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Pioneers of Computing Innovation

Individuals and organizations that shaped history..

Computing Innovations

←1940→

  • ENIAC, the 1st generally-programmable computer by the US Army (1946)
  • PLANKALKUL, the 1st High-Level Programming Language by Konrad Zuse (1948)

←1950→

  • SIMON, the 1st Personal Computer by Edmund Berkeley (1950)
  • AN/FSQ-7, the 1st computer with RTG Display by IBM (1951)
  • HD, the world's 1st computer hard disk drive (IBM, 1956)
  • FORTRAN, the 1st High-Level Programming Language by John W. Backus (1957)
  • BELL 101 MODEM, the first commercial-use modem (Bell Laboratories, 1959)

←1960→

  • PACKET SWITCHING (theory) by Leonard Kleinrock (MIT, 1961)
  • BASIC PROGRAMMING language by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz (Dartmouth College, 1964)
  • SIMULA, the 1st Object-Oriented Programming Language by Ole-Johan Dahl & Kristen Nygaard (1967)
  • PEROTTINA (Programma 101), the 1st commercial desktop computer by Pier Perotto (Olivetti, 1965)
  • ARPANET, the father of today's internet by the US Army (1967)
  • FD (Floppy disk drive), invented by IBM (1967)
  • DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory) by Robert Dennard (1968)
  • UNIX, the large-scale networking OS by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and other developers (Bell Labs, 1969)
  • LASER PRINTER, invented by Gary Starkweather (Xerox, 1969)

←1970→

  • INTEL 1103, the 1st DRAM chip (1970)
  • TCP/IP protocol suite by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn (1970)
  • INTEL 4004, the 1st CPU on a single chip by Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stanley Mazor (1971)
  • eMail, invented by Ray Tomlinson (ARPANET, 1971)
  • C Programming language, invented by Dennis Ritchie (1972)
  • ETHERNET, invented by Robert Metcalfe (Xerox, 1973)
  • XEROX ALTO, 1st personal computer with a mouse-driven GUI (1973)
  • SEQUEL (later SQL), invented by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce (IBM, 1974)
  • APPLE 1, the 1st computer with a single-circuit board and ROM by Steve Wozniak (Apple, 1976)
  • COMMODORE PET, 1st widely-available educational computer (Commodore, 1977)

←1980→

  • VRAM (Video RAM), by F. Dill, D. Ling, and R. Matick (IBM, 1980)
  • MIDI, the 1st MIDI interface designed by Dave Smith and Chet Wood (1981)
  • ARM1, the 1st commercial RISC processor by Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber (Acorn, 1985)
  • AMIGA, the 1st multimedia personal computer (Commodore, 1985)

←1990→

  • World Wide Web, by Tim Berners-Lee (CERN, 1991)
  • Linux OS, by Linus Torvalds (1991)
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About BinaryValue.com -A Tribute to Innovative Computers and the Engineers Behind Them

BinaryValue.com is a tribute to the groundbreaking computers of the past and the brilliant minds who made them possible. This site honors the visionaries who worked tirelessly to design the computer systems that changed the world.

A Tribute to Innovative Computers & their Engineers..

Special thanks go to:

  • Tim Berners-Lee – Creator of the World Wide Web, and to CERN for freely sharing this world-changing invention
  • Linus Torvalds – Principal developer of the Linux kernel. Without him, building and hosting the modern web would be a luxury reserved for a few
  • Jay Glenn Miner – Father of the Amiga, and key engineer behind the Atari 2600 and 8-bit family
  • Dave Haynie – Chief engineer at Commodore International, and a vital force in Amiga's evolution
  • Sir Clive Sinclair – Inventor of the ZX Spectrum, who brought computing to millions
  • Steve Wozniak – The technical genius behind Apple’s early computers

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Atari Falcon Poster

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Atari Falcon Poster

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Amiga 1000 Poster

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Sierra Big Boxes

Collection of Sierra Graphic Adventures

Sierra Entertainment, Inc.—originally known as On-Line Systems and later Sierra On-Line, Inc.—was an American video game developer and publisher established in 1979 by Ken and Roberta Williams. They played a groundbreaking role in the development of graphic adventure games, notably creating the genre's first title, Mystery House (1980).

 

King's Quest (1-8)

King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown

  • Release: May 10, 1984 and 1990 (remake)
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, IBM PCjr, Atari ST, Amiga, Macintosh, Tandy 1000, Apple II, Apple IIGS, and Master System
  • Developer: Sierra On-Line
  • Publisher: IBM, Sierra On-Line
  • Writer: Roberta Williams
  • Designer: Roberta Williams
  • Programmers: Charles Tingley, Ken MacNeill, Sol Ackerman, Chris Iden, and Jeff Stephenson
  • Artists: Doug MacNeill and Greg Rowland
  • Composer: Ken Allen

 

Space Quest (1-6)

Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter

  • Release: October 1986 and 1990 (remake)
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Apple II, and Apple IIGS
  • Developer/Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Designers: Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy
  • Programmers: Scott Murphy, Ken Williams, and Sol Ackerman
  • Artist: Mark Crowe
  • Composer: Mark Crowe

 

Police Quest (1-4) & SWAT (1-2)

Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

  • Release: December 1987 and 1991 (remake)
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Apple II, and Apple IIGS
  • Developer/Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Writer: Jim Walls
  • Designer: Jim Walls
  • Programmers: Al Lowe, Greg Rowland, Ken Williams, and Scott Murphy
  • Artists: Mark Crowe and Gerald Moore
  • Composer: Margaret Lowe

 

Leisure Suit Larry (1-7) & Larry’s Casino

Larry 1: Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

  • Release: June 1987 and 1991 (remake)
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Atari ST, Amiga, Macintosh, Apple II, Apple IIGS, and Tandy 3
  • Developer/Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Writer: Al Lowe
  • Designers: Al Lowe, Mark Crowe, and Chuck Benton
  • Programmers: Al Lowe and Ken Williams
  • Artist: Mark Crowe
  • Composer: Al Lowe

 

Gold Rush!

  • Release: 1988 and 2014 (remake)
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Apple II, and Apple IIGS
  • Developer: Sierra On-Line
  • Publisher: Sierra On-Line, The Software Farm Sunlight Games
  • Designer: Ken MacNeill and Doug MacNeill
  • Programmer: Ken MacNeill
  • Artists: Robert Eric Heitman and Doug MacNeill
  • Composer: Anita Scott


 

Manhunter (1-2)

Manhunter 1: New York

  • Release: September 1988
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II, and Apple IIGS
  • Developer: Evryware
  • Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Designers: Barry Murry and Dave Murry
  • Programmers: Barry Murry and Dave Murry
  • Artists: Barry Murry and Dave Murry
  • Composer: Barry Murry


 

The Colonel’s Bequest

  • Release: October 1989
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST
  • Developer/Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Directors: Roberta Williams and Chris Iden
  • Writers: Roberta Williams
  • Designer: Jacqueline Austin
  • Programmers: Chris Hoyt and Chris Iden
  • Artists: Douglas Herring and Gerald Moore
  • Composer: Ken Allen

 

Codename Iceman

  • Release: March 1990
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST
  • Developer/Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Designer: Jim Walls
  • Programmers: Pablo Ghenis, J. Mark Hood, and Doug Oldfield
  • Artists: James Larsen and Cheryl Loyd
  • Composer: Mark Seibert

 

Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

  • Release: 1990
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST
  • Developer/Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Designer: Christy Marx
  • Programmer: David Slayback
  • Artist: Peter Ledger
  • Composer: Mark Seibert

 

The Castle of Dr. Brain (1-4)

Castle of Dr. Brain:

  • Release: 1991
  • Platforms: MS-DOS, Amiga, Macintosh, and NEC PC-9801
  • Developer/Publisher: Sierra On-Line
  • Directors: Corey Cole and Bill Davis
  • Writer: Corey Cole
  • Designer: Corey Cole
  • Programmer: Patrick Bridgemon
  • Artists: Bill Davis, Jerry Moore, and Jennell Jaquays
  • Composer: Ken Allen

 

Adventure games developed by Sierra Entertainment
(Source: Wikipedia)
King's Quest
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • V
  • VI
  • VII
  • Mask of Eternity
Space Quest
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • V
  • 6
Leisure Suit Larry
  • Land of the Lounge Lizards
  • Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)
  • III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
  • 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work
  • 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
  • Love for Sail!
Police Quest
  • In Pursuit of the Death Angel
  • II: The Vengeance
  • III: The Kindred
  • Open Season
  • SWAT
Quest for Glory
  • So You Want to Be a Hero
  • II: Trial by Fire
  • III: Wages of War
  • Shadows of Darkness
  • V: Dragon Fire
Gabriel Knight
  • Sins of the Fathers
  • The Beast Within
  • 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Sierra Discovery Series
 
Mixed-Up
  • Mixed-Up Mother Goose
  • Mixed-Up Fairy Tales
Dr. Brain
  • Castle of Dr. Brain
  • The Island of Dr. Brain
  • The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain
  • The Time Warp of Dr. Brain
EcoQuest
  • The Search for Cetus
  • Lost Secret of the Rainforest
Other
  • Pepper's Adventures in Time
  • Slater & Charlie Go Camping
  • Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science
 
Other series
 
Disney
  • Donald Duck's Playground
  • Mickey's Space Adventure
  • Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood
  • The Black Cauldron
Manhunter
  • New York
  • 2: San Francisco
Conquests
  • Conquests of Camelot
  • Conquests of the Longbow
Laura Bow
  • The Colonel's Bequest
  • The Dagger of Amon Ra
Phantasmagoria
  • Phantasmagoria
  • A Puzzle of Flesh
Shivers
  • Shivers
  • II: Harvest of Souls
 
Stand-alone titles
  • Codename: ICEMAN
  • The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
  • Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
  • Gold Rush!
  • The Last Dynasty
  • Lost in Time
  • Lighthouse: The Dark Being
  • Playtoons
  • The Prophecy
  • Rama
  • Sammy Lightfoot
  • Stay Tooned!
  • Softporn Adventure
  • Torin's Passage
  • Troll's Tale
  • Urban Runner
Hi-Res Adventures
  • Mission Asteroid
  • Mystery House
  • Wizard and the Princess
  • Cranston Manor
  • Ulysses and the Golden Fleece
  • Time Zone
  • The Dark Crystal

 

Links:

  • All Sierra Video Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sierra_Entertainment_video_games
  • Sierra Gamers: https://www.sierragamers.com/sierra-games

Deluxe Paint by EA

Deluxe Paint was first released in November 1985 for the Amiga 1000. It was created by Dan Silva for Electronic Arts and quickly became a legendary graphics program. It played a key role in the creation of many computer games in the 1980s and early 1990s. Over time, newer versions were released for different systems.

Deluxe Paint is an iconic graphics editor created by Dan Silva for Electronic Arts

  • Amiga (OCS) Deluxe Paint 1,2,3, and 4 releases
  • Amiga (AGA) Deluxe Paint 4 and 5 enhanced releases

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Lucasfilm Games

LukasArts/Lucasfilm Video Games

The Short History of LucasArts/Lucasfilm

Founded in 1971 by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd. was originally a film and television production company. In May 1982, the company expanded into gaming with the creation of Lucasfilm Games, which later gained worldwide acclaim for its innovative point-and-click adventure titles.

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