Sierra On-Line
Status: dead
Country: USA
aka(s): Sierra Entertainment, Sierra, Sierra Online, Sierra Studios, On-Line Systems
Founded in 1979 in California as On-Line Systems.
Renamed Sierra On-Line in 1982.
Changed name to Sierra Entertainment on February 19, 2002.
In 2008, ownership of Sierra was transferred to Activision and later closed down.
It is known for Aces, City Building Series, Crash Bandicoot, Diablo, Dragon Slayer, Earthsiege, Empire Earth, F.E.A.R., Frogger series, Gabriel Knight, Geometry Wars, Gobliiins, Ground Control, Half-Life, Homeworld, King's Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Lode Runner, Lords of the Realm, Manhunter, No One Lives Forever, Police Quest, Quest for Glory, Silpheed, Sorcerian, Spacequest, Spyro, Spyro the Dragon, SWAT, The Legend of Spyro, Thexder, Tribes, Ultima, Ultima: The Age of Darkness, You Don't Know Jack, Yserbius
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Top platforms
MS-DOS | 132 | ||
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Windows | 118 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 70 | ||
Apple II E | 64 | ||
Amiga | 50 | ||
Win3.1 | 35 | ||
Atari ST | 27 | ||
C64 | 25 | ||
Atari 400/800 | 25 | ||
X360 | 20 | ||
Tandy Coco | 17 | ||
PS2 | 16 | ||
Apple IIGS | 14 | ||
Nintendo DS | 9 | ||
Wii | 9 |
WIN 1998-07-25
WIN 2004-06-18
WIN 2007-10-10
WIN 1997-11-24
WIN 2006-06-01
WIN 2003-03-10
W31 1994
DOS 1990-11-09
WIN 1999-11-18
DOS 1991-12
DOS 1989
DOS 1984-05-10
Sierra On-Line best rated games
BC's Quest for Tires | 1983 | col | |||
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery | 1995 | win | |||
Betrayal at Krondor | 1993 | dos | |||
Homeworld 2 | 2003 | win | |||
Crossfire | 1981 | IIE | |||
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero - VGA Remake | 1992 | dos | |||
Half-Life | 1998 | win | |||
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers | 1993 | dos | |||
Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge | 1987 | st | |||
Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter | 1991 | dos |