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| 1968 || align="center" width="75" | — || '''''[[Colossal Cave Adventure]]''''' was played on mainframes. | | 1968 || align="center" width="75" | — || '''''[[Colossal Cave Adventure]]''''' was played on mainframes. | ||
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| 1971 || — || Intel's first microprocessor (the 4004) was introduced. | | 1971 || — || Intel's first microprocessor (the 4004) was introduced. | ||
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| || — || 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. | | 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. | ||
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| || — || TI-99/4A was introduced. | | || — || TI-99/4A was introduced. | ||
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| || — || The Empire Strikes Back played in theaters. | | || — || The Empire Strikes Back played in theaters. | ||
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| 1981 || — || Mission: Asteroid was released for the Apple ][. | | 1981 || — || '''''[[Mission: Asteroid]]''''' was released for the Apple ][. | ||
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| || — || IBM PC (64k, 8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced. | | || — || IBM PC (64k, 8088, 4.77 mHz, CGA) introduced. | ||
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| || — || MS-DOS 1.0 released. | | || — || MS-DOS 1.0 released. | ||
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| 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). | | 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). | ||
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| || — || Commodore 64 (64k, 1 mHz), Intel 286 introduced. | | || — || Commodore 64 (64k, 1 mHz), Intel 286 introduced. | ||
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| || — || WarGames, Return of the Jedi played in theaters. | | || — || WarGames, Return of the Jedi played in theaters. | ||
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| 1984 || — || King's Quest I was released. The Dark Crystal was released. | | 1984 || — || '''''[[King's Quest I]]''''' was released. '''''[[The Dark Crystal]]''''' was released. | ||
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| || — || IBM PCjr (128k), Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM AT (640k, 286) introduced. | | || — || IBM PCjr (128k), Macintosh, Tandy 1000, IBM AT (640k, 286) introduced. | ||
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| || — || Terminator, Electric Dreams, The Last Starfighter, Star Trek III played in theaters. | | || — || Terminator, Electric Dreams, The Last Starfighter, Star Trek III played in theaters. | ||
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| 1985 || — || King's Quest II was released. | | 1985 || — || '''''[[King's Quest II]]''''' was released. | ||
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| || — || EGA introduced. | | || — || EGA introduced. | ||
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| || — || Windows 1.0 released. | | || — || Windows 1.0 released. | ||
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| 1986 || — || King's Quest III was released. | | 1986 || — || '''''[[King's Quest III]]''''' was released. | ||
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| || — || Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced. | | || — || Compaq 386 (1 meg, 16 mHz) introduced. | ||
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| || — || OS/2 and Windows 2.0 released. | | || — || OS/2 and Windows 2.0 released. | ||
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| 1988 || — || King's Quest IV and the original Mixed-Up Mother Goose were released. | | 1988 || — || '''''[[King's Quest IV]]''''' and the original '''''[[Mixed-Up Mother Goose]]''''' were released. | ||
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| || — || Sound cards supported. | | || — || Sound cards supported. | ||
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| || — || MS-DOS 4.0 released. | | || — || MS-DOS 4.0 released. | ||
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| 1989 || — || Colonel's Bequest was released. | | 1989 || — || '''''[[Colonel's Bequest]]''''' was released. | ||
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| || — || Intel 486 introduced. | | || — || Intel 486 introduced. | ||
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| || — || Star Trek V played in theaters. | | || — || Star Trek V]]''''' played in theaters. | ||
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| 1990 || — || King's Quest V floppy version, Mixed-Up Mother Goose CD, King's Quest I remake were released. | | 1990 || — || '''''[[King's Quest V floppy]]''''' version, '''''[[Mixed-Up Mother Goose CD]]''''', '''''[[King's Quest I]]''''' remake were released. | ||
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| || — || Motorola 68040 introduced. | | || — || Motorola 68040 introduced. | ||
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| || — || Total Recall played in theaters. | | || — || Total Recall played in theaters. | ||
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| 1991 || — || King's Quest V CD, Dagger of Amon Ra released. | | 1991 || — || '''''[[King's Quest V CD]]''''', '''''[[Dagger of Amon Ra]]''''' released. | ||
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| || — || Windows supported. | | || — || Windows supported. | ||
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| || — || Lawnmower Man played in theaters. | | || — || Lawnmower Man played in theaters. | ||
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| 1993 || — || King's Quest VI was released. | | 1993 || — || '''''[[King's Quest VI]]''''' was released. | ||
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| || — || Intel Pentium P5 introduced. | | || — || Intel Pentium P5 introduced. | ||
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| 1994 || — || King's Quest VII was released. | | 1994 || — || King's Quest VII]]''''' was released. | ||
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| || — || PowerPC 601 introduced. | | || — || PowerPC 601 introduced. | ||
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| || — || Star Trek: Generations played in theaters. | | || — || Star Trek: Generations played in theaters. | ||
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| 1995 || — || Phantasmagoria was released. | | 1995 || — ||'''''[[ Phantasmagoria]]''''' was released. | ||
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| || — || Intel Pentium Pro introduced. | | || — || Intel Pentium Pro introduced. | ||
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| || — || Toy Story played in theaters. | | || — || Toy Story played in theaters. | ||
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| 1996 || — || Working hard on King's Quest MoE. | | 1996 || — || Working hard on '''''[[King's Quest MoE]]'''''. | ||
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| || — || Twister played in theaters. | | || — || Twister played in theaters. | ||
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| 1998 || — || | | 1998 || — || | ||
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| 1999 || — || February 22 - Chainsaw Monday | | 1999 || — || February 22 - [[Chainsaw Monday]] | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 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. | |||
| — | 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
|
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 |
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