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Ken 'Sierra On-Line' Williams Interview

Posted by simoniker on from the softporn-adventure-highlight-of-career? dept.

DasJan writes "Adventure-Treff has conducted an extensive interview with Ken Williams, the founder and former boss of Sierra On-Line ("Leisure Suit Larry", "Space Quest", "King's Quest"...) Ken tries to give insight into his gaming philosophy, and talks about the history of Sierra and adventure gaming. He also mentions several little-known and intriguing anecdotes, such as his meeting with Bill Gates or how he tried to buy id Software."

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  1. Old Games on Apple by robbway · · Score: 2, Informative

    Interestingly enough, Ken doesn't remember that the Roberta Williams Collection, a very good buy (don't know about XP compatibility), had an Apple II emulator on it to play Roberta's Apple games. He didn't have to download it at all, his own company sold it.

    He's right though, old games typically don't hold your interest, mainly because we're used to a higher standard for graphics and sound.

    [The first Sierra game I played was Sammy Lightfoot on the Apple II (a Donkey Kong clone). You literally had to line up pixels before you jumped back then.]

  2. Who killed sierra? by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 2, Informative
    The interviewer asks why sierra is no longer the company it once was. Read to the very bottom of the article and you will see the answer.

    After talking to Bill Gates (Just the person to ask about making profit on games :) he decided to switch the company around. No longer make HIT games but focus on edutainment (yah kid love that) and renewable games.

    So who killed Sierra, the founder after talking to gates.

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