Though it’s the reason he was hired as a video producer at Game Informer, Ben Hanson back-burnered his documentary, Trailheads: The Oregon Trail's Origins Documentary, for 11 years on a game that took 5 days to create (don’t we all have some project like that?). And yet, the wait has been worth it: You’re gonna party like it’s 1999 when you find out what role the late Prince may have played in The Oregon Trail!

See more from Ben Hanson:

Twitter: @yozetty

Website: www.Minnmax.com

Patreon: /minnmax

Podcast: The MinnMax Show

A full transcript of this episode is available on our website: https://gamehistory.org/ep-5-ben-hanson-travels-the-roguelike-oregon-trail/

The Video Game History Hour music is Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/