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Wow... according to Wikipedia, the women on the box were all employees of On-Line Systems, the precursor to Sierra. One of them is a bookkeeper! I'd be curious
by tbsdy 14y ago
Wow... according to Wikipedia, the women on the box were all employees of On-Line Systems, the precursor to Sierra. One of them is a bookkeeper! I'd be curious as to how the convinced them to pose naked on the box.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoWell, it says one is Roberta Williams, who co-owned the company. And the hot tub.
- motti_s 14y agoTalk about setting an example to your employees...
- _sh 14y agoThe Digital Antiquarian wrote some interesting blog posts on On-Line Systems and Softporn back in February (with screenshots!). This blog is a great read for info on this and other early adventure games and their creators. http://www.filfre.net/2012/02/ http://www.filfre.net/2012/02/
- muyuu 14y agoThe 80s were awesome.
- mahmud 14y agoit was 1981: things were blurry, people were still hangover from the 70s ..
- glhaynes 14y agoSteven Levy's book Hackers from the early 80s has a large section on On-Line Systems including the story of that photo. On-Line was a party, that's for sure.
- orblivion 14y agoI wonder if a game company could afford the lawyers to pull off something like that today.
- egypturnash 14y agoIt was California. In the tail end of the swinging 70s. (Yeah, 1981, but decades aren't that sharply delineated.)
- cpeterso 14y agoI love that the waiter is fully dressed in the hot tub, posing as though there is nothing unusual about that.