"Sierra Entertainment Logo History/Variations" compiled by TR3X Productions, 25/03/2025. This comprehensive list of logos from Sierra Entertainment, its several divisions and brand name revival under Activision mainly dates from the 1980s-2000s, except Activision's brand name revival of Sierra lasted from 2014-16. Please note: This compilation, like all others on this channel, was uploaded for non-commercial purposes. Sierra Entertainment, Inc. was founded as On-Line Systems by Ken and Roberta Williams in Simi Valley, California, in 1979. An American video game developer and publisher, they released the earliest known graphical adventure game in May 1980, that being 'Mystery House' for the Apple II - it was ranked fourth on Computer Gaming World's '15 Most Innovative Computer Games' list in their '15th Anniversary: Collector's Edition' magazine, published in November 1996 (pg. 102). In 1982, On-Line Systems rebranded to Sierra On-Line, Inc. and they moved to Oakhurst, California, in the same year. Named after the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the aforementioned state, their new logo featured the renowned Half Dome (summit: 8,846 ft / 2,696 m) in the Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada; this would appear in all their logos except from 1998-2002. Sierra managed to survive the video game crash of 1983 by releasing the first King's Quest game for the IBM PCjr in May 1984, which was re-released on several other platforms at the time, e.g. Atari ST, Tandy 1000, etc. The King's Quest series by Roberta Williams lasted into the late 1990s, and other popular video game series by the company were Space Quest (1986-95), Police Quest / SWAT (1987-2007), Quest for Glory (1989-98) and Leisure Suit Larry. CUC (Comp-U-Card) International acquired Sierra On-Line along with Davidson & Associates in mid-1996, and this led to the formation of CUC Software, later being renamed several times before being known as Vivendi Universal Games (2001-06) and Vivendi Games (2006-08). Sierra Home (1996-2004) was also established around that time, and they released home design software; this occurred after Sierra On-Line acquired the Pixellite Group in 1995. As Sierra began to create four sub-brands in Spring 1998, CUC International was involved in an accounting scandal that resulted in several people and Sierra's founders leaving their company. By the turn of the decade, Sierra On-Line achieved success with their new sub-brands, those being Sierra Attractions (e.g. 'Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions', '3-D Ultra Lionel Train Town Deluxe'), Sierra Sports, Sierra Studios (published 'Half-Life' by Valve Corporation for the PC, November 1998) and Sierra FX ( . Yosemite Entertainment), the last of which was folded into Sierra in late February 1999. Sierra On-Line announced a major reorganisation in August 2001, which saw them close down their 1998 sub-brands and Dynamix, Inc., a move that was done by Sierra's parent company Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing (formerly Havas Interactive, Cendant Interactive and CUC Software). This month also saw them introduce a new on-screen logo, but half a year later, Sierra On-Line rebranded to Sierra Entertainment, Inc. and showcased another new logo with delightful CGI animation in February 2002. Their last logo was in use until mid-2008, when Vivendi Games merged with video game publisher Activision to form Activision Blizzard; this resulted in Activision acquiring Sierra Entmt, and Sierra was shut down by them that year. Sierra Online, a subsidiary of Sierra Entmt that released downloadable games, was closed shortly afterwards. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:05 Sierra Entertainment (1st logo, 1979-82 - On-Line Systems) 0:16 Sierra Entertainment (2nd logo, 1980-84 - Sierra On-Line, Inc.) 1:09 Sierra Entertainment (3rd logo, 1983-97 - Sierra On-Line; part one, 1983-90) 5:44 Sierra Entertainment (3rd logo, 1983-97 - Sierra On-Line; part two, 1991-97) 10:59 Sierra Entertainment (4th logo, 1993-98 - Sierra On-Line; part one, 1993-95) 16:03 Sierra Entertainment (4th logo, 1993-98 - Sierra On-Line; part two, 1996-98) 20:41 Sierra Entertainment (5th and 6th logos, - Sierra On-Line website) 20:49 Sierra Entertainment (7th logo, 1998-2001 - Sierra Studios) 21:43 Sierra Entertainment (8th logo, 1998-2002 - Sierra Studios; Sierra On-Line) 22:30 Sierra Entertainment (9th logo, 2002-08 - Sierra Entertainment) 25:56 Sierra Discovery Series (1991-93) 26:35 ImagiNation Network (1st logo, 1991-93 - The Sierra Network) 26:41 ImagiNation Network (2nd logo, 1993-98 - ImagiNation Network) 27:20 Sierra Home (1st logo, 1996-97) 27:23 Sierra Home (2nd logo, 1997-98) 27:28 Sierra Home (3rd logo, 1998-2002) 27:40 Sierra Home (4th logo, 2002-04) 27:43 Sierra Attractions (1998-2001) 28:33 Sierra Sports (1998-2000) 29:20 Sierra FX (1998) 29:38 Yosemite Entertainment (1998-99) 30:11 Sierra Online (2006-09) 31:16 Sierra Entertainment (2014-16) 32:16 Credits