In 1979, Ken Williams was busy starting up his new business software company, On-Line Systems; years later, this company would be better known as Sierra Online. His wife, Roberta, had her own ambitions, often playing text adventure computer games like Colossal Cave or Voodoo Castle on their Apple II computer while raising her two young sons, one of whom was an infant.
She was fascinated by text adventures, but felt like the genre could use some graphics. Drawing primitive graphics with a VersaWriter tablet, Roberta was able to add static illustrations, bringing something new to the…
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