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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Early years (1985-1989) === | |||
=== After Dark (1989-1995) === | |||
=== You Don't Know Jack (1995-1996) === | |||
=== Bezerk (1996-1997) === | |||
=== Sale to Sierra (1997-2000) === | |||
=== Absorbed into Flipside.com (2000) === | |||
== Software developed == | == Software developed == | ||
'''As Berkeley System Design''' | '''As Berkeley System Design''' | ||
* inLARGE (1986) | * ''inLARGE'' (1986) | ||
* Stepping Out (1987) | * ''Stepping Out'' (1987) | ||
* Stepping Out II (1988) | * ''Stepping Out II'' (1988) | ||
'''As Berkeley Systems, Inc.''' | '''As Berkeley Systems, Inc.''' | ||
* [[After Dark|After Dark 1.0]] (1989) | * [[After Dark|''After Dark 1.0'']] (1989) | ||
* outSPOKEN (1989)<ref>Raised Dot Computing, "Berkeley System Design is Now Shipping OutSPOKEN", Raised Dot Computing Newsletter Vol. 8 Number 81 (November/December 1989) http://www.duxburysystems.org/downloads/library/news/new81.htm</ref> | * ''outSPOKEN'' (1989)<ref>Raised Dot Computing, "Berkeley System Design is Now Shipping OutSPOKEN", Raised Dot Computing Newsletter Vol. 8 Number 81 (November/December 1989) http://www.duxburysystems.org/downloads/library/news/new81.htm</ref> | ||
* [[After Dark|After Dark 2.0]] (1990) | * [[After Dark|''After Dark 2.0'']] (1990) | ||
* [[After Dark|More After Dark]] (1991) | * ''[[After Dark|After Dark for Windows 1.0]]'' (1991) | ||
* [[After Dark|Star Trek: The Screen Saver]] (1992) | * [[After Dark|''More After Dark'']] (1991) | ||
* [[After Dark|The Disney Collection Screen Saver]] (1993) | * ''[[After Dark|After Dark for Windows 2.0]]'' (1992) | ||
* [[Launch Pad]] (1994) | * [[After Dark|''Star Trek: The Screen Saver'']] (1992) | ||
* [[After Dark|After Dark 3.0]] (1994) | * [[After Dark|''More After Dark for Windows'']] (1993) | ||
* [[Expresso Calendar & Address Book]] (1994) | * [[After Dark|''The Disney Collection Screen Saver'']] (1993) | ||
* Triazzle Rainforest Edition<ref name=":0">Berkeley Systems, "More Products" (Archived June 25th, 1997) https://web.archive.org/web/19970625105612/http://www.berksys.com/products/other/other.html</ref> (1995) | * [[Launch Pad|''Launch Pad'']] (1994) | ||
* [[After Dark|Totally Twisted After Dark]] (1995) | * [[After Dark|''After Dark 3.0'']] (1994) | ||
* [[You Don't Know Jack (Volume 1)|You Don't Know Jack]] (1995) | * [[Expresso Calendar & Address Book|''Expresso Calendar & Address Boo''k]] (1994) | ||
* ''Triazzle Rainforest Edition''<ref name=":0">Berkeley Systems, "More Products" (Archived June 25th, 1997) https://web.archive.org/web/19970625105612/http://www.berksys.com/products/other/other.html</ref> (1995) | |||
* [[After Dark|''Totally Twisted After Dark'']] (1995) | |||
* [[You Don't Know Jack (Volume 1)|''You Don't Know Jack'']] (1995) | |||
* Saturday Night Live Goes Political<ref name=":0" /> (1996) | * Saturday Night Live Goes Political<ref name=":0" /> (1996) | ||
* [[After Dark|After Dark 4.0]] (1996) | * [[After Dark|''After Dark 4.0'']] (1996) | ||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Sports]] (1996) | * [[You Don't Know Jack Sports|''You Don't Know Jack Sports'']] (1996) | ||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Volume 2]] (1996) | * [[You Don't Know Jack Volume 2|''You Don't Know Jack Volume 2'']] (1996) | ||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Movies|''You Don't Know Jack Movies'']] (1997) | |||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Volume 3|''You Don't Know Jack Volume 3'']] (1997) | |||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Television|''You Don't Know Jack Television'']] (1997) | |||
* ''[[HeadRush]]'' (1998) | |||
* [[After Dark|''After Dark Games'']] (1998) | |||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Volume 4: The Ride|''You Don't Know Jack Volume 4: The Ride'']] (1998) | |||
* ''Austin Powers Operation: Trivia'' (May 25th, 1999)<ref>Berkeley Systems, "BERKELEY SYSTEMS LAUNCHES THE VERY SHAGADELIC AUSTIN POWERS OPERATION: TRIVIA" (May 25th, 1999) https://web.archive.org/web/20000711234727/http://www.berksys.com/news/newsroom/austinships.html</ref> | |||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Offline|''You Don't Know Jack Offline'']] (1999) | |||
* [[You Don't Know Jack Louder! Faster! Funnier!|''You Don't Know Jack Louder! Faster! Funnier!'']] (2000) | |||
* ''Backstage Pass: The Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Trivia Game'' (November 16th, 2000)<ref>Sierra On-Line, "BACKSTAGE PASS™ IS THE STAIRWAY TO MUSIC HEAVEN" (November 16th, 2000) https://web.archive.org/web/20010709024856/http://www.sierra.com/corp/mr/release/0,2760,504,00.html</ref> | |||
== Gallery == | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 9 April 2025
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| Formerly | Boyd's System Design (1985-1986)[1] Berkeley System Design (1986-1989) |
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| Company type | Private |
| Founder | Wes Boyd Larry Boyd Joan Blades |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Defunct? | December 2000 |
| Fate | Folded into Flipside.com |
| Area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Products | After Dark (1989-2000) You Don't Know Jack (1995-2000) |
| Number of employees | 120 (1997) |
| Parent | Sierra On-Line (1997-2000) Flipside.com (2000) |
| Subsidiaries | Berkeley Access (1995-1996) |
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| Pardon our dust—not all information is available. |
Berkeley Systems was a software company co-founded in 1985 by Wes Boyd, Larry Boyd, and Joan Blades. The company got its start in accessibility, specifically making products for the Macintosh designed for partially sighted or blind people, most notably inLARGE and outSPOKEN.
Berkeley's first consumer product was Stepping Out, a virtual desktop product released in 1987. However, the company is best known for their After Dark screensavers and were the original co-developer and publisher of You Don't Know Jack.
The company was later acquired by CUC International in 1997, and integrated as a division of Sierra On-Line.[2] Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, Berkeley Systems ended up becoming part of Flipside.com in 2000, before quietly folding at the end of that year.[3]
History
Early years (1985-1989)
After Dark (1989-1995)
You Don't Know Jack (1995-1996)
Bezerk (1996-1997)
Sale to Sierra (1997-2000)
Absorbed into Flipside.com (2000)
Software developed
As Berkeley System Design
- inLARGE (1986)
- Stepping Out (1987)
- Stepping Out II (1988)
As Berkeley Systems, Inc.
- After Dark 1.0 (1989)
- outSPOKEN (1989)[4]
- After Dark 2.0 (1990)
- After Dark for Windows 1.0 (1991)
- More After Dark (1991)
- After Dark for Windows 2.0 (1992)
- Star Trek: The Screen Saver (1992)
- More After Dark for Windows (1993)
- The Disney Collection Screen Saver (1993)
- Launch Pad (1994)
- After Dark 3.0 (1994)
- Expresso Calendar & Address Book (1994)
- Triazzle Rainforest Edition[5] (1995)
- Totally Twisted After Dark (1995)
- You Don't Know Jack (1995)
- Saturday Night Live Goes Political[5] (1996)
- After Dark 4.0 (1996)
- You Don't Know Jack Sports (1996)
- You Don't Know Jack Volume 2 (1996)
- You Don't Know Jack Movies (1997)
- You Don't Know Jack Volume 3 (1997)
- You Don't Know Jack Television (1997)
- HeadRush (1998)
- After Dark Games (1998)
- You Don't Know Jack Volume 4: The Ride (1998)
- Austin Powers Operation: Trivia (May 25th, 1999)[6]
- You Don't Know Jack Offline (1999)
- You Don't Know Jack Louder! Faster! Funnier! (2000)
- Backstage Pass: The Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Trivia Game (November 16th, 2000)[7]
Gallery
References
- ↑ National Institutes of Health, "New Grants and Awards", Pg. 3 (Summer 1985) https://books.google.com/books?id=YcK1nG7efQQC&pg=PA3
- ↑ Wired, Kaitlin Quistgaard, "CUC Buys Content Maker Berkeley Systems" (April 2nd, 1997) https://www.wired.com/1997/04/cuc-buys-content-maker-berkeley-systems/
- ↑ Berkeley Systems, "Lookin' for Berkeley Systems? It's now a part of flipside.com!" (Archived December 5th, 2000) http://web.archive.org/web/20001205214100/http://www.berkeleysystems.com/
- ↑ Raised Dot Computing, "Berkeley System Design is Now Shipping OutSPOKEN", Raised Dot Computing Newsletter Vol. 8 Number 81 (November/December 1989) http://www.duxburysystems.org/downloads/library/news/new81.htm
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Berkeley Systems, "More Products" (Archived June 25th, 1997) https://web.archive.org/web/19970625105612/http://www.berksys.com/products/other/other.html
- ↑ Berkeley Systems, "BERKELEY SYSTEMS LAUNCHES THE VERY SHAGADELIC AUSTIN POWERS OPERATION: TRIVIA" (May 25th, 1999) https://web.archive.org/web/20000711234727/http://www.berksys.com/news/newsroom/austinships.html
- ↑ Sierra On-Line, "BACKSTAGE PASS™ IS THE STAIRWAY TO MUSIC HEAVEN" (November 16th, 2000) https://web.archive.org/web/20010709024856/http://www.sierra.com/corp/mr/release/0,2760,504,00.html