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Sierra Timeline

from the book accompanying The Roberta Williams Anthology

- Colossal Cave Adventure was played on mainframes.

- Intel's first microprocessor (the 4004) was introduced.

- Apple I introduced (didn't have a keyboard or a video card).
- (16k, 1mHz), TRS-80 (4k), Commodore PET (8k) introduced.
- Intel 8086 introduced.
- Atari 800 (48k, 1.79 mHz), Motorola 68000 introduced.
- CompuServe launched.- Star Trek I and Alien played in theaters.
- Mystery House released for the Apple ][ (16k RAM). First hi-res adventure game ever. Still no animation, sound or color. Wizard and the Princess for the Apple ][ was released later that year as the first hi-res color game.
- TI-99/4A was introduced.
- The Empire Strikes Back played in theaters.
- Mission: Asteroid was released for the Apple ][.
- IBM PC (64k, 8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced.
- MS-DOS 1.0 released.
- Wizard and the Princess was released for the IBM PC as its first hi-res color adventure game. Time Zone was released for the Apple ][ as its largest adventure game. It took 12 disks (most games had 1 to 4 disks).
- Commodore 64 (64k, 1 mHz), Intel 286 introduced.
- Tron, ET, Star Trek II played in theaters.
- IBM XT introduced.
- MS-DOS 2.0 released.
- WarGames, Return of the Jedi played in theaters.
- King's Quest I was released. The Dark Crystal was released.
     - IBM PCjr (128k), Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM AT (640k, 286) introduced.
     - MS-DOS 3.0 released.
     - Video game cartridge market crashed. Massive layoffs.
     - Terminator, Electric Dreams, The Last Starfighter, Star Trek III played in theaters.
- King's Quest II was released.
     - EGA introduced.
     - Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Intel 386 introduced.
     - Windows 1.0 released.
- King's Quest III was released.
- Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced.
- Aliens, Star Trek IV played in theaters.
- VGA is standard now.
- IBM PS/2, Motorola 68030 introduced.
- OS/2 and Windows 2.0 released.
- King's Quest IV and the original Mixed-Up Mother Goose were released.
- Sound cards supported.
- MS-DOS 4.0 released.
- Colonel's Bequest was released.
- Intel 486 introduced.
- Star Trek V played in theaters.
- King's Quest V floppy version, Mixed-Up Mother Goose CD, King's Quest I remake were released.
     - Motorola 68040 introduced.
     - Windows 3.0 released.
     - Total Recall played in theaters.
- King's Quest V CD, Dagger of Amon Ra released.
     - Windows supported.
     - MS-DOS 5.0 released.
     - Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Terminator, Star Trek VI played in theaters.
- Windows 3.1 was released.
- Lawnmower Man played in theaters.
- King's Quest VI was released.
- Intel Pentium P5 introduced.
- King's Quest VII was released.
- PowerPC 601 introduced.
- Star Trek: Generations played in theaters.
- Phantasmagoria was released.
     - Intel Pentium Pro introduced.
     - Windows 95 released.
     - Toy Story played in theaters.
- Working hard on King's Quest MoE.
- Twister played in theaters.
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- February 22 - Chainsaw Monday

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