A Sierra Reunion - It finally happened!!

[@ShreddingFinn]

I'll tell you there was nothing like loading in a new Sierra game back in the 80s or 90s,

[@MetalJesusRocks]

THIS 👆😍

[@virtuserable]

@@MetalJesusRocks Such a magical time in my life. Thanks for being a part of that MetalJesus

[@djxrayrj]

I remember trying to keep track of the 8 or so 3.5 floppy's that were listed 1 of 8..... Fun times

[@LuteFrontier]

u Said load

[@NothingButDanks]

I’m the biggest sierra fan boy, from sierra games to Sierra Mist, my first car was a Ford Sierra

[@aninverse]

I'm a 40 year old PC gamer and I started on SIERRA back in the 90s. Thank you all ✌

[@Barbabapan]

Same here, but 48...

[@saratov99]

Same, but for 40 year olds, biggest name was id Software of course. No wonder Ken Williams tried to buy them months before DOOM release!

[@Barbabapan]

@@saratov99 the business man, generally totally uninterested in games, only money. Read "Not all fairy tales have a happy ending". Some Sierra guy(s?) still are in prison today for doing dirty business.

[@aninverse]

@@saratov99 honestly, I'm a DOOM kid at the core innit

[@usernotfound40495]

I started back in the 60’s

[@DanVasc]

Man, this is heart warming

[@Mordax227]

I do miss this era of gaming sometimes... There was so much heart and soul poured into these games, from the cover art on the box, the instruction manual and other documents, to the game itself... And often the trouble you had just to get the game running on your PC. But when you finally figured out what kind of boot disk configuration you needed and finally got the game to run, that just added to the love!

[@Born...]

Sadly, this seemed to end around the late 2000's when corporate greed was introduced into the gaming market. Not only did the devs pour their heart and soul into every game, but the people you would meet online while playing were that same way! Now a days everyone and their grandmother plays video games, and this "exclusive club" is not so much that way anymore. But back in the day you would meet these cool people online and they were so much rawer and more genuine, it was super easy to meet & make some new friends to game with online. As much as I do love the new graphics and how technology has progressed over these many years, I do feel we have lost something big along the way.... It seems like every company that poured their heart and soul into their games either gets bought up by a larger company or gets shut down for one reason or another. Thankfully we have indie developers now and they seem to be carrying the torch. So, make sure you support these indie devs! But I agree with you, the charm of those days and everything in it, down to the struggles of getting the game to run and having to look at the manual is something that I will always miss.

[@sensoeirensen]

A small kid in Switzerland played Kings Quest IV on the Amiga 2000. With an English book in my hands because I was too young having English in school! God I loved the good old 80s games!

[@-Tristan-]

Same here, with Zak McKracken and Kings Quest 5. Greetings from Germany.

[@Renk1]

I feel you! I learned English with Maniac Mansion when I was 7 or 8 years old, and when English classes started at the 3rd grade (when I was 9) I already knew important words like "hamster, microwave, chainsaw"

[@slackjaw4270]

Great memory! Your dad must have been rich! I would have sold my right arm for a 2000 then. 😊

[@GreatCaesarsGhost1111]

So glad you shared this! Thanks MJR!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

My pleasure!

[@brutalis782]

41 year old gamer here. PC mainly. Miss the old days. still play 90s PC

[@wombat5534]

There's a lot of us 1980's! gamers We were the generation that were kids when the 1st Nintendo, 1st Playstation and Xbox were released!

[@giorgioscalici468]

The teacher guy is just amazing! He had just ONE question, and it used it to being better at supporting his students!

[@GoneNForgotten]

That was a great question! So many talk about doing instead of saying how

[@chrisp7050]

My god I was just going through a rabbit hole of all your Sierra content and now this drops. Couldn't be a better timing! Thanks for the video!

[@TroyTempest777]

Awesome! 46 in UK here..loved these games on my old 486 DX! Very cool to see everyone there

[@xXHashassinXx]

Sierra games were such a big part of my childhood. They were really the top of their game in many regards, and pioneered so much.

[@joegiuffr3]

That Sierra start screen brings back so many good memories. This company was a staple of my childhood. Its really cool to see the people that were behind all of it.

[@MrRay3801]

Kings Quest was the first game that ever "took me away". I felt transported and plucked right into the middle of the game. It is such a great memory of mine! So epic to have them back together again making games.

[@8bitslasher]

I was just talking to David Lee Homb, who plays Don in Phantasmagoria, about you! He recently got hooked on your channel! Can't wait to watch this!

[@paperoverflow]

Wow so cool, you can tell him he was the scarriest guy I could think of as a child, and I thank him for having the most psycho nightmares ever, even fearing my dad would become like him hahaha 😂. He did a great job, because Phantasmagoria is the scarriest game I ever played. It was torture (in a good way) and I was glad when I made it through the whole ordeal (was it like 7 freaking cds? Madness...). Cheers! 🍻

[@86cnrs]

My dad used to work for Sierra still find it weird and delightful that people have nostalgia for Sierra.

[@graphicsgod]

Some of the best games growing up! Other than LucasArts.

[@christopherhols2281]

Is your dad metal jesus

[@NNokia-jz6jb]

Because it was the beginning. Sierra created a new wave.

[@86cnrs]

@@christopherhols2281 no

[@ilovegames9708]

How is it weird? Many people grew up with Sierra games.

[@airfixer9461]

Awesome video dude..thx for taking us to the show and for sharing the panel......history in the making 🙂

[@MetalJesusRocks]

You bet!

[@somewhatviable]

This video is a treasure. Thank you so much for compiling all this footage!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GameAddict84]

Can we please, please bring back the 80's and 90's, I mean for real not just nostalgia but really go back to the style and the whole shebang, as a 80's kid growing up in the 90's was so awesome.

[@tonyphillips8726]

Perfect timing. I just sat down with my coffee.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Perfect!

[@tonyphillips8726]

@@MetalJesusRocks I enjoyed the video and watched it straight through.

[@VegasAceVII]

I was born in the late 80's (87). I am aware of Sierra's impact on the industry from the few games I did experience from them. This warms my heart that Jason could use his platform to assist with this type of reunion and I love that they are back making games again and noticing the lack of creativity from the adventure genre as well. I love everything about this.

[@trendyboymx]

It is fantastic to see Roberta Williams back. I wish them the best. At the same time, she talks during the panel about a "routine" instead of a "function, " a "class," a "script" or a "snippet" which shows how they belong to a very different era of how programming and game development was done.

[@BAM5636]

@trendyboymx Yeah. She was never a programmer though. She was a designer.

[@bretthansen8166]

This makes me so happy. I grew up in the 80s with my Tandy computer, the Sierra games were all me and my older brother played. Young people don’t understand how phenomenal these games were at the time. (I’m 44 my brother is 50). Kings Quest, space quest, leisure suit Larry, Phantasmagoria etc is what I grew up on. We had a 2600 Atari and a NES but the computer games especially Sierra is what truly blew me away. They are timeless to me. I would absolutely LOVE to meet Ken and Roberta one day, my love for video games started with them, this video is such a blessing thank you MJR! ❤️

[@gurleyz]

Sierra has always been the OG of Awesomeness in Adventure puzzle gaming! King's Quest 5 and 6 were the first I started playing and the style was so immersive and different. I first played King's Quest 5 on the Nintendo, but man when I finally played it on a Packard Bell computer with the true intended graphics and voice acting added I was hooked! Thanks so much!

[@mindtreat]

I was fluent in English by the age of 14-15, and I do believe its due to gaming these kind of games back then. Everything was in English, and there was a lot of manual typing of words, like in Police Quest etc. I sat with my English Norwegian dictionary, and then the Oxford Dictionary so I could learn the meaning of all the difficult words. It was to the point where I corrected my teachers at school, and i never had to study for English tests. These guys, Roberta and Ken, inadvertently taught me a second language through their creations. Its quite fascinating. Of course, the whole world was influenced by English speaking media during the 80's and 90's, so I also was one who listened to music and watched movies. But games? They were interactive, and you HAD to learn the language to interact with them. Thank you Roberta and Ken, and the rest of the team, you gave us all a childhood memory that I would never replace for anything in the world!

[@FilmTrekk]

Some fantastic advice in this video. Thank you so much for sharing man! Looked fun

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LonSeidman]

Great coverage! Really enjoyed this, so awesome they all got back together. Sierra games were so awesome.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Glad you enjoyed it dude!

[@danielstellwag3081]

Shoutout to the Coles. Quest of glory was a huge part of my childhood!!!

[@brettallenthomas]

I,m 57 and still gaming, nothing like a Sierra game back in the day.. brought my imagination to life ..

[@arthurd6495]

These people created the peak of pc gaming and were a large part of my childhood !

[@patrickdodson1713]

Sierra was my Childhood, pretty much. I grew up in the 80's and 90's, which was an amazing magical time for computer games. And while I've gotten frustrated with some of the puzzles in Sierra games, , it's all OK in the end, because they've been solidified as memories. I was super sad when Sierra was closed. But imagine my excitement years later, as I'm taking a trip to Yosemite; my childhood memories couldn't be contained as I spotted the old Sierra building (the one featured in SQ3) and I couldn't help but be excited at a building that probably looked like a regular boring building to anyone else not into gaming. Hadn't realize it would be so easy to spot along the highway.

[@ReaderOfThreads]

You guys were a big part of my childhood and teenage years. The feelings I get when I think about all the great games you gave us. Thank you! And I cant belive I can see the mythical and Legendary Al Lowe on video 😀

[@jim1174]

Really loved playing sierra games back in the 80’s and 90’s. Still have all my kings quest games.

[@UncG3]

The first Shivers game was my intro into PC gaming. Every few years I still play through it. Right back to my childhood.

[@rodzandz]

7:32 DMP lining up vodka shots in front of him during a panel.... priceless. 😂

[@mr.c.2888]

I remember lying on the floor while my parents played all the 'Quests'. One year I came home from trick or treating and my parents were playing KQ6. Such a perfect day.

[@SuperDuke64]

Cool parents

[@TonyRivera0206]

Wow thanks for taking us back to that small memory. Takes me back as well to many good times. I was the baby of the house so I usually just sat back and watched my mom and brother play so many sierra games. I played mixed up mother goose but I’m not sure of that was a sierra game.

[@LysergiaLand-L-25]

Now this is really cool, the metal Jesus lore is all coming together. 🔥

[@Oldgames1000]

Always glad for more PC related content.

[@NPrescott]

Wooo I’m glad you liked the museum! It takes a lot of work and dedication to collect and keep these machines running. Also glad you enjoyed the big Windows box! That seemed to be a favorite of the show 😅 I’m hoping I might be able to do this museum again and this time…bring ALL the machines out! 😯

[@Vsev0l0d]

I remember my first Sierra game was Jones in the Fast Lane, we played very often with my friend in hotseat mode, it was in Russia in probable between 95-96 years. When local pirates translated the games, they kept all the humor. I was very glad to see the game's composer, Ken Allen. This game means a lot to me. Thank you Metal Jesus for this video!

[@rambro1stbud]

I'll never forgot the day my parents bought a CD-ROM drive for the home computer. Included with it was a copy of Kings Quest VI. I played that game for MONTHS. Sierra dropped so many bangers.

[@cedarson803]

This convention is so awesome. Hopefully they continue it. I grew up with this genre and has always been my favorite. Imagine if it had a resurgence in the modern era with all the latest technology and funding some of the big AAA games get.

[@Nicolition]

That's amazing 😁 I'm 39 and it bring back so many memories and nostalgia with my old PC playing SIERRA games.

[@Singecku4K]

Im 30 years old and this is before my time, i was born in 94 with the playstation 1 but seeing the old PCs made me so happy 😮

[@BDreGaming]

Thanks for posting this! I grew up playing Sierra point-and-click games, some of my most nostalgic memories are of playing all their classic games. Loved seeing everyone at this reunion.

[@michaelberry8096]

What a cool event. Wish I could have been there, but thank you for uploading this! I'm glad to see everyone is doing so well. I'm "only" 41 but Sierra was extremely influential in forming my love of adventure games, storytelling, and gaming in general. I'm not sure I would have the passion for games if I hadn't played King's Quest as a kid. I think I might have to bust out my Amiga 1000 and replay some of my favorite Quest games again. Thank you for the nostalgia trip, can't wait to watch the full videos from this event.

[@SvennyMcG]

MJR, thank you for these videos. I don't know from an analytics standpoint if these videos stand out versus others on your channel but these videos, chatting with the Williams, you & Paul reminiscing about working at Sierra, these can't be replicated by other creators and are invaluable to share with us. Thanks and hope to see more - perhaps you & Paul have more stories to share 😊

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Glad you like them!

[@lassihietala4117]

This is just gold! Gaming history wise, this is one of the most important episodes you have ever released. Thank you so much! Greetings from a Finnish Sierra fan who grew up playing these games.

[@sandplasma]

So cool!!! I remember going to K Mart and seeing all the new Sierra games in the 90s. Wow

[@IzzyMann]

This company is so close to my heart! So many great memories because of all these people, Thanks for uploading this video

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@IzzyMann]

@@MetalJesusRocks

[@WetheDepressed]

Man this happened a few weeks before I'm scheduled to be in Tacoma. Sad I missed it. Would have loved to meet the Coles. Thank you for sharing.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Next time!

[@zgle]

What a great panel! So many fond childhood memories of Sierra Games from the 80’s. Thank you for sharing this. :)

[@chefjeff1366]

this is awesome! what a great opportunity for everyone involved. the Sierra OG's totally deserve it!

[@Nerven86]

It's a great company with great people and great games.

[@mioirelxxx3470]

This is SO COOL. I love Sierra very much. Thanks for a great childhood!!!

[@dxvolt]

I'm 38 and remember seeing my older cousins playing some Sierra games and even me when i got my first pc. Very found memories here in Portugal (Europe). You touched people's lives worldwide not just in the US. Thanks for this amazing content MetalJesus \m/

[@SinisterPuppy]

Thanks for sharing the highlights. So glad the organizers were able to get the reunion together and kind enough to record it so we can all enjoy the QnA.

[@williammcdowell3718]

Sierra... One thing I remember is the quality of the games I played back then. Thanks for the great fun Sierra!

[@Misterfairweather]

Always love when you cover the old Sierra material. I picked up and read Ken's book on the basis of when you had him and Roberta on the channel and enjoyed it thoroughly. Glad to see some of this being memorialized before all the history is forgotten and looking at those big boxes I need to find a way to play Loom again because that hit a whole vein of adventure game Nostalgia for me.

[@kabiebebe2332]

There should be sign "Make big box great again !" 😂😂

[@robbertlw9610]

Even when I’m only 24yrs old this is so interesting and awesome to me, would’ve loved to have been there

[@yochrisnelson]

This was an absolutely incredible watch! Awesome panels!

[@rocray]

Something about hearing that Sierra music, seeing that logo... You knew you were about to go on a crazy adventure. Gives me chills just thinking about it.

[@Gam1ngSan1ty]

Amazing, great for preservation of games and creators!! And so many pioneers here, thank you all!! 🤗🤗

[@MousePotato]

What a panel full of legends and Ken & Roberta Williams were great too :D

[@paperoverflow]

Very cool, I grew up playing Sierra games with my dad. Both him and I were obsessed with Sierra adventure games and could never get enough of it and I was always happy when a demo was included so I could write my wish for birthday or Christmas, but my dad would sometimes buy one randomly or to reward, because I did great at school or something else. I even made an adventure game with adventure game maker when I was 12 or 13 years old, but unfortunately lost it, however I am doing a serious attemt now at making a video game for gameboy color and also trying different engines. I may revisit the idea of creating a point and click game. Anyways it's awesome to see Sierra heroes reunited at such a cool event. It took a while for the reality to sink in, that Metal Jesus worked for Sierra, as I always mostly associated him with retro video games. That's so cool! Also, realized that for all those years I wasn't subscribed!!!! 😱 I fixed that now! I shared this to my dad and am sure he'll be delighted to see this video. I wish one day there'll be a Sierra game collection, so I can rediscover all of those fantastic games and not miss one of those. Most memorable games for me were Lighthouse, Shivers, King's Quest, Gabriel Knight and of course Leisure suit Larry. I also remember a pinball video game demo I was digging a lot! I also was impressed by Caesar 2. Torin's passage was also huuuuge and my favorite game when I was in primary school! Phantasmagoria was the scarriest game I ever played, so spooky and brutal 😬 !!! I was also very fond of Empire Earth... As to Leisure suit Larry, I think the 4th one was my favorite one... 😏🥁🎶 Anyways, Sierra resonates with the best games ever in my inner world. Sierra was like some mystical mythos when I was a kid, something that transcends time and space, very special to me. Cheers!!! 🤘🔥

[@elblanco5]

Everything about this is absolutely amazing!

[@realprotomike]

Great job with the different camera location transitions during the panel section. Keep it visual interesting.

[@Michaelrojas24]

Must've been nice to see everyone again!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

It really was!

[@ThiKu]

I love that you worked there so much! Kings, Space and Police Quest series are my childhood!

[@Lexyvil]

Seeing the Sierra logo in the 90s during my childhood when booting up a game really felt magical, for how I knew was about to enter another world. I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for these amazing experiences and these people.

[@32BitMoto]

So cool! Earthsiege was one of my favorite as a kid growing up. Loved the video!

[@artyfartblast3289]

Roberta is awesome! Great video and great memories. Thanks, man! ❤

[@zakblue]

I really loved this. I played the kings quest and space quest games with my Dad as a kid. It really took me back to those times. Roberta Williams is really a one of a kind. Excited to see any new games this team produces and which direction they choose to go!

[@rugan0723]

So many great memories playing these great adventure games. I bought a Roland MT-32 sound module just for these games. I beta tested for The Sierra Network and had an amazing time. At one point it seemed we were receiving Fedex packages of 10 to 15, 3 1/2 inch floppies at pretty regular intervals. I remember never needing to buy 3 1/2 inch floppies! So much fun!

[@danieljohn9257]

One of the only computer games I ever bought and played back then was Blade Runner because I was such a fan of the film, and I loaded it up on my dad and his girlfriend’s computer on a Friday evening in the late 90’s, and did not stop playing until Saturday morning when I finished it! To this day, that is the only time that has ever happened to me, gaming wise. 🤙🏼

[@JohnRiggs]

a whole lot of inspiration in one room.

[@FlashGordonMurr]

Sierra, my childhood. Thank you for showing this. omg I love it. I still have my King Quest games. You rock Metal Jesus!

[@silverian]

As was said in the end of video there was much humor in Sierra games, which you do not see/hear nowadays in the games. Great video and nice to see and hear people behind Sierra games. This video brings me back in time like good time machine.

[@malirk]

Thank you for this! This is literally my childhood.

[@aliensun4371]

I hate the youtube algorithm so much. I'm subscribed, I like, but your videos only pop up once every 3-4 months! Congrats on the almost 930k! Sierra lives rent free in my heart, such a great time for gaming, thank you for this video

[@teedot]

Great to see this! I have many great memories of the King's Quest series.

[@StillTheVoid]

Ahhh...man...I wish I was there to meet and greet all of you. 😖 I mean this from the bottom of my heart, you guys are digital gods alongside other dev/publishing houses like Apogee and Lucasarts. To the Williams family and MetalJesusRocks and all of the Sierra team, thank you for making our boring early 90s come alive. I still have my original EarthSiege series and the Space Quest series still in box after all these years. I love you guys. 🥹😭🤘👨‍🚀

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Hey, right on! :) Reminds me of the theatrical script I wrote which was based on "King's Quest VI". Very cool to see Roberta and Ken (et al) once again. Neat.

[@markdillon5494]

Loved Sierra - I owe them a LOT for the games they produced in the 80's and 90's

[@walter_the_wobot2349]

Jane Jensen! Man, i loved playing Grey Matter. Such a beautiful story, artwork, and music.

[@sherekhangamedev]

Thanks, this was amazing!

[@daleorth7690]

wow this is extremely cool man! Great video!!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DaveVoyles]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@frankbgaming]

I have fond memories playing sierra games with my friend on his dad’s IBM aptiva pc in the early to mid 90s. This is an awesome reunion seeing the people who created these games. 😃

[@MMKMoore1]

Ah, the iconic Half Dome! What a way to start the video. My first game I was given for my first PC was King's Quest, and I was given King's Quest IV for Christmas that year. Sierra On-Line games (and the Ultima games) were pretty much all I got those first few years in the PCMR.

[@SharifSourour]

Awesome! Thanks for this! So classic! :)

[@drcrankenstein]

Got my LRG Colossal Cave recently, excited jump into it. I still have a copy of LSL3 on 5.25" floppy disk, too. Sierra was a source of some great memories.

[@MugsyNJ2]

After reading Ken's book I was shocked to discover Ken and Roberta's decision to return to the gaming world after so many years at sea.

[@Mintcar923]

I wonder what they'd think of perhaps delving into the survival horror genre.. Its very similar to their style

[@06mustangCE]

So cool. I love Sierra. I'm actually a delivery person in the Oakhurst, CA area and I deliver to the old Sierra Online headquarters building all the time. It's just medical offices now but literally every time I stop there I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and see the Sierra Online glory days.

[@josh89074]

Sierra was before my time but hell i always love hearing these awesome stories

[@Jeremy-ys7dg]

Fun video! Looked like a awesome atmosphere!

[@churibman]

00:13 seeing Nico and George beside Guybrush and Manny gave me a big smile for some reason

[@1ButtonDash]

I don't know what it is but whenever I see the Sierra logo and think of their games and see the devs. It almost feels like this tiny studio filled with a bunch of people who were hippie kids in the 70's who grew up with some of the first computer programming skills who came together to form a team and create games that were very adventure fantasy driven.

[@castro1223]

Yikes! That answer to high students was brutal! Drunken Paul saved the day with his response.

[@mlmattin]

Yeah, I felt the same way. It made me wonder why they even decided to return to making games. I think the best advice that you can give there is...if you want to make games, then make games. You don't have to wait for permission or for someone to give you a job doing it. Now, more than ever, you can just start. The tools are there (most are free) and KZbin is full of free education.

[@jonnjonzz5702]

I knew he was going to say "pick another career".