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Website: [http://www.sierra.com http://www.sierra.com] | * '''Full Name:''' Sierra Entertainment | ||
* '''Also known as:''' Sierra On-Line | |||
* '''Website:''' [http://www.sierra.com http://www.sierra.com] | |||
* '''State:''' sold out (sold to Vivendi Universal Games in 1997) | |||
Sierra is | Sierra Entertainment (formerly known as Sierra On-Line) is a gaming company founded in 1980. They put out the King's Quest, Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry series. Later whole company has been sold to VU Games and it's name currently used only for branding purposes. | ||
Before that, Sierra acquired French company [[Coktel Vision]], working on a [[VMD]] format that time. Thus, [[VMD]] has been used for vast majority of Sierra's adventure games and several Coktel's titles as well. | |||
* '''Developed Codecs/Formats:''' [[VMD]] | |||
* '''People related to codecs development:''' M.D.O. | |||
* '''Known games using codecs:''' (see [[VMD]] format description) | |||
[[Category:Multimedia-related Companies]] | [[Category:Multimedia-related Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 7 February 2006
- Full Name: Sierra Entertainment
- Also known as: Sierra On-Line
- Website: http://www.sierra.com
- State: sold out (sold to Vivendi Universal Games in 1997)
Sierra Entertainment (formerly known as Sierra On-Line) is a gaming company founded in 1980. They put out the King's Quest, Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry series. Later whole company has been sold to VU Games and it's name currently used only for branding purposes.
Before that, Sierra acquired French company Coktel Vision, working on a VMD format that time. Thus, VMD has been used for vast majority of Sierra's adventure games and several Coktel's titles as well.