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Roberta Williams
Sign in to saveAmerican video game designer (b. 1953)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Jack and Jill Virus
- Working with dysphasics
- Farewell to Tara
- Roberta Williams
- Aphasia Therapy in Practice
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · California, USA
Known for
- High Score — Self2020
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16
- Total plays
- 73
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,324x
- A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 27,908x
- Learning representations by back-propagating errors
· 1986 · cited 23,639x
- Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay
· 1999 · cited 20,979x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,929x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “If I could only pick one game, I would pick Phantasmagoria, as I enjoyed working on it immensely and it was so very challenging (and I love to be challenged!). However, in my heart, I will always love the King's Quest series and, especially, King's Quest, I since it was the game that really 'made' Sierra On-Line.”
- “I just couldn’t stop. It was compulsive. I started playing it and kept playing. I had a baby at the time, [who] was eight-months old; I totally ignored him. I didn’t want to be bothered. I didn’t want to stop and make dinner.”
- “Programmers, authors are going to be the future new entertainers ... It might be presumptuous to say they might be new Robert Redfords ... but to a certain extent [they will be] idolized. Tomorrow's heroes.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Roberta Lynn Heuer , ( 1953-02-16 ) February 16, 1953 (age 73) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupations
- Video game designer , writer
- Known for
- King's Quest Mystery House Phantasmagoria
- Spouse
- Ken Williams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 )
- Website
- sierragamers .com robertasbook .com cygnusentertainment .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.sierragamers.com
- Image
- Roberta Williams Adventure Game Fan Fair Tacoma Washington July 2024 (cropped).jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1953-02-16
- Commons category
- Roberta Williams
- name in native language
- Roberta Lynn Williams
via Wikidata · CC0
~22 min read
Article
Roberta Lynn Williams (née Heuer; born February 16, 1953) is an American video game designer and writer. She has been named by several publications as one of the best or most influential creators in the video game industry.
Williams co-founded Sierra On-Line with her husband, game developer Ken Williams. In 1980, her first game, Mystery House, became a modest commercial success; it is credited as the first graphic adventure game. She then became known for creating and maintaining the King's Quest series, as well as designing the full motion video game Phantasmagoria in 1995. Sierra was acquired by CUC International in 1996, leading to layoffs and management changes. Williams took a brief sabbatical, and returned to the company in a game design role, but grew increasingly frustrated with CUC's creative and business decisions.