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October 30, 2025

• 03:2003:20, October 30, 2025 diff hist +119 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Home in Oakhurst CA.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 126. Our home in Oakhurst. Nine acres of riverfront property. current
• 03:1903:19, October 30, 2025 diff hist +157 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Spinnaker logo.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 122. Sierra's venture capitalists tried to unload Sierra by merging it with an educational company. current
• 03:1803:18, October 30, 2025 diff hist +95 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Atari 2600 videogame system.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 120. The Atari 2600 videogame system. current
• 03:1703:17, October 30, 2025 diff hist +93 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Sierra On-Line half dome logo.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 118. Sierra On-line Half Dome logo. current
• 03:1603:16, October 30, 2025 diff hist +138 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Sierra first investor Jackie Morby TA Associates.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 116. Sierra's first investor and board member, Jackie Morby, from TA Associates. current
• 03:1503:15, October 30, 2025 diff hist +107 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Mystery House packaging cover Hi-Res Adventure brand.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 114. Sierra launches Hi-Res Adventure as a brand. current
• 03:1403:14, October 30, 2025 diff hist +134 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings NASCAR 4 Papyrus packaging cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 112. NASCAR Racing from Papyrus. A development group 100% focused on racing. current
• 03:1303:13, October 30, 2025 diff hist +216 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Sierra Designers.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 111. Sierra Designers. Left-to-Right: Mark Crowe, Lori Cole, Christie Marx, Warren Schwader, Scott Murphy, Roberta Williams, Al Lowe, Jim Walls, Bill Skirvin. current
• 03:1203:12, October 30, 2025 diff hist +178 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings InterAction Magazine.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 110. InterAction Magazine. Full color magazine. Expensive to print, but the secret weapon in Sierra's marketing arsenal. current
• 03:1003:10, October 30, 2025 diff hist +142 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Disneyland.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 107. Sierra's marketing strategy was modeled on two companies: Microsoft and Disney. current
• 03:0903:09, October 30, 2025 diff hist +82 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Young Bill Gates.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 105. A young Bill Gates. current
• 03:0903:09, October 30, 2025 diff hist +160 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Roberta at home near Oakhurst.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 103. Roberta and our home near Oakhurst. Sheepishly, the officer fessed up and my ticket was forgiven. current
• 03:0803:08, October 30, 2025 diff hist +93 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Leisure Suit Larry screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 100. Leisure Suit Larry screenshot. current
• 03:0703:07, October 30, 2025 diff hist +155 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Leisure Suit Larry packaging cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 100. Leisure Suit Larry, loosely based on Softporn, but greatly enhanced and with added graphics. current
• 03:0603:06, October 30, 2025 diff hist +141 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Softporn Adventure Time Magazine article.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 98. Time magazine showcasing Sierra's Softporn game helped make it an enormous hit. current
• 03:0503:05, October 30, 2025 diff hist +116 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Softporn Adventure cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 98. The "infamous" picture used on the Softporn packaging. current
• 03:0403:04, October 30, 2025 diff hist +135 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Softporn Adventure cover photoshoot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 97. Setting up for the big picture. That's me hiding in the back on the left. current
• 03:0303:03, October 30, 2025 diff hist +92 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Softporn Adventure screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 95. Softporn Adventure screenshot. current
• 03:0303:03, October 30, 2025 diff hist +177 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Jawbreaker screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 93. Jawbreaker, Sierra's Pac-Man ripoff, modified to avoid copyright infringement. It went on to be a landmark lawsuit. current
• 03:0103:01, October 30, 2025 diff hist +141 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings John Harris.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 92. John Harris, Atari programming guru. Wrote Jawbreaker and Frogger arcade games. current
• 03:0103:01, October 30, 2025 diff hist +142 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Gobbler Apple II packaging cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 91. Sierra's ripoff of Pac-Man. Who knew about copyright infringement in those days? current
• 02:5902:59, October 30, 2025 diff hist +72 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Crossfire Apple II gameplay screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 91. Crossfire. current
• 02:5902:59, October 30, 2025 diff hist +133 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Crossfire Apple II Title screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 90. Crossfire by Jay Sullivan. Addictive early action game on the Apple II. current
• 02:5702:57, October 30, 2025 diff hist +178 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Edsger W Dijkstra.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 88. Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930-2002). Who perhaps had nothing to do with this story, but why let that hurt a good parable? current
• 02:5502:55, October 30, 2025 diff hist +145 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Tortoise and Hare.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 79. The whole concept of what it means to "go fast" is not as clear as you might think. current
• 02:5402:54, October 30, 2025 diff hist +115 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 77. Book cover Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. current

October 29, 2025

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October 28, 2025

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• 01:4301:43, October 28, 2025 diff hist +112 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Ulysses and the Golden Fleece screenshot.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 76. Hi-Res Adventure #4 Ulysses and the Golden Fleece. current
• 01:4201:42, October 28, 2025 diff hist +125 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Wizard and the Princess packaging cover.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 75. Wizard and the Princess, Sierra's first "color" adventure game. current
• 01:4101:41, October 28, 2025 diff hist +179 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Wizard and the Princess screenshots.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 73. Pictures from Wizard and the Princess, showing limitations of mixing certain colors within the same 8 pixel boundary. current
• 01:4001:40, October 28, 2025 diff hist +132 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Book Apple II Computer Graphics.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 72. Apple II Computer Graphics. Ken "wrote the book" on Apple II graphics. current
• 01:3901:39, October 28, 2025 diff hist +153 N File:Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Mystery House screenshot Roberta Williams.jpg Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings Page 71. Mystery House screenshot. Roberta Williams, Game Designer (But perhaps not a great artist). current