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How The Oregon Trail became a generational icon
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On Version History: The game’s designer tells them how the brutal edutainment adventure came together.
Key facts
- On the season 5 premiere of Version History, their fearless wagon leader David Pierce is joined by gaming journalist Chris Grant and Philip Bouchard, the designer and team leader of the game’s most
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- Whether you played it in the back of your classroom or on your computer at home, if you were a kid in the last 30 years you almost certainly grew up playing The Oregon Trail
- Plus, this Friday, they'll livestream a playthrough of The Oregon Trail from The Verge’s YouTube channel
Summary
This content isn't visible due to your cookie preferences. Whether you played it in the back of your classroom or on your computer at home, if you were a kid in the last 30 years you almost certainly grew up playing The Oregon Trail. On the season 5 premiere of Version History, their fearless wagon leader David Pierce is joined by gaming journalist Chris Grant and Philip Bouchard, the designer and team leader of the game’s most iconic version. This is the first episode of the fifth season of Version History, and this time they're going back to school.