Roberta Williams
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Roberta Heuer Williams (born February 16, 1953) is a retired computer game designer. She is perhaps most famous for her pioneering work in graphical adventure games, particularly the King's Quest series.
In the eighties and nineties, Roberta and her husband, Ken Williams, were leading figures in the development of graphical adventure games. They founded the company On-Line Systems, which later became Sierra On-Line. Their contributions to gaming were partially chronicled in the book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution.
Roberta Williams was instrumental in writing and designing several games, including the entire King's Quest series, Mixed-Up Mother Goose, and The Colonel's Bequest. Though Sierra was sold in 1996, Williams' production credits date to 1998.
Roberta posed for the cover of the game Softporn Adventure by Chuck Benton, published by On-line Systems. She also posed much later with her children as Mother Goose for the cover photograph of Mixed-Up Mother Goose. The...
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