Know Your Gaming Roots

[Kermi]

Sierra 'n Broderbund are the mystery to me. time to look 'em up now. Got me all curious 'n shtuff.

Oh, and your 2D Boy - Activision analogy at the end there scares me. Not cool, man. Not cool.

Sierra were the kings of adventure games. I understand they're terribly dated today, but their 'Quest' series were just about the greatest thing around until Lucasarts brought out Monkey Island.

 

[Delusibeta]

Dune 2's also notable for being a tie-in game. Yes, a sequel to a tie-in game invented the RTS.

 

[Babitz]

You should have mentioned Black Isle. Hopefully, there will be more columns like this one to cover some other developers.