NEW VIDEO | The Story of The Oregon Trail

In 1971, three student teachers created a computer game about traveling the Oregon Trail. It became one of the best-selling edutainment games of all time. But the creators never made a penny.

Runtime: 1hr 27 min

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Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the N64 Library is now available to preorder!
– 400 N64 game reviews, including titles released exclusively in Europe and Japan
– 64DD and special cartridge sections
– N64 hardware
– Lots more!
More info and page samples at UltimateNintendo.com

This was a wonderful documentary about the Earthbound fandom. You may even hear a familiar voice! Amazing job EarthBound, USA

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I was hoping this next documentary would be out this year, but it isn't going to happen. It has been a ton of work!

I'll be visiting The Strong Museum next month to wrap things up and I hope the video will be done by February / March.

In the meantime, Happy Holidays! 🎅

Video: The origin of Mario like you've never heard it before. Even if you think you know the Donkey Kong story, you don't.

Please share this wherever you can think to, and consider supporting my research on Patreon.

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Huge thank you to Chadtronic, Misstronic and Wraps the Mummy for letting me crash at their house while I did research at a nearby archive!

I sent a Homework First lock & an NES to LockPickingLawyer and, sure enough, he picked it instantly. Very fun to see!

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After months of sifting through interviews, doing research, and writing, my latest video script is officially done.

This will probably be my longest video yet, so I'll be working away in my editing dungeon until it's done. See you on the other side 🧛

The story of Donkey Kong's development within Nintendo is well-known. But we don't know much about how it got programmed by an outside company called Ikegami Tsushinki.

This fundraiser would help translate an article from 1997 detailing the events!

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Today is the 25th anniversary of Spyro the Dragon! Learn more about how the series began with this 30-minute documentary #Spyro25th

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Armored Core VI is the Gundam game I've always wanted 🤖

Playing some Kirby on this chill Monday twitch.tv/gaminghistorian