Sierra On-Line

Descripción

Sierra Entertainment fue una empresa desarrolladora de videojuegos fundada por Ken Williams y Roberta Williams. Fue pionera de las aventuras gráficas, género que otorgó su fama a la compañía gracias a títulos como King's Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest, y posteriormente, Gabriel Knight. Fue comprada por varias compañías hasta que el grupo al que pertenecía, Vivendi Games, fue comprado por Activision, cerrando Sierra en 2008.

Curiosidades

En febrero de 1992, Ken Williams se reunió con John Carmack y John Romero, los fundadores y jefes id Software y ofreció comprar su empresa por $2.5 millones. Los dos desarrolladores rechazaron la oferta de Ken, e id Software procedieron a lanzar Wolfenstein 3D y posteriormente Doom y Quake

Ludografía

Juegos Desarrollados

• Hi-Res Adventure #0: Mission Asteroid (1980)
• Hi-Res Adventure #1: Mystery House (1980)
• Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess (1980)
• Hi-Res Adventure #3: Cranston Manor (1982)
• Hi-Res Adventure #4: Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (1981)
• Hi-Res Adventure #5: Time Zone (1982)
• Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal (1983)
• King's Quest: Quest for the Crown (1984)
• The Black Cauldron (1986)
• King's Quest III: To Heir is Human (1986)
• Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter (EGA) (1987)
• Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (EGA) (1987)
• Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (EGA) (1987)
• King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne (1987)
• Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose (1987)
• King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (1988)
• Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) (1988)
• Police Quest 2: The Vengeance (1988)
• Gold Rush! (1988)
• Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge (1988)
• Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals! (1989)
• The Colonel's Bequest (1989)
• Codename: ICEMAN (1989)
• Space Quest III : The Pirates of Pestulon (1989)
• Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero (1989)
• Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail (1990)
• King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1990)
• Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire (1990)
• Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work! (1991)
• Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (1991)
• Castle of Dr. Brain (1991)
• Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (1991)
• EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus (1991)
• Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (VGA) (1991)
• Mixed-Up Fairy Tales (1991)
• Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter (VGA) (1991)
• The Dagger of Amon Ra (1992)
• King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992)
• Quest for Glory III: Wages of War (1992)
• Police Quest 3: The Kindred (1992)
• Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (VGA) (1992)
• Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero (1992)
• Space Quest V: The Next Mutation (1993)
• Freddy Pharkas: Farmacéutico de la Frontera (1993)
• EcoQuest 2: El Secreto Perdido de la Selva Amazónica (1993)
• Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1993)
• Pepper's Adventures in Time (1993)
• Daryl F Gates' Police Quest: Open Season (1993)
• King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (1994)
• Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1994)
• Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape up or Slip Out! (1994)
• Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier (1995)
• The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995)
• Torin's Passage (1995)
• Phantasmagoria (1995)
• Shivers (1995)
• Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! (1996)
• Lighthouse: The Dark Being (1996)
• Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh (1996)
• Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls (1997)
• Gabriel Knight 3: Testamento del Diablo (1999)

Juegos Editados

• Hi-Res Adventure #0: Mission Asteroid (1980)
• Hi-Res Adventure #1: Mystery House (1980)
• Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess (1980)
• Hi-Res Adventure #3: Cranston Manor (1982)
• Hi-Res Adventure #4: Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (1981)
• Hi-Res Adventure #5: Time Zone (1982)
• Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal (1983)
• King's Quest: Quest for the Crown (1984)
• The Black Cauldron (1986)
• King's Quest III: To Heir is Human (1986)
• Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter (EGA) (1987)
• Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (EGA) (1987)
• Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose (1987)
• King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne (1987)
• Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (EGA) (1987)
• Manhunter: New York (1988)
• Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge (1988)
• Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) (1988)
• Gold Rush! (1988)
• King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (1988)
• Police Quest 2: The Vengeance (1988)
• Manhunter 2: San Francisco (1989)
• Space Quest III : The Pirates of Pestulon (1989)
• Codename: ICEMAN (1989)
• The Colonel's Bequest (1989)
• Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals! (1989)
• Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero (1989)
• Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail (1990)
• Rise of the Dragon (1990)
• King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1990)
• Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire (1990)
• Mixed-Up Fairy Tales (1991)
• The Adventures of Willy Beamish (1991)
• Castle of Dr. Brain (1991)
• Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (1991)
• Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter (VGA) (1991)
• Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (1991)
• Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (VGA) (1991)
• Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work! (1991)
• EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus (1991)
• Heart of China (1991)
• The Dagger of Amon Ra (1992)
• Gobliins 2: El Príncipe Bufón (1992)
• Quest for Glory III: Wages of War (1992)
• King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992)
• Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero (1992)
• Inca (1992)
• Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (VGA) (1992)
• Police Quest 3: The Kindred (1992)
• Space Quest V: The Next Mutation (1993)
• Lost in Time 2 (1993)
• Daryl F Gates' Police Quest: Open Season (1993)
• EcoQuest 2: El Secreto Perdido de la Selva Amazónica (1993)
• Freddy Pharkas: Farmacéutico de la Frontera (1993)
• Goblins 3 (1993)
• Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1993)
• Inca II: Wiracocha (1993)
• Ween: The Prophecy (1993)
• Pepper's Adventures in Time (1993)
• Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape up or Slip Out! (1994)
• Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1994)
• King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (1994)
• Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth (1994)
• Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier (1995)
• Shivers (1995)
• The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995)
• Torin's Passage (1995)
• Phantasmagoria (1995)
• The Last Dynasty (1995)
• Lighthouse: The Dark Being (1996)
• Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! (1996)
• Rama (1996)
• Urban Runner (1996)
• Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh (1996)
• Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls (1997)
• Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire (1998)
• Gabriel Knight 3: Testamento del Diablo (1999)
• Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (2004)