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Roberta Williams - American video game designer (b. 1953)

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1 March, 2020
Roberta Williams earned the Pioneer Award at the 20th Game Developers Choice Awards for her influential work in the graphical adventure game genre with Mystery House, as well as her role in creating the King's Quest series and co-founding Sierra.
1 June, 1981
Advertisement from On-Line Systems' June 1981 issue of 'The On-Line Letter for some Hi-Res Adventure games, including both Mystery House and The Wizard and the Princess
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Birth of Roberta Lynn Heuer
February 16, 1953
Roberta Lynn Heuer was born in La Verne, California. While her early life was relatively typical, her imagination and passion for storytelling were evident from a young age, foreshadowing her future career as a groundbreaking game designer.
Marriage to Ken Williams
1972
Roberta married Ken Williams. This union would prove to be a pivotal partnership, both personally and professionally, as they would later co-found one of the most influential video game companies in history.
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Co-founding Sierra On-Line (later Sierra Entertainment) and designing adventure games, most notably the "King's Quest" series, "Mystery House", "The Wizard and the Princess", "Mixed-Up Mother Goose", "Phantasmagoria", and "Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers".