Roberta Williams (born February 16, 1953) is an American video game designer and a co-founder of the Sierra On-Line company (later known as Sierra Entertainment). She is most famous for her pioneering work in graphical adventure games. She developed such titles as Mystery House, the King's Quest series and Phantasmagoria. She remains married to Ken Williams and retired from her career in 1999.
Roberta Williams, together with Ken Williams, is cons...
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Roberta Williams (born February 16, 1953) is an American video game designer and a co-founder of the Sierra On-Line company (later known as Sierra Entertainment). She is most famous for her pioneering work in graphical adventure games. She developed such titles as Mystery House, the King's Quest series and Phantasmagoria. She remains married to Ken Williams and retired from her career in 1999.
Roberta Williams, together with Ken Williams, is considered one of the most influential video game designers. Ars Technica stated that Roberta Williams was "one of the more iconic figures in adventure gaming". GameSpot once named her as the number ten in their listing of the Most Influential People in Computer Gaming of All Time for "pushing the envelope of graphic adventures" and being "especially proactive in creating games from a woman's point of view, and titles that appealed to the mainstream market, all the while integrating the latest technologies in graphics and sound wherever possible."...
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