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November 27, 2025
- 04:4004:40, November 27, 2025 diff hist −4 m Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings →Chapter 24: (1989) The Sierra Network Tag: 2017 source edit
- 04:3804:38, November 27, 2025 diff hist +1 m Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings →Chapter 24: (1989) The Sierra Network Tag: 2017 source edit
- 04:3804:38, November 27, 2025 diff hist +8,980 m Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings →Chapter 24: (1989) The Sierra Network Tag: 2017 source edit
- 04:1404:14, November 27, 2025 diff hist +87 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Shooting Phantasmagoria.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 301. Shooting Phantasmagoria. current
- 04:1304:13, November 27, 2025 diff hist +165 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Robertas directors chair.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 301. Here's an amazing souvenir that was saved from the production. The back of Roberta's director's chair! current
- 04:1004:10, November 27, 2025 diff hist +181 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Phantasmagoria Behind the scenes.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 299. Behind the scenes on Phantasmagoria. Using blue screen video effects to blend live action and 3D rendered backgrounds. current
- 04:0804:08, November 27, 2025 diff hist +118 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Phantasmagoria box front cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 295. Phantasmagoria. Sierra's first game to use live actors. current
- 04:0704:07, November 27, 2025 diff hist +182 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings The Realm screenshot online comment.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 294. I saw one comment online indicating that the Realm was later re-coded in a more traditional programming language (C++). current
- 04:0604:06, November 27, 2025 diff hist +296 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings The Realm packaging back cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 294. The Realm is a multiplayer fantasy role playing game played with people from all over the world, over the Internet. Thousands of people meet everyday, to explore, interact, and entertain each other, in this amazing real-time world... current
- 04:0404:04, November 27, 2025 diff hist +158 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings The Realm Starter Kit.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 293. The Realm Starter Kit, sold at retail stores for $49.95, including three months of online play. current
- 04:0304:03, November 27, 2025 diff hist +136 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings The Realm screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 293. An online massively multiplayer online game, "Just" another Sierra first! current
- 04:0204:02, November 27, 2025 diff hist +172 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings 1981 early Sierra staff.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 287. Left-to-Right: Rob Davis, Warren Schwader, Jeff Stephenson, Eric ?, Rourke Weigandt, John Williams (in 1981). current
- 04:0104:01, November 27, 2025 diff hist +90 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Space Quest III screenshot Rick Cavin.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 286. Rick Cavin cracks the whip. current
- 04:0004:00, November 27, 2025 diff hist +184 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Outpost screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 283. Outpost should have been Sierra's biggest hit. It had all the potential but just never quite realized its full potential. current
- 03:5903:59, November 27, 2025 diff hist +106 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Outpost box front cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 279. Outpost. Proof that Sierra was not perfect. current
- 03:5803:58, November 27, 2025 diff hist +112 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Sierra Corporate Offices Bellevue Washington.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 277. Sierra's Corporate Offices, Bellevue, Washington. current
- 03:5603:56, November 27, 2025 diff hist +93 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Microsoft stock price history.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 275. Microsoft Stock Price History. current
- 03:5403:54, November 27, 2025 diff hist +456 N Courtney M. Goodin Created page with "{{Infobox Person | name = Goodin, Courtney M. | image= | image_size = | caption = Courtney M. Goodin | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Software Developer }} ==Career== ==List of major works== <DynamicPageList> category = Courtney M. Goodin namespace = Main ordermethod = categorysortkey order = ascending </DynamicPageList> ==External links== Category:Software Developer Category:People" current Tag: 2017 source edit
- 03:5303:53, November 27, 2025 diff hist +26 N Category:1982 Design Created page with "Category:1982 Graphics" current Tag: 2017 source edit
- 03:5203:52, November 27, 2025 diff hist +38 N Category:1982 Atari 8-Bit Design Created page with "Category:1982 Atari 8-Bit Graphics" current Tag: 2017 source edit
- 03:5203:52, November 27, 2025 diff hist +33 N Category:Atari 8-Bit Design Created page with "Category:Atari 8-Bit Graphics" current Tag: 2017 source edit
- 03:5103:51, November 27, 2025 diff hist +31 N Category:Courtney M. Goodin Created page with "Category:Software Developer" current Tag: 2017 source edit
- 03:5103:51, November 27, 2025 diff hist +31 N Category:1982 Courtney M. Goodin Created page with "Category:Courtney M. Goodin" current Tag: 2017 source edit
- 03:5103:51, November 27, 2025 diff hist +1,462 N Graphic Master (Atari 8-Bit, 5 1/4" Disk) Datasoft - 1982 USA, Canada Release Created page with "{{Infobox SOFTWARE |title=Graphic Master |image= |productid= |UPC= |manpartnum= |platform=Atari 8-Bit |packaging=Retail Box |media=5 1/4" Disk |copyright=1982 |publisher=Datasoft |publabel= |developer=Courtney M. Goodin |genre=Graphics, Design |age= |languages= |countryorigin=United States of America }} == Description from the packaging. == == System Requirements == <div class="c..." Tag: 2017 source edit
- 03:4603:46, November 27, 2025 diff hist −9 m Graphic Generator (Atari 8-Bit, 5 1/4" Disk) Datasoft - 1982 USA, Canada Release No edit summary Tag: 2017 source edit
November 24, 2025
- 03:5303:53, November 24, 2025 diff hist +75 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings California map Oakhurst.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 273. Oakhurst CA. current
- 03:5303:53, November 24, 2025 diff hist +158 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Doom screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 272. Doom, by Id Software, published in 1993. It could have, and should have, been a Sierra product. current
- 03:5203:52, November 24, 2025 diff hist +101 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Ernas Elderberry House Oakhurst CA.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 270. Erna's Elderberry House, Oakhurst, CA. current
- 03:5103:51, November 24, 2025 diff hist +213 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Wolfenstein 3D screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 269. Wolfenstein 3D, from Id Software- I think of it as the beginning of the 3D shooter game craze that became much larger than I ever would have expected. current
- 03:4903:49, November 24, 2025 diff hist +293 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Commander Keen screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 268. Commander Keen, from Id Software. Released in 1990, it was a massive innovation for PC games, and a huge success from Id. Smooth side-scrolling, exactly like a Nintendo console but thru PC hardware, was finally achievable on a PC. current
- 03:4703:47, November 24, 2025 diff hist +464 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Chief Daryl F Gates Funeral.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 265. From an article on Dailynews.com: "In the weeks before he died, bedridden from fighting a losing battle with cancer, former LAPD Chief Daryl F. Gates was visited by an LAPD helicopter hovering outside his hospital window. Even though Gates was weak, he got up, put on his SWAT hat and stood at attention. He continued to salute the crew even as the chopper flew away, tears streaming down his cheeks." current
- 03:4503:45, November 24, 2025 diff hist +107 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Police Quest SWAT Box front cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 264. Police Quest SWAT box packaging front cover. current
- 03:4403:44, November 24, 2025 diff hist +84 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Chief Daryl F Gates.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 262. Chief Daryl F. Gates. current
- 03:4303:43, November 24, 2025 diff hist +134 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Redmond Washington Digipen.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 258. Redmond WA based Digipen offers Bachelor's degrees in game development. current
- 03:4203:42, November 24, 2025 diff hist +114 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Doug Carlston and Ken Williams.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 254. A tale of two CEOs: Doug Carlston and Ken Williams.
- 03:4103:41, November 24, 2025 diff hist +123 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Where in the World Carmen SanDiego box cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 253. Carmen SanDiego. A series of educational mystery videogames. current
- 03:4003:40, November 24, 2025 diff hist +272 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Sierra Datamost Broderbund rafting trip.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 252. Front row Left-to-Right: Ken Williams, Gary Koffler (Datamost), Doug Carleston, Broderbund. Next Row: Roberta Williams, a friend of Doug's. Next Row: DJ Williams, our raft guide, John Heuer (Roberta's father). current
- 03:3803:38, November 24, 2025 diff hist +78 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Jerry Bowerman.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 248. Jerry Bowerman.
- 03:3703:37, November 24, 2025 diff hist +220 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Sierra subsidiaries.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 245. Examples from Sierra's subsidiaries (Left-to-Right: Papyrus, Bright Star, Dynamix, Coktel Vision, Sublogic, Impressions, Arion, Pixellite, Berkley Software). current
- 03:3503:35, November 24, 2025 diff hist +170 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Ken Williams caricature.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 243. It became a running joke, both inside the company, and in our magazine, that I wasn't often known to smile. current
- 03:3403:34, November 24, 2025 diff hist +101 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Mike Brochu.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 243. Mike Brochu, Sierra President and COO. current
- 03:3403:34, November 24, 2025 diff hist +309 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Updated Sierra Organization Chart.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 242. Sierra's goal was to retain the entrepreneurial spirit of companies we acquired by giving them control of the creation and marketing of their products. We thought of each of them as independent companies who used Sierra to publish their products. current
- 03:3203:32, November 24, 2025 diff hist +195 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Sierra Organization Chart.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 241. Sierra Organization Chart. It worked fine when we were all in Oakhurst, but needed a rethinking when we started acquiring companies. current
- 03:3003:30, November 24, 2025 diff hist +266 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings InterAction Holiday 1993 Cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 238. Christmas was always a big deal for Sierra. In addition to special editions of InterAction magazine, we would often send out free CDs to customers with animated Christmas carols, just to say "Thank you". current
- 03:2903:29, November 24, 2025 diff hist +111 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Rick Cavin.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 236. Rick Cavin, General Manager. Tough, but lovable. current
- 03:2803:28, November 24, 2025 diff hist +224 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Steve Wozniak Dick Sunderland Ken Williams.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 235. Left-to-Right: Steve Wozniak, Dick Sunderland, Ken Williams. I didn't know it when this picture was taken, but our home in Oakhurst, 200 miles away, was on fire. current
- 03:2603:26, November 24, 2025 diff hist +138 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Philip Monego.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 230. Philip Monego. Brought in to run TSN, but seemed to favor AT&T over Sierra. current
- 03:2503:25, November 24, 2025 diff hist +111 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Shadow of Yserbius Sierra Network Ad.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 228. Shadow of Yserbius Sierra Network advertisement. current
- 03:2403:24, November 24, 2025 diff hist +128 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Shadow of Yserbius Box Front Cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 227. Yserbius could be played as a single player game, or multiplayer. current
- 03:2403:24, November 24, 2025 diff hist +96 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings ImagiNation Email.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 225. We even had our own email system! current
