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Watch Official First Look Trailer for Upcoming Sierra On-Line Documentary; Milestone First Feature Documentary to Fund on BackerKit
July 9, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
MidBoss Games :
TORONTO, July 9, 2024 — Today, the director of the Prime Video docuseries Gamebreakers and award-winning game studio MidBoss (2064: Read Only Memories) are thrilled to announce that the BackerKit campaign for Legends of Adventure is now live. Legends of Adventure is the upcoming documentary about Sierra On-Line, as told by the people who created iconic adventure games like King’s Quest and Phantasmagoria and launched a video game renaissance. The Legends of Adventure BackerKit campaign will run for 28 days and end on August 6, targeting a $75,000 funding goal.
Also available today is the official first look trailer, here: https://youtu.be/0WqaPCJRwko
The Legends of Adventure BackerKit campaign can be found here.
Rewards for backers range from physical goods, such as a physical copy of Legends of Adventure, all the way up to a VIP screening of the film. Excitingly, available rewards also include items from Ken and Roberta Williams’ private collection, including signed copies of classic – and rare – games. Fans can back for as little as $49 USD or $39 in the first 48 hours as an early-bird offer.
Legends of Adventure is the inside story behind your favorite Sierra On-Line game franchises – including King’s Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Leisure Suit Larry, Gabriel Knight, Police Quest, Phantasmagoria, and more – with all-new insights and never-before-heard stories from the creators of these classic titles! Sitting down to share their side of the story about Sierra On-Line include Roberta Williams, Ken Williams, Mark Crowe, Al Lowe, Lori Ann Cole, Corey Cole, Christy Marx, Jim Walls, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak with more names to be announced soon.
This film is produced by Cade Peterson (CEO of MidBoss), Will Perkins (Creative Director at CONTINUE) and Dave Hodgson (Gamebreakers, Living the Stream). Legends of Adventure is also directed by Hodgson.
“The Sierra story is the thing great movies are made of. There are highs, lows, good guys and bad guys, and so we are excited to finally see it told in this documentary format,” said Ken Williams, legendary game developer and co-founder of Sierra On-Line. “Sierra’s story is an amazing one, and it deserves to be told.”
Roberta Williams, legendary creator of King’s Quest, continues, "After being gone so long from the industry we loved so much, when this opportunity came knocking, we were excited to share our story. We’re ready to reveal some things we’ve never talked about before.”
“Sierra On-Line’s games influenced millions upon millions of people, and the company’s impact on gaming, computing, and media cannot be understated,” said Hodgson. “The time is right to tell this story in a big way.”
More information about Legends of Adventure can be found at thelegendsofadventure.com, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
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