically. The pacing is deliberate, with a high difficulty stemming from strict adherence to protocol and the ever present risk of typing the wrong command. It feels tense and methodical, demanding your full attention at every turn.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".