Sierra Timeline
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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 |
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