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I'm glad to be here with the rest of you old fogeys (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Never heard the term Oregon Trail Generation before but immediately knew what it meant. That's a great name.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I agree! I only heard it in recent years which is pretty recent relatively speaking, but it instantly made complete sense.

    I think the most recent memory I have of playing it in school (not emulated later or something). I did a search to look for dates, and I found this awesome short article about the creators. The origin story makes the game even better in hindsight.

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-you-wound-playing-em-oregon-trailem-computer-class-180959851/

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