The Oregon Trail
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Created in 1971 by three student teachers—Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger—on a teletype printer to teach American history to Minnesota schoolchildren, *The Oregon Trail* became the longest-published and most successful educational video game in history. Selling more than 65 million copies across platforms from mainframes and Apple II to smartphones, it was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2016. More than 65 million copies sold across all editions and platforms. Continuously available for over 50 years (since 1971/1974), making it arguably the oldest continuously available video game franchise.
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Created 1971 by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger; developed and distributed by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC, 1974 onward)
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Created 1971 by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger; developed and distributed by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC, 1974 onward)
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