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Author : Manu
27 February 2026, 10:22 pm
In August 1981, IBM announced a new personal computer at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. With 16K of RAM, a single floppy drive, and a starting price of $1,565, it was designed squarely for business users. The operating system — MS-DOS, which Microsoft had acquired from a small Seattle company for $50,000 just two weeks before the announcement — was a tool for accountants, not adventurers. Nobody in that hotel ballroom was thinking about games.
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Author : Tasha
27 February 2026, 10:22 pm
Roberta Williams, for those who don’t know, is the creator of the legendary King’s Quest series. The series is 8 strong and chronicles the adventures of the Daventry family. Of course she did many other projects during her long career such as Mickey’s Space Adventure, The Black Cauldron, The Dark Crystal, and Mixed-Up Mother Goose. However King’s Quest was her most popular contribution to gaming.
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