Jerry Jewell

  • Return from Vietnam

  • Move from insurance to computers

    He "had bought an Apple to see if he could switch from the insurance business to something more lucrative." (Levy, 274)
  • Distributed "E-Z Draw"

    Distributed "E-Z Draw"
    "Jewell liked it, and worked with Gebelli ... Jewell began making the rounds of computer stores in L.A. and the Bay Area to sell it." (Levy, 275)
  • Co-Founded Sirius Software

    Co-Founded Sirius Software
    "Jewell and the owner of the computer store formed a company called Sirius Software to sell games." (Levy, 275)
  • Jewell, a creative force for games

    Jewell, a creative force for games
    Jewell was a creative force for the games Cyber Strike and Phantom Five
  • News of company merger

    News of company merger
    Merger plans announces in InfoWorld between On-line and Sirius, this plan was a false report, reveled in a 2015 interview with Jewell.
  • Release of Dark Forest

    Release of Dark Forest
    Jewell provided the game design for Dark Forest
  • Release of Lemmings

    Release of Lemmings
    Jewell provided the game design for Lemmings
  • End of Sirius and Twentieth-Century Fox Games deal

    "Jewell...was lamenting the end to his Twentieth-Century Fox Games deal." (Levy, 370)
  • Sirius Software begins bankruptcy

    Between the loss of top programmers and business deals, Sirius could not survive in the games market and fell.
  • Jewell begins work with animatronic skulls

    Jewell begins work with animatronic skulls
    "So he decided to take on the project of creating a professional level talking skull to replace the poorly constructed ones" (skulltronix.com/aboutus.html)
  • Commemorated by Smithsonian

    Commemorated by Smithsonian
    Jewell took part in a Videohistory project by the Smithsonian. In the project he is noted as a member of "The Brotherhood" and Sirius Software is noted for its rise and fall in the market.
  • Haunted house designing

    "Jewell began designing haunted houses in 1991." (skulltronix.com/aboutus.html)
  • Skulltronix products will "Best Product"

    Skulltronix products will "Best Product"
    At the Transworld show Jewell's products win "Best Product award" (https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,333766/)
  • Jewell interview

    Jewell interview
    Jewell sits for an interview, reviewing his work in the early video game industry, Sirius Software and current projects.
    https://archive.org/details/JerryJewellSiriusSoftwareInterview/Jerry+Jewell+64.mp3