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Ken and Roberta Williams found the company to create business software for the Apple II and TRS-80 -
After playing text-based games, Roberta realizes that the graphics on the Apple II are advanced enough that she can use them to create more immersive game play -
The company rebrands and moves to Oakhurst, California -
Sierra is contacted by IBM to create a game for their new PCjr -
Due to oversaturation in the market (among other reasons), the video game sales fell more than 95% -
The first in the Kings Quest Series is released for PCjr -
This game was critically acclaimed receiving the Software Publishers Association's Best Adventure Game award of 1987. This game also likely became popular due to piracy. -
King's Quest V is the first Sierra On-line game to reach 500,000 sales -
The Sierra Network is the first (and at this point only) online space reserved specifically for games. It would later be bought by AT&T and used to create the first MMORPG's -
This game, Roberta's favorite, takes full advantage of the new game engine. It received mediocre reviews was very ambitious -
Sierra on-line is sold to CUC International for $1.06 billion -
They retire early and the company changes irrevocably -
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude is released to poor reviews -
Sierra officially closes it's doors after holding on for almost 9 years after the founders leave the company. Vivendi Games, which Sierra was part on, was bought by Activision who was not interesting in continuing to fund the company -
Activision resurrects Sierra and re-releases many of their games to be playable on modern computers