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The Story of The Oregon Trail - The history behind one of the most successful edutainment games of all time, and why the original creators never made a penny. (www.youtube.com)
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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's literally the story of how Oregon Trail came to be. With interviews from the people who made it. Honestly it's worth a watch if you find early video game development or early computing at all interesting. Video Game Historian puts out some fantastic documentaries and this one is equally fantastic.