The Oregon Trail
Released in 1971 on Mainframe, educational.
- Year: 1971
- Platform: Mainframe
- Genre: Educational
- Developer: Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger
Overview
Three student teachers coded a covered wagon simulation for a history class in 1971, and MECC later spread it to classrooms for decades. Ford the river or caulk the wagon and float: everyone remembers the dysentery.
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