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| 1968 || align="center" | — || '''''Colossal Cave Adventure''''' was played on mainframes. | | 1968 || align="center" | — || '''''Colossal Cave Adventure''''' was played on mainframes. | ||
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| 1971 || align="center" | — || Intel's first microprocessor (the 4004) was introduced. | | 1971 || align="center" | — || Intel's first microprocessor (the 4004) was introduced. | ||
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| 1976 || align="center" | — || Apple I introduced (didn't have a keyboard or a video card). | | 1976 || align="center" | — || Apple I introduced (didn't have a keyboard or a video card). | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || (16k, 1mHz), TRS-80 (4k), Commodore PET (8k) introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || (16k, 1mHz), TRS-80 (4k), Commodore PET (8k) introduced. | ||
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| 1978 || align="center" | — || Intel 8086 introduced. | | 1978 || align="center" | — || Intel 8086 introduced. | ||
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| 1979 || align="center" | — || Atari 800 (48k, 1.79 mHz), Motorola 68000 introduced. | | 1979 || align="center" | — || Atari 800 (48k, 1.79 mHz), Motorola 68000 introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || CompuServe launched. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || CompuServe launched. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Star Trek I''''' and '''''Alien''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Star Trek I''''' and '''''Alien''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1980 || align="center" | — || '''''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. | | 1980 || align="center" | — || '''''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. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || TI-99/4A was introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || TI-99/4A was introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''The Empire Strikes Back''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''The Empire Strikes Back''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1981 || align="center" | — || '''''Mission: Asteroid''''' was released for the Apple ][. | | 1981 || align="center" | — || '''''Mission: Asteroid''''' was released for the Apple ][. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || IBM PC (64k,8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || IBM PC (64k,8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 1.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 1.0 released. | ||
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| 1982 || align="center" | — || '''''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 h - Commodore 64 (64k, 1 mHz), Intel 286 introduced. | | 1982 || align="center" | — || '''''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 h - Commodore 64 (64k, 1 mHz), Intel 286 introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Tron, ET, Star Trek II''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Tron, ET, Star Trek II''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1983 || align="center" | — || IBM XT introduced. | | 1983 || align="center" | — || IBM XT introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 2.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 2.0 released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''WarGames, Return of the Jedi''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''WarGames, Return of the Jedi''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1984 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest I''''' was released. '''''The Dark Crystal''''' was released. | | 1984 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest I''''' was released. '''''The Dark Crystal''''' was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || IBM PCjr (128k), Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM AT (640k, 286) introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || IBM PCjr (128k), Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM AT (640k, 286) introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 3.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 3.0 released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Video game cartridge market crashed. Massive layoffs. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Video game cartridge market crashed. Massive layoffs. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Terminator, Electric Dreams, The Last Starfighter, Star Trek III''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Terminator, Electric Dreams, The Last Starfighter, Star Trek III''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1985 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest II''''' was released. | | 1985 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest II''''' was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || EGA introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || EGA introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Intel 386 introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Intel 386 introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows 1.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows 1.0 released. | ||
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| 1986 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest III''''' was released. | | 1986 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest III''''' was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Aliens, Star Trek IV''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Aliens, Star Trek IV''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1987 || align="center" | — || VGA is standard now. | | 1987 || align="center" | — || VGA is standard now. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || IBM PS/2, Motorola 68030 introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || IBM PS/2, Motorola 68030 introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || OS/2 and Windows 2.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || OS/2 and Windows 2.0 released. | ||
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| 1988 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest IV''''' and the original '''''Mixed-Up Mother Goose''''' were released. | | 1988 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest IV''''' and the original '''''Mixed-Up Mother Goose''''' were released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Sound cards supported. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Sound cards supported. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 4.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 4.0 released. | ||
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| 1989 || align="center" | — || '''''Colonel's Bequest''''' was released. | | 1989 || align="center" | — || '''''Colonel's Bequest''''' was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Intel 486 introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Intel 486 introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Star Trek V''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Star Trek V''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1990 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest V floppy version''''', '''''Mixed-Up Mother Goose CD''''', '''''King's Quest I''''' remake were released. | | 1990 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest V floppy version''''', '''''Mixed-Up Mother Goose CD''''', '''''King's Quest I''''' remake were released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Motorola 68040 introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Motorola 68040 introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows 3.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows 3.0 released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Total Recall''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Total Recall''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1991 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest V CD''''', '''''Dagger of Amon Ra''''' released. | | 1991 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest V CD''''', '''''Dagger of Amon Ra''''' released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows supported. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows supported. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 5.0 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || MS-DOS 5.0 released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Disney's '''''Beauty and the Beast, Terminator, Star Trek VI''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Disney's '''''Beauty and the Beast, Terminator, Star Trek VI''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1992 || align="center" | — || Windows 3.1 was released. | | 1992 || align="center" | — || Windows 3.1 was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Lawnmower Man''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Lawnmower Man''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1993 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest VI''''' was released. | | 1993 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest VI''''' was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Intel Pentium P5 introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Intel Pentium P5 introduced. | ||
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| 1994 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest VII''''' was released. | | 1994 || align="center" | — || '''''King's Quest VII''''' was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || PowerPC 601 introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || PowerPC 601 introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Star Trek: Generations''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Star Trek: Generations''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1995 || align="center" | — || '''''Phantasmagoria''''' was released. | | 1995 || align="center" | — || '''''Phantasmagoria''''' was released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Intel Pentium Pro introduced. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Intel Pentium Pro introduced. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows 95 released. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || Windows 95 released. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Toy Story''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Toy Story''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1996 || align="center" | — || Working hard on ''''''''King's Quest MoE''''''''. | | 1996 || align="center" | — || Working hard on ''''''''King's Quest MoE''''''''. | ||
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| 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Twister''''' played in theaters. | | 1977 || align="center" | — || '''''Twister''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1997 || align="center" | — || | | 1997 || align="center" | — || | ||
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| 1998 || align="center" | — || | | 1998 || align="center" | — || | ||
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| 1999 || align="center" | — || February 22 - [[Chainsaw Monday]] | | 1999 || align="center" | — || February 22 - [[Chainsaw Monday]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 12 November 2024
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. |
| 1977 | — | CompuServe launched. |
| 1977 | — | 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. |
| 1977 | — | TI-99/4A was introduced. |
| 1977 | — | The Empire Strikes Back played in theaters. |
| 1981 | — | Mission: Asteroid was released for the Apple ][. |
| 1977 | — | IBM PC (64k,8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced. |
| 1977 | — | 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 h - Commodore 64 (64k, 1 mHz), Intel 286 introduced. |
| 1977 | — | Tron, ET, Star Trek II played in theaters. |
| 1983 | — | IBM XT introduced. |
| 1977 | — | MS-DOS 2.0 released. |
| 1977 | — | WarGames, Return of the Jedi played in theaters. |
| 1984 | — | King's Quest I was released. The Dark Crystal was released. |
| 1977 | — | IBM PCjr (128k), Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM AT (640k, 286) introduced. |
| 1977 | — | MS-DOS 3.0 released. |
| 1977 | — | Video game cartridge market crashed. Massive layoffs. |
| 1977 | — | Terminator, Electric Dreams, The Last Starfighter, Star Trek III played in theaters. |
| 1985 | — | King's Quest II was released. |
| 1977 | — | EGA introduced. |
| 1977 | — | Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Intel 386 introduced. |
| 1977 | — | Windows 1.0 released. |
| 1986 | — | King's Quest III was released. |
| 1977 | — | Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced. |
| 1977 | — | Aliens, Star Trek IV played in theaters. |
| 1987 | — | VGA is standard now. |
| 1977 | — | IBM PS/2, Motorola 68030 introduced. |
| 1977 | — | OS/2 and Windows 2.0 released. |
| 1988 | — | King's Quest IV and the original Mixed-Up Mother Goose were released. |
| 1977 | — | Sound cards supported. |
| 1977 | — | MS-DOS 4.0 released. |
| 1989 | — | Colonel's Bequest was released. |
| 1977 | — | Intel 486 introduced. |
| 1977 | — | 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. |
| 1977 | — | Motorola 68040 introduced. |
| 1977 | — | Windows 3.0 released. |
| 1977 | — | Total Recall played in theaters. |
| 1991 | — | King's Quest V CD, Dagger of Amon Ra released. |
| 1977 | — | Windows supported. |
| 1977 | — | MS-DOS 5.0 released. |
| 1977 | — | Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Terminator, Star Trek VI played in theaters. |
| 1992 | — | Windows 3.1 was released. |
| 1977 | — | Lawnmower Man played in theaters. |
| 1993 | — | King's Quest VI was released. |
| 1977 | — | Intel Pentium P5 introduced. |
| 1994 | — | King's Quest VII was released. |
| 1977 | — | PowerPC 601 introduced. |
| 1977 | — | Star Trek: Generations played in theaters. |
| 1995 | — | Phantasmagoria was released. |
| 1977 | — | Intel Pentium Pro introduced. |
| 1977 | — | Windows 95 released. |
| 1977 | — | Toy Story played in theaters. |
| 1996 | — | Working hard on '''King's Quest MoE'''. |
| 1977 | — | Twister played in theaters. |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1999 | — | February 22 - Chainsaw Monday |
