A Sierra Reunion - It finally happened!! 

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

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

Man, this is heart warming

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!

So glad you shared this! Thanks MJR!

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

Perfect timing. I just sat down with my coffee.

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!

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! ❤️

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Always glad for more PC related content.

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.

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

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 😀

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! 😯

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 😮

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

This was an absolutely incredible watch! Awesome panels!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

a whole lot of inspiration in one room.

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.

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

Everything about this is absolutely amazing!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Thank you for this! This is literally my childhood.

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

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

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/

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

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

Thank you for uploading this!

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

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!

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

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. 😃

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!

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.

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

The OG King's Quest was one the first games I ever played on PC. Played them all eventually. THIS IS SO COOL! 🤜🤛💯🔥🤘

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

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. 🥹😭🤘👨‍🚀

Must've been nice to see everyone again!

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. 🤙🏼

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.

If I was at the convention and had the opportunity to ask a question I would have spend 20 minutes just talking about the positive influence Sierra has had on my personal journey in life! 💕

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.

Adventure games like the one Sierra used to make are popular in the indie games space

This was a feel good video ❤ thanks MJR

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!!! 🤘🔥

Awesome! Thanks for this! So classic! :)

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.

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

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

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 😊

Fun video! Looked like a awesome atmosphere!

Thanks, this was amazing!

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

Wow! Looked like an AWESOME time! Glad you had fun MJR! 😎 I also saw PAUL in the video which is always great to see!! 😎🤘🏻awesome video as always!

They are legends. Only being still alive is an achievement in itself. Wow!

Thank you for all of this nostalgia.