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The Sierra Network

The Sierra Network (TSN), later rebranded as the ImagiNation Network (INN), was an online service launched in 1991 by Sierra On-Line. Developed beginning in 1989, the service offered subscribers an online space to play games and socialize, billing itself as a "cyberspace theme park.": 8 TSN was the first service focused exclusively on online gaming and…

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Founded
May 1991; 35 years ago (1991-05)
Headquarters
Oakhurst, California, United States
Defunct
1998 (1998)
Predecessors
Sierra BBS

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Partnership, divestiture and closure

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The Sierra Network

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples35
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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The Sierra Network

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related to Partnership, divestiture and closure · 14
The Sierra Network → After, America Online, AT, By, ImagiNation, ImagiNation Network, In, It, Sega, Sierra, Sierra Network, The, The ImagiNation Network, With TSN
related to External links · 6
The Sierra Network → December, ImagiNation Network, Media, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia CommonsOfficial, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Features and games · 5
The Sierra Network → Disneyland's, The, TSN, Unlike, Williams
Defunct · 1
The Sierra Network → 1998 (1998)
Founded · 1
The Sierra Network → May 1991; 35 years ago (1991-05)
Headquarters · 1
The Sierra Network → Oakhurst, California, United States
Predecessors · 1
The Sierra Network → Sierra BBS

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The Sierra NetworkDefunct1998 (1998)1.00infobox
The Sierra NetworkFoundedMay 1991; 35 years ago (1991-05)1.00infobox
The Sierra NetworkHeadquartersOakhurst, California, United States1.00infobox
The Sierra NetworkPredecessorsSierra BBS1.00infobox
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a restaurant with a Wild West themeinstance ofand familiar games0.80text
chessinstance ofProvided access to traditional games0.80text
checkersinstance ofProvided access to traditional games0.80text
bridgeinstance ofProvided access to traditional games0.80text
and backgammon.SierraLandinstance ofProvided access to traditional games0.80text
The Sierra Networkrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
The Sierra Networkrelated to External linksMedia0.60section

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