Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation
From WE Computers Museum
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| Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 (Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium) 1991 (Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation) Closed October 1999 |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn Center, MN, United States |
| Key people | Not disclosed |
| Industry | Educational computer games |
| Products | Educational computer games |
| Number of people | Not disclosed |
| Website | N/A |
Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation (MECC) was an educational computer game company.
Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium
Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium was founded in 1971.
Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation
MECC was spun out to Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation in 1991 to North American Fund II for $5.21 million USD.
Acquisition and closure
MECC was acquired by SoftKey in 1995, then was closed in October 1999.
Video games by MECC
| Title | System | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Oregon Trail | 1971 | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, CDC Cyber, C64, HP 2100 | Original text version developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger. |
| The Oregon Trail | 1985 | Apple II, Basic Fun (NES), DOS, Mac OS, Windows | |
| The Oregon Trail II | 1995 | DOS, Mac OS, Windows |
