Police Quest: SWAT

1995 video game
VideoGame video_game Q3702877
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Police Quest: SWAT

Summary

Police Quest: SWAT is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (790 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Police Quest: SWAT's instance of is recorded as SWAT — instance of (P31): video game[3].
  • Police Quest: SWAT was published by SWAT — publisher (P123): Sierra Entertainment[4].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's genre is SWAT — genre (P136): strategy video game[5].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's developer is recorded as SWAT — developer (P178): Sierra Entertainment[6].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's part of the series is recorded as SWAT — part of the series (P179): SWAT[7].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's platform is recorded as SWAT — platform (P400): Microsoft Windows[8].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's platform is recorded as SWAT — platform (P400): Classic Mac OS[9].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's game mode is recorded as SWAT — game mode (P404): single-player video game[10].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's language of work or name is recorded as SWAT — language of work or name (P407): English[11].
  • Police Quest: SWAT was distributed by SWAT — distribution format (P437): CD-ROM[12].
  • Police Quest: SWAT was distributed by SWAT — distribution format (P437): digital distribution[13].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's review score is recorded as ★★★★[14].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's country of origin is recorded as SWAT — country of origin (P495): United States[15].
  • Police Quest: SWAT was released on September 30, 1995[16].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's distributed by is recorded as SWAT — distributed by (P750): Steam[17].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's narrative location is recorded as SWAT — narrative location (P840): Los Angeles[18].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's official website is recorded as https://www.activision.com/[19].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's USK rating is recorded as SWAT — USK rating (P914): USK 12[20].
  • Police Quest: SWAT's P14470 is recorded as Games/Daryl_F_Gates_Police_Quest_SWAT[21].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Police Quest: SWAT was published by SWAT — publisher (P123): Sierra Entertainment[4].

Publication

Police Quest: SWAT was released on September 30, 1995[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as SWAT — language of work or name (P407): English[11]. Its genre is SWAT — genre (P136): strategy video game[5]. Its part of the series is recorded as SWAT — part of the series (P179): SWAT[7]. Recorded distribution format include SWAT — distribution format (P437): CD-ROM[12] and SWAT — distribution format (P437): digital distribution[13].

Subject and Themes

Police Quest: SWAT's part of the series is recorded as SWAT — part of the series (P179): SWAT[7].

Reception

Police Quest: SWAT's review score is recorded as ★★★★[14].

Why It Matters

Police Quest: SWAT ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (790 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_police-quest-swat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Police Quest: SWAT}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/police-quest-swat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → ★★★★
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P444]]: ★★★★, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275226|batch #275226]]"
  2. 8w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 12
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P914]]: [[Q14920392]]"
  3. 11w ago · Teiron · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 13507
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9877]]: 13507, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180143837|Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT (#180143837)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822"
  4. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Narrative location → Los Angeles
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → United States
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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