Hi, Sierra groupies and Greetz to the Walkers

[Silverwolf,]

I go by the Name SilverWolf as thats what my daughter dubbed me when she
was 10 years old and was already bypassing my knowledge of browsing and
surfing and decided that her pepper-haired, and bearded father need a
cool multiplayer handle for BF 1942.

Sierra was one my first
games in 1989 when I got my first 386 Packard Hell and I was in love
with Sierras games from day one. All the games done by Sierra and those
in co-creation with Impressions are example of what real games were all
about.
      I had all the City Builder games of which they know
nothing of today, Lords of the Realm 1+2 and so many more I cant
remember to list. All I know is that along with Microprose when Sid
Meier was creating over there and Interplay who gave us Duke Nukem and
others, Sierra was part of the fathers of strategy/roleplaying/action 
games. 
    I can remember when playing Caesar 4 and then suddenly
the rumors started to trickle down. Sierra know as we it was gone, as
was soon to be Interplay and Maxis, all bought up by companies who
measured fun in dollars rather then the meat of the games. I was so easy
to call up tech support and talk to a real person, often the creators
themselves and really feel that the game creators appreciated us players
in a very personal way.  In a way its nice I can stop by here and read
the feelings of other Sierra fans who havent forgotten this great
company  and yet feel sad that we will never see the creativity that
these companies built their reuptations on.

Half-Life, I
remember when that came out I thought the end times were here. Scary
head crabs and head crab controlled zombies and a game that talked back
to you as well. Though I must compliment Valve on picking up the saga
and giving us gameplay that respected the vision of the original game.
Now if only they give us chapter 3.  I always thought that Dos, despite
being sprites, still had it all over 3d games precisely because that’s
were all the invention came from.

Im glad to hear the Walkers are
doing well bless their hearts.   Coming across this page and the blog
it feels like you suddenly out of nowhere met old friends that you
haven’t seen in ages. I also miss Phil Lester who use to come on forums
to chat about Impressions games. I cant imagine what Mr and Mrs Walker
think of what they did with Lords of the Realm 3 🙂

Well anyways,
this is bit of who I am gamer wise. Thank You Walker Twosome for being
among the top innovative game companies inventing the best stress
relieving fun I ever had. You are sorely missed but at the same time Im
glad to hear that all is well with you. You made your mark in the gaming
world with a bullet, and as Bob Hope would sing “Thanks for the
Memories.”

[Author]

Posts