Sierra was the code name for a 16-bit/32-bit personal computer designed by the Sunnyvale Research Lab (SRL) of Atari, Inc. starting around 1983. The design...
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In late 2007, Sierra released games like the first-person shooter game TimeShift (which was originally going to be published by Atari but was delayed...
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was a 16/32-bit computer also being designed by SRL, known as the Atari Sierra. Sierra used Amy for sound and a pair of chips code-named "Gold" and "Silver"...
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Gobliiins (category Atari ST games)
consisting of five entries, released by Coktel Vision (and later Sierra On-Line) for the Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh, iOS and Windows platforms. The first...
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Frogger (category Atari 2600 games)
of that, even the Atari 2600 received multiple releases: a standard cartridge and a cassette for the Starpath Supercharger. Sierra released disk or tape...
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Sierra Entertainment is a software label which publishes games from indie developers. Founded in 1979 by Ken and Roberta Williams, it developed and published...
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Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
trilogy. It is also the only official Ultima game published by Sierra On-Line. Conflict with Sierra over royalties for the IBM port of this game led the series...
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The Coles (category Sierra On-Line employees)
career at Sierra On-line in 1988, porting the SCI engine to Atari ST. He later co-programmed new iterations the SCI engine for use in many Sierra games during...
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King's Quest V (category Sierra Entertainment games)
was later canceled. Sierra's Srini Vasan and Sierra UK fought for continued Atari ST development but Sierra Online discontinued Atari ST support entirely...
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The Dark Crystal (video game) (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
Adventure directly released under the SierraVenture label in 1983. Versions were published for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit computers. An alternate version...
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Dynamix (category Sierra Entertainment)
their early use of digitized graphics, animations and sounds effects in PC, Atari ST and Amiga games. The techniques were first used in 1988 in Pete Rose...
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B.C.'s Quest for Tires (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
and Michael Bate and published by Sierra On-Line in 1983. Versions were released for the Commodore 64, IBM PC, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, ZX...
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Adventure Game Interpreter (category Sierra Entertainment)
included the IBM PC compatible, the Atari ST, Commodore's Amiga series, and Apple's Macintosh computers. In addition, Sierra ported AGI to three 8-bit computer...
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King's Quest II (category Atari ST games)
adventure games by Sierra On-Line. It was originally released in 1985 for PC DOS/PCjr, and later made available for the Apple II/IIGS, Atari ST, and Amiga...
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Dandy (video game) (category Atari Program Exchange software)
went to work for Atari, Inc. in the Atari Research division. He helped design the operating system for the unreleased Atari Sierra personal computer...
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King's Quest I (category Atari ST games)
Quest: Quest for the Crown was announced for the Atari ST line of computers. It was announced via Sierra News Magazine in spring 1991, saying owners could...
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John Harris (software developer) (section Atari 8-bit)
Solitaire Pulsar Interactive Corp., 1997–2003 Tachyon Studios, Inc. Atari Synapse Sierra On-Line Interview with John Harris regarding Hackers and his career...
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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail (category Atari ST games)
the talented folk at Sierra". Amiga Joker (September 1990) Amiga Computing (September 1990) Enchanted Realms (November 1990) Atari ST User (April 1991)...
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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (category Atari ST games)
developed by Sierra On-Line, and published in 1987. It was developed for the MS-DOS and the Apple II and later ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIGS...
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Caesar (video game) (category Atari ST games)
cities. Released in 1992 on the Amiga and ported the following year to Atari ST, PC and Macintosh, the game is similar to SimCity. In addition to similar...
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The Colonel's Bequest (category Atari ST games)
adventure game by Sierra On-Line featuring the character of Laura Bow. It was developed for MS-DOS in 1989. Ports for Amiga and Atari ST were released...
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Jungle Hunt (category Atari 2600 games)
Home versions of Jungle Hunt were published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 8-bit computers starring a British explorer named...
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King's Quest IV (category Atari ST games)
is a graphic adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line for the MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, and Atari ST computers and released in 1988. The player...
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Space Quest IV (category Cancelled Atari ST games)
December 1992 with full speech support; an Atari ST version was announced via Sierra Online's magazine, Sierra News Magazine, but was later canceled. The...
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Spectravideo/Ralston Purina, Atari 2600 Creepy Corridors, Sierra On-Line, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, others Dandy, Atari Program Exchange, Atari 8-bit Flappy, DB-SOFT...
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The Black Cauldron (video game) (category Atari ST games)
The Black Cauldron is an adventure game designed by Al Lowe of Sierra On-Line and published in 1985. The game is based on the Disney film The Black Cauldron...
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Space Quest I (category Atari ST games)
created by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, and released in October 1986 by Sierra On-Line. It is the first game in the Space Quest series, and sees players...
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Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero (category Atari ST games)
the game. The game has a satirical and silly tone. Ports for the Amiga, Atari ST, and NEC PC-9801 were released in the early 1990s. A VGA remake, titled...
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Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals (category Atari ST games)
graphical adventure game designed by Al Lowe and published by Sierra On-Line for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga in 1989 as the third entry in their Leisure Suit...
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including Apple, Atari, C-Cube, Cisco Systems, Electronic Arts, Linear Technology, LSI Logic, Microchip Technology, NetApp, Oracle, PMC-Sierra. Valentine was...
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