After an initial sequence at Southfork Ranch, the setting moves to South America, and the game has little to do with the TV show.

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] 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."

"[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.