Accepting IBM’s offer, Roberta Williams created a story featuring classic fairy-tale elements. IBM approached Sierra to create a game to showcase their new computer the PCjr. In 1982 the company was renamed to Sierra On-Line and the company moved to Oakhurst, California. From 1980 to 1983 On-Line Systems grew from having one employee, Ken’s brother John to over 130 employees. Over the course of the next couple of years Roberta continued to write and design games while establishing a very successful development and publishing company. The success of Williams’ games helped establish On-Line Systems, a company she co-founded with her husband Ken Williams. Williams’ follow up game Wizard and the Princess added color graphics, another first for the industry. Prior to Mystery House all previous adventure-based games were text only. Williams’ first venture into video games began in 1979 with the creation of the first adventure game to incorporate graphics, Mystery House. Williams is best known as the co-founder of Sierra On-Line and the creator of the King’s Quest series that was extremely popular in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. Roberta Williams is an American video game designer, writer and co-founder of Sierra On-Line.
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