The Dallas Quest

The Dallas Quest is a graphic adventure game based on the popular television series Dallas, programmed by James Garon for the TRS-80 Color Computer and published by Datasoft in 1984.[1] It was ported to the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64.

The Dallas Quest
Opening screen
Developer(s)Datasoft 
Publisher(s)Datasoft
Programmer(s)James Garon
Artist(s)Joe Person
Kelly Day
Writer(s)Louella Lee Caraway
Phyllis Wapner
Platform(s)
Release1984
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Development

Lorimar Productions, the studio that produced Dallas, licensed the rights to its characters to Datasoft and provided a script by two "screenwriter's assistants" for the show. James Garon adapted the script into a text adventure game, with graphics provided by professional artists.[2]

Reception

A five star Your Commodore review praised the graphics as some of the best in the genre, though they "take a long time to be reproduced." The reviewer disliked the sparse use of music and was not impressed with the music that does exist. Overall, it was called "one of the best games out on the CBM 64."[3]

Arnie Katz concluded a 1984 Electronic Games review with, "Once you get past the fact that Dallas Quest isn't very closely tied to the show, it turns out to be somewhat entertaining and reasonably challenging."[4]

References
  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. Springer, Steve (April 1984). "Who Programmed J.R.?". Ahoy!. p. 49. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/02-your-commodore-magazine/Your_Commodore_Issue_02_1984_Nov#page/n31/mode/2up
  4. Katz, Arnie (October 1984). "Computer Gaming: Dallas Quest". Electronic Games. 2 (15): 56, 58.
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