Nick Martel

It's actually kind of the perfect role jack for the co-creator of The Oregon Trail. Funny you should bring that up, because for a while, he doesn't even mention this chapter of his past. Yeah, if we had created the Oregon Trail, it'd be the first six bullets of our resume. But in Don's mind, the Oregon Trail was just a fun little moment of his life in the past.

It's actually kind of the perfect role jack for the co-creator of The Oregon Trail. Funny you should bring that up, because for a while, he doesn't even mention this chapter of his past. Yeah, if we had created the Oregon Trail, it'd be the first six bullets of our resume. But in Don's mind, the Oregon Trail was just a fun little moment of his life in the past.

But the longer that he works at Mech, the more he sees that they're searching for new educational games. So Don decides to ask if they might be interested in his game, that printout of 800 lines of code for the Oregon Trail that's still sitting in his drawer at home. Jack, I am so stressed about this entire game sitting in his drawer.

But the longer that he works at Mech, the more he sees that they're searching for new educational games. So Don decides to ask if they might be interested in his game, that printout of 800 lines of code for the Oregon Trail that's still sitting in his drawer at home. Jack, I am so stressed about this entire game sitting in his drawer.

But the longer that he works at Mech, the more he sees that they're searching for new educational games. So Don decides to ask if they might be interested in his game, that printout of 800 lines of code for the Oregon Trail that's still sitting in his drawer at home. Jack, I am so stressed about this entire game sitting in his drawer.

If he can add this game to Mech's library, then Mech has the power to distribute it to classrooms, not just in one middle school, but every school across Minnesota. So here's what Don does. He grabs some valuable time on his boss's calendar, and he works up the nerve to walk into their office and tell them about this humble game that he created with two of his best college buddies.

If he can add this game to Mech's library, then Mech has the power to distribute it to classrooms, not just in one middle school, but every school across Minnesota. So here's what Don does. He grabs some valuable time on his boss's calendar, and he works up the nerve to walk into their office and tell them about this humble game that he created with two of his best college buddies.

If he can add this game to Mech's library, then Mech has the power to distribute it to classrooms, not just in one middle school, but every school across Minnesota. So here's what Don does. He grabs some valuable time on his boss's calendar, and he works up the nerve to walk into their office and tell them about this humble game that he created with two of his best college buddies.

Would Mech be interested in adding this Oregon Trail game to their catalog? Don shuts his eyes, and he waits for an answer. And Mech is all about it. Don feels like he just won the lottery. It's like he's one of those eighth graders who just asked somebody out on a date to the school dance. And they said yes. So Don, he goes home. He grabs that little paper. Oh, wait, where'd the paper go?

Would Mech be interested in adding this Oregon Trail game to their catalog? Don shuts his eyes, and he waits for an answer. And Mech is all about it. Don feels like he just won the lottery. It's like he's one of those eighth graders who just asked somebody out on a date to the school dance. And they said yes. So Don, he goes home. He grabs that little paper. Oh, wait, where'd the paper go?

Would Mech be interested in adding this Oregon Trail game to their catalog? Don shuts his eyes, and he waits for an answer. And Mech is all about it. Don feels like he just won the lottery. It's like he's one of those eighth graders who just asked somebody out on a date to the school dance. And they said yes. So Don, he goes home. He grabs that little paper. Oh, wait, where'd the paper go?

Where'd the, oh, I found it. He found it. He finds the paper. It's still in his sock drawer. And the game that survived on a piece of paper will live again. But hang on, yetis, because the way Don hands organ trail over to Mac will have huge repercussions that last for decades.

Where'd the, oh, I found it. He found it. He finds the paper. It's still in his sock drawer. And the game that survived on a piece of paper will live again. But hang on, yetis, because the way Don hands organ trail over to Mac will have huge repercussions that last for decades.

Where'd the, oh, I found it. He found it. He finds the paper. It's still in his sock drawer. And the game that survived on a piece of paper will live again. But hang on, yetis, because the way Don hands organ trail over to Mac will have huge repercussions that last for decades.

It's Thanksgiving weekend, three full years since Don, Bill, and Paul first wrote the Oregon Trail software while jammed in a janitor's closet. But Don is no longer an earnest student teacher. He's a grown man trying to recreate the signature achievement of his life, letter by letter. Instead of stuffing his face with turkey and cranberry sauce...

It's Thanksgiving weekend, three full years since Don, Bill, and Paul first wrote the Oregon Trail software while jammed in a janitor's closet. But Don is no longer an earnest student teacher. He's a grown man trying to recreate the signature achievement of his life, letter by letter. Instead of stuffing his face with turkey and cranberry sauce...

It's Thanksgiving weekend, three full years since Don, Bill, and Paul first wrote the Oregon Trail software while jammed in a janitor's closet. But Don is no longer an earnest student teacher. He's a grown man trying to recreate the signature achievement of his life, letter by letter. Instead of stuffing his face with turkey and cranberry sauce...

Don is spending his holiday painstakingly retyping 800 lines of Oregon Trail code back into a new teletype machine. To sprinkle on some context, 800 lines? That's actually not that bad. The original Donkey Kong debuted with 20,000 lines of code. And Assassin's Creed? Over 15 million lines. I mean, try typing that into a teletype, Jack. You'd have carpal tunnel, I don't know, forever.

Don is spending his holiday painstakingly retyping 800 lines of Oregon Trail code back into a new teletype machine. To sprinkle on some context, 800 lines? That's actually not that bad. The original Donkey Kong debuted with 20,000 lines of code. And Assassin's Creed? Over 15 million lines. I mean, try typing that into a teletype, Jack. You'd have carpal tunnel, I don't know, forever.

Don is spending his holiday painstakingly retyping 800 lines of Oregon Trail code back into a new teletype machine. To sprinkle on some context, 800 lines? That's actually not that bad. The original Donkey Kong debuted with 20,000 lines of code. And Assassin's Creed? Over 15 million lines. I mean, try typing that into a teletype, Jack. You'd have carpal tunnel, I don't know, forever.