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Henry BlakeAuthor : Henry Blake
9 September 2017, 10:14 am

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The Oregon Trail: The Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time

The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in many editions (at least 10), was a colossal commercial success in its heyday, and remains popular today, though interest is now largely relegated to the retro-gaming community.

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