Jeff Stephenson - Interview

Behind every great game design, there is a great game engine and Jeff Stephenson was responsible for one of the greatest game engines ever, SCI, which powered many Sierra adventures as well as the tech that powered The Sierra Network.   What was life at Sierra like in those heady Corsegold days?  Jeff tells all.     Recorded: March 2021   Links: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,52/ https://www.pomona.edu/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc https://archive.org/details/softalkv2n01sep1981/page/68/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coarsegold,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams_(game_developer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Zone_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Quest_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/08/homeword-sierra-onlines-easy-to-use.html https://archive.org/details/apple_2_homewordplus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Game_Interpreter https://www.mobygames.com/game/donald-ducks-playground https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Game_Interpreter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sierra%27s_Creative_Interpreter_games https://www.filfre.net/2018/02/the-sierra-network/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art https://codewriteplay.com/2020/10/07/founder-ken-williams-discusses-the-time-sierra-on-line-game-developers-nearly-unionized-in-new-book/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Handling_System