Gaming Historian

Season 2024

The Gaming Historian is a documentary series all about the history of video games.

The Story of The Oregon Trail
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The Story of The Oregon TrailIn 1971, three student teachers in Minneapolis, MN created a little computer game about westward expansion in the United States. Over 50 years later, The Oregon Trail series has sold more than 65 million copies and has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. But the original creators never made a penny off the game. Learn the story behind one of the most successful edutainment games of all time.