The collections have always had the talkie versions where possible - King's Quest V&IV were talkie, so was Leisure Suit Larry VI and Quest For Glory 4. So I doubt III had speech and I haven't been able to find anything about it having speech from Google.

Think about it though: PQ4 was released just when CD-ROM started to appear (1993), while PQ3 was a few years older (1991). Yes it was released on budget on CD later (also bundled with other Sierra software) but it would be odd of Sierra to add speech for an older game.

I still need to really play Open Season - the first two are classics I'm sure, but the unknown-to-none-Americans laws are too much of a hindrance in the them. I mean, jaywalking? That doesn't even exist in a lot of countries. In Belgium, the pedestrian is seen as the weaker, and the cars should watch out because they are not in any threat of getting harmed by them.

No, Police Quest III had definitely no voices, sorry!
(I think the first Sierra game with voices was either Space Quest 4 or Mother Goose Deluxe.)

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I still need to really play Open Season - the first two are classics I'm sure, but the unknown-to-none-Americans laws are too much of a hindrance in the them. I mean, jaywalking? That doesn't even exist in a lot of countries. In Belgium, the pedestrian is seen as the weaker, and the cars should watch out because they are not in any threat of getting harmed by them.

Huh? You only solve what they give you, not beat-cop stuff. 😉 Open Season/PQ2/PQ3 is detective work especially.

Also no PQ3 was not released with voices. The characters were modeled off of actors and employees though, hence why IMDB or other websites list a "cast" for PQ1/3. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Spiderman TAS, Little Mermaid) is who Sonny Bonds is modeled off for instance.