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The Dallas Quest is a graphic adventure game based on the soap opera Dallas. The game was programmed by James Garon for the TRS-80 Color Computer and published by Tandy Corporation in 1984.[1] It was the second game in the "Animated Adventure" series, following The Sands of Egypt, and uses the same split-screen display.[1] Datasoft published versions for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64 in the same year.

The Dallas Quest
Publisher(s)	Tandy[1] Datasoft U.S. Gold
Programmer(s)	James Garon[2]
Artist(s)	Joe Person Kelly Day
Writer(s)	Louella Lee Caraway Phyllis Wapner
Platform(s)	Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore 64 TRS-80 Color Computer
Release	1984
Genre(s)	Graphic adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

The player takes the role of a detective. After an initial sequence at Southfork Ranch, the setting moves to South America, and the game has little to do with the TV show.

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.[3]

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."[4]

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."[5]

References

External links

• The Dallas Quest at Atari Mania
• The Dallas Quest at Lemon 64
• The Dallas Quest at the official site for the TV series

На других языках

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[de] The Dallas Quest

The Dallas Quest ist ein bebildertes Textadventure des US-amerikanischen Publishers Datasoft. Es wurde von James Garon entwickelt und erschien 1984 für verschiedene Heimcomputer. Es behandelt die gleichnamige Fernsehserie Dallas.

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- [en] The Dallas Quest

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[fr] Dallas Quest

Dallas Quest est un jeu d'aventure textuel en anglais créé par James Garon et édité par Datasoft pour le Commodore 64 en 1984. L'histoire est basé sur la série télévisée Dallas. Une version pour les ordinateurs Apple II, Atari 8-bit et le TRS-80 ont aussi vu le jour. Le jeu offrait des images de bonne facture qui accompagnaient agréablement le texte.

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