[tbsdy]

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]

Well, it says one is Roberta Williams, who co-owned the company. And the hot tub.

[motti_s]

Talk about setting an example to your employees...

[_sh]

The 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/

[muyuu]

The 80s were awesome.

[glhaynes]

Steven 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]

I wonder if a game company could afford the lawyers to pull off something like that today.

[mahmud]

it was 1981: things were blurry, people were still hangover from the 70s ..

[egypturnash]

It was California. In the tail end of the swinging 70s. (Yeah, 1981, but decades aren't that sharply delineated.)

[cpeterso]

I love that the waiter is fully dressed in the hot tub, posing as though there is nothing unusual about that.