- Born
- Birth nameRoberta Heuer
- Roberta Williams was born on February 16, 1953 in the USA. She is a writer and director, known for Phantasmagoria (1995), King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990) and The Colonel's Bequest (1989). She has been married to Ken Williams since November 4, 1972. They have two children.
- SpouseKen Williams(November 4, 1972 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Roberts is not only one of the first female designers in computer game industry, but also one of the best-selling ones.
- Husband, Ken Williams, was the founder and a CEO for over 20 years of On-Line Systems (which in 1980 became Sierra On-Line). In its early days he took on the daunting task of programming Roberta's hand-written game concept into the first graphic-text adventure game ever created. Dubbed Mystery House, the game's marriage of text and graphics became the standard upon which all other graphics adventures were measured.
- Dislikes public speaking.
- Has two sons with husband Ken Williams, DJ (b. 1973) and Chris (b. 1979).
- Has one brother, Jim (b. 1954).
- In the old days, when I first started designing adventure games, there wasn't much plot. You kind of ran around beating up trolls and gathering treasure.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
