The Dallas Quest (1984, Apple IIe)
Traditionally speaking, the adventures of oil scumbag J.R. Ewing may not be ripe stuff to turn into
a video game. How many points do you get when you threaten Sue Ellen? Is a story cliffhanger a 1up
or a continue? Luckily at this time, the burgeoning graphic adventure genre was widening
storytelling vistas in gaming, moving the medium away from slaying aliens and dodging flaming
barrels. Suddenly, rifling through J.R.’s underwear drawer for clues became the bleeding edge in
interactive entertainment.
