GAME DESIGNER

Roberta Williams

1953 - Today

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Roberta Lynn Williams (née Heuer; born February 16, 1953) is an American video game designer and writer, who 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 is also 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberta Williams is the 33rd most popular game designer (up from 40th in 2019), the 8,625th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,919th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Roberta Williams ranks 33 out of 77. Before her are Will Wright, Masahiro Sakurai, Yoko Taro, Yu Suzuki, Peter Molyneux, and Kazunori Yamauchi. After her are Hideki Kamiya, Eiji Aonuma, Chris Taylor, John Romero, Yuji Horii, and Tetsuya Nomura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Roberta Williams ranks 387. Before her are Eve Ensler, Jürgen Kurths, Xabier Azkargorta, Adrie van Kraay, Gary Johnson, and Sergei Starostin. After her are Ingo Hoffmann, Pedro López Quintana, Robert Cray, Georg Friedrich Haas, Lyle Mays, and Teburoro Tito.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roberta Williams ranks 8,627 out of 20,380. Before her are James Drury (1934), Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Leonard Warren (1911), Tiffani Thiessen (1974), Art Acord (1890), and Max Eastman (1883). After her are Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Doug Burgum (1956), Bob Sapp (1973), Dorothy Allison (1949), Anthony Denison (1949), and Bill Carr (1909).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Roberta Williams ranks 10. Before her are Gabe Newell (1962), John Carmack (1970), Todd Howard (1971), Steve Jackson (1953), Carol Shaw (1955), and Will Wright (1960). After her are John Romero (1967), Dave Arneson (1947), Jeff Kaplan (1972), Scott Cawthon (1971), Ron Gilbert (1964), and Ed Boon (1964).

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