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Undid revision 1103552809 by Cornellier (talk) Yes. That's what it says. See also the development section: "Bouchard was instructed to design an entirely new game based on the concept of the original Oregon Trail" |
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'''''The Oregon Trail''''' is an [[educational game|educational]] [[strategy video game]] developed and published by the [[MECC|Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium]] (MECC). It was first released in 1985 for the [[Apple II]], with later ports to [[DOS]] in 1990, [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]] in 1991, and [[Microsoft Windows]] in 1993. It
The game was designed and created by a team at MECC led by game designer R. Philip Bouchard over a ten-month period from 1984 to 1985. It was intended as a core part of MECC's shift from games and software on [[mainframe computer]]s accessed by remote terminals to those on [[home computer]]s, as well as MECC's first game intended primarily for home consumers rather than for schools. It is the first graphical and the most well known entry in the [[The Oregon Trail (series)|''Oregon Trail'' series]], and was MECC's flagship product from release until the company was bought by [[SoftKey]] in 1995. Games in the series have since been released in many editions by various developers and publishers, many titled ''The Oregon Trail''. The multiple games in the series are often considered to be iterations on the same title, and they have collectively sold over 65 million copies and have been inducted into the [[World Video Game Hall of Fame]]. The game had widespread popularity in schools in the 1980s and 1990s, and has been described by publications such as the [[Smithsonian (magazine)|''Smithsonian'' magazine]] as a cultural landmark.
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