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Roberta Williams
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Roberta Williams, born Roberta Lynn Williams on 16 February 1953 in La Verne, is an American writer and entrepreneur. She is married to Ken Williams, who was also her business partner, and she received a Game Developers Choice Award. As an author her listed works include Jack and Jill Virus and Farewell to Tara, among a total of eleven works credited to her name.
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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
California, USA
Known for
- High Score — Self2020
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
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
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roberta
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- La Verne
- Spouse
- Ken Williams
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.sierragamers.com
- Image
- Roberta Williams Adventure Game Fan Fair Tacoma Washington July 2024 (cropped).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1953-02-16
- Commons category
- Roberta Williams
- name in native language
- Roberta Lynn Williams
- partner in business or sport
- Ken Williams
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roberta Williams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.