The Dallas Quest
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 Datasoft in 1984. It was ported to the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64. The game uses the same split-screen presentation as Datasoft's earlier "The Sands of Egypt". After an initial sequence at Southfork Ranch, "The Dallas Quest" 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. 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." 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."