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(re: What Sierra Means To Me) When I bought my very first computer, an IBM PC jr, I also bought Kings Quest I to go with it. The game was most interesting & addictive. What was really a bonus though was that my oldest son wanted to play it too. The only problem was, he couldn’t read and he was about 6 years old. So, in order for him to play, I or my wife would have to read to him what was on the screen.
One day, I said to him that if he wanted to play anymore, he would have to learn to read what was on the screen. Amazingly, it worked. He suddenly learned very quickly & as he progressed in school, his reading comprehension was at least 4 grades higher than he was.
He is 21 now, still loves to read, still plays a multitude of computer games, & is nostalgic about the KQ series, all of which we owned at one time.
So, what does Sierra mean to me? An interesting & innovative early literature programme.
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(re: re: What Sierra Means To Me) I first encountered Sierra and computers for that matter in 1988 at Delaware Tech. My professor had Leisure Suit Larry II and we would play after classes for hours trying to figure out the puzzles! What fun it was. That year I bought my first computer (286 – he he) and started my vast collection of Sierra games. I played them all. I absolutely enjoyed every one of them. They were awesome! I wanted my experience to be the best possible experience and proceded to upgrade everything I could. I bought the Ad-Lib card and CM-64 through Sierra. I had my stereo hooked up to it with two giant 16″ speakers on top of my hutch. I would crank up the soundtracks to max when I was playing. Red Baron was one of my favorite soundtracks.
Nowadays, I fix PCs for a living. I still continue to upgrade my PC at home to get the most out of every game I buy.
Sierra has given me the greatest hobby I could ever desire! Now, if they could just get those games to work in XP!!! 🙂
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