Sierra Timeline

Sierra Timeline

from the book accompanying The Roberta Williams Anthology

1968	—	Colossal Cave Adventure was played on mainframes.
1971	—	Intel's first microprocessor (the 4004) was introduced.
1976	—	Apple I introduced (didn't have a keyboard or a video card).
1977	—	(16k, 1mHz), TRS-80 (4k), Commodore PET (8k) introduced.
1978	—	Intel 8086 introduced.
1979	—	Atari 800 (48k, 1.79 mHz), Motorola 68000 introduced.
	—	CompuServe launched.- Star Trek I and Alien played in theaters.
1980	—	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.
1981	—	Mission: Asteroid was released for the Apple ][.
	—	IBM PC (64k, 8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced.
	—	MS-DOS 1.0 released.
1982	—	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.
1983	—	IBM XT introduced.
	—	MS-DOS 2.0 released.
	—	WarGames, Return of the Jedi played in theaters.
1984	—	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.
1985	—	King's Quest II was released.
	—	EGA introduced.
	—	Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Intel 386 introduced.
	—	Windows 1.0 released.
1986	—	King's Quest III was released.
	—	Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced.
	—	Aliens, Star Trek IV played in theaters.
1987	—	VGA is standard now.
	—	IBM PS/2, Motorola 68030 introduced.
	—	OS/2 and Windows 2.0 released.
1988	—	King's Quest IV and the original Mixed-Up Mother Goose were released.
	—	Sound cards supported.
	—	MS-DOS 4.0 released.
1989	—	Colonel's Bequest was released.
	—	Intel 486 introduced.
	—	Star Trek V played in theaters.
1990	—	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.
1991	—	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.
1992	—	Windows 3.1 was released.
	—	Lawnmower Man played in theaters.
1993	—	King's Quest VI was released.
	—	Intel Pentium P5 introduced.
1994	—	King's Quest VII was released.
	—	PowerPC 601 introduced.
	—	Star Trek: Generations played in theaters.
1995	—	Phantasmagoria was released.
	—	Intel Pentium Pro introduced.
	—	Windows 95 released.
	—	Toy Story played in theaters.
1996	—	Working hard on King's Quest MoE.
	—	Twister played in theaters.
1997	—
1998	—
1999	—	February 22 - Chainsaw Monday

See Also

• Main Sierra History Page