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* '''State:''' sold out (sold to Vivendi Universal Games in 1997)
* '''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 published the well-known King's Quest, Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry series. Later, the company was acquired by [[Vivendi Universal]] Games but the Sierra name is still used for branding purposes.


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 the VU acquisition, Sierra acquired French company [[Coktel Vision]] along with their [[VMD]] format. Thus, [[VMD]] has been used as the FMV format for the vast majority of Sierra's multimedia adventure games and several of Coktel's titles as well.
 
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]]
* '''Developed Codecs/Formats:''' [[VMD]]

Latest revision as of 22:35, 14 March 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 published the well-known King's Quest, Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry series. Later, the company was acquired by Vivendi Universal Games but the Sierra name is still used for branding purposes.

Before the VU acquisition, Sierra acquired French company Coktel Vision along with their VMD format. Thus, VMD has been used as the FMV format for the vast majority of Sierra's multimedia adventure games and several of 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)