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| 1978 || - Intel 8086 introduced. | | 1978 || - Intel 8086 introduced. | ||
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| 1979 || - Atari 800 (48k, 1.79 mHz), Motorola 68000 introduced. <br /> | | 1979 || - Atari 800 (48k, 1.79 mHz), Motorola 68000 introduced. <br />- CompuServe launched.- '''''Star Trek I''''' and '''''Alien''''' played in theaters. | ||
- CompuServe launched.- '''''Star Trek I''''' and '''''Alien''''' played in theaters. | |||
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| 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. <br /> | | 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. <br /> | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 12 November 2024
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. |
| 1981 | - Mission: Asteroid was released for the Apple ][. - IBM PC (64k,8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced. |
| 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. - Tron, ET, Star Trek II played in theaters. |
| 1983 | - IBM XT introduced. - MS-DOS 2.0 released. |
| 1984 | - King's Quest I was released. The Dark Crystal was released. - IBM PCjr (128k), Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM AT (640k, 286) introduced. |
| 1985 | - King's Quest II was released. - EGA introduced. |
| 1986 | - King's Quest III was released. - Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced. |
| 1987 | - VGA is standard now. - IBM PS/2, Motorola 68030 introduced. |
| 1988 | - King's Quest IV and the original Mixed-Up Mother Goose were released. - Sound cards supported. |
| 1989 | - Colonel's Bequest was released. - Intel 486 introduced. |
| 1990 | - King's Quest V floppy version, Mixed-Up Mother Goose CD, King's Quest I remake were released. - Motorola 68040 introduced. |
| 1991 | - King's Quest V CD, Dagger of Amon Ra released. - Windows supported. |
| 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. |
| 1995 | - Phantasmagoria was released. - Intel Pentium Pro introduced. |
| 1996 | - Working hard on '''King's Quest MoE'''. - Twister played in theaters. |
| 1997 | - |
| 1998 | - |
| 1999 | - February 22 - Chainsaw Monday |
