GAME DESIGNER

Roberta Williams

1953 - Today

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Roberta Lynn Williams (née Heuer; born February 16, 1953) is an American video game designer and writer, who co-founded Sierra On-Line with her husband, game developer Ken Williams. In 1980, her first game, Mystery House, became a modest commercial success; it is credited as the first graphic adventure game. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberta Williams has received more than 914,990 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Roberta Williams is the 40th most popular game designer (down from 35th in 2019), the 9,916th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,091st in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Roberta Williams ranks 40 out of 77. Before her are Steve Jackson, Ed Boon, Ron Gilbert, Yuji Naka, David Cage, and Tetsuya Nomura. After her are Yuji Horii, Todd Howard, Jordan Mechner, Tim Schafer, Yoshinori Kitase, and Chris Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Roberta Williams ranks 473. Before her are Reneta Indzhova, Paco Herrera, Yuri Gavrilov, Jan Möller, Sayan Sanya, and Pavol Biroš. After her are Marc Berdoll, Judith Curry, Ronald Worm, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Denzil Douglas, and Kevin Nealon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roberta Williams ranks 9,916 out of 20,380. Before her are Gerard Way (1977), Rand Paul (1963), Bebel Gilberto (1966), John Wells (1956), Robin Hartshorne (1938), and DJ Premier (1966). After her are John Houbolt (1919), Dana Carvey (1955), Jon Gries (1957), Percy Heath (1923), Josh Hamilton (1969), and Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Roberta Williams ranks 14. Before her are Scott Cawthon (1971), John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), Ed Boon (1964), and Ron Gilbert (1964). After her are Todd Howard (1971), Jordan Mechner (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Amy Hennig (1964), John Tobias (1969), and Chris Metzen (1973).

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