The Dallas Quest
| The Dallas Quest | |
|---|---|
| Studio | Datasoft |
| Publisher | Datasoft |
| Senior Developer | James Garon |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1984 |
| platform | Apple IIe , Atari 8-Bit , Commodore 64 , TRS-80 |
| genre | Adventure |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | keyboard |
| medium | diskette |
| language | English |
The Dallas Quest is an illustrated text adventure from the US publisher Datasoft . It was developed by James Garon and appeared in 1984 for various home computers. It covers the television series of the same name, Dallas .
action
The player takes on the role of a private detective who is hired by Sue Ellen Shepard Ewing Lockwood to find a map that shows an oil well. Her husband John Ross "JR" Ewing Jr., with whom Sue Ellen no longer has a good relationship, is also looking for the map. This belonged to JR's father Jock, who disappeared in a plane crash. The game begins on the Southfork Ranch known from the series and finally takes the player to South America. A friend of Jocks lives there and has a copy of the map. The player sets off to South America to find the map - as does JR, who overheard the commissioning conversation between Sue Ellen and the player. The player must now find Jock's friend, elicit the card from him and at the same time avoid JR.
Game principle and technology
The adventure consists of different pictures with explanatory text. The individual commands are still text-based here and must be entered using the keyboard. For example, the cattle can be calmed down by playing a little " Lullaby " on the trumpet for them . An owl is fooled into the night by putting on "sunglasses". You can get rid of a threatening anaconda blocking your way by tickling it under the chin (command: "tickle anaconda") etc.
Production notes
The Dallas Quest was Datasoft's second text adventure after the 1982, commercially not very successful The Sands of Egypt , for which James Garon was also responsible. The idea of converting the popular TV series as an adventure game was brought to the rights holder Lorimar Productions by Datasoft . Lorimar sold a license to Datasoft and provided a script written by two of the TV writing team's assistants.
reception
The British magazine Your Commodore assessed that The Dallas Quest was also one of the best adventure games of its time in terms of its graphics. It only criticized the long construction times of the still images. In total, the magazine awarded five out of five stars.
Web links
- The Dallas Quest at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steve Springer: Who Programmed JR? . In: Ahoy! . No. 4, April 1984, p. 50.
- ↑ The Dallas Quest . In: Your Commodore . No. 2, November 1984, p. 30.