[Coco] Dallas Quest (adventure game)

[Bill Loguidice]

Datasoft licensed quite a bit (Bruce Lee, Conan, The Goonies, Zorro, etc.)
officially and were multi-platform. It had nothing to do with being on the
CoCo or not. Some of the show's creative staff were involved with the game
(or were at least credited), so it's about as official as you can get. By
that time, there would have been no way to sneak something like that under
the radar if it wasn't official, particularly since the cover featured the
Dallas cast shot...

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On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:35 PM, John Guin <johnguin at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Was this game actually licensed, or did the people just use the "Dallas" TV
> name and theme on their own?
>
> I honestly have no idea, but can't imagine any Coco games paying licensing
> fees back in the 80s...
>
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> Behalf Of Bill Loguidice
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] Dallas Quest (adventure game)
>
> I actually have quite fond memories of The Dallas Quest, though I've only
> played (and still own) the Commodore 64 version. As a kid, I got it from a
> mail order software closeout place, along with other great Datasoft titles
> like Mancopter. Anyway, it's funny that you mention not beating it. Unlike
> nearly every other text and text and graphics adventure of the time, for
> whatever reason, I was able to beat it my first playthrough, in about 5
> hours or so of straight play. I never had that same experience with any
> other game of that type and had a blast and great feeling of accomplishment
> because of it. Needless to say, the Dallas license was bizarre and probably
> ill-informed (was there much cross-over at the time between Dallas fans and
> 8-bit computer users?), and, ultimately, the game had little connection
> with
> the series, but I enjoyed it, and in the end, that's what matters.
>
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>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > I heard a reference to the Dallas TV series on a podcast earlier this
> > week, and thought it was odd they would bring up such an old TV show.
> > It came up again today on another show, and I learned there was a
> > brand new series airing on TNT as of last month. (I may live in cave;
> > I haven't watched broadcast TV in a year and haven't had cable for
> > ages.)
> >
> > This made me do a quick search on the Dallas Quest adventure game. The
> > wikipedia page mentions it had a CoCo version, but other sites I saw
> > neglect to mention anything other than Commodore 64. Grumble.
> >
> > Anyway, with the resurgence of Dallas on TV (it has already been
> > renewed for a second season), I bet  we start seeing copies of this
> > game sell on e-Bay.
> >
> > This is one of the games I owned (packed away somewhere, still, I am
> > sure) that I ever won. So many things on my to do list...
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