Twin Cities Best - Joe Schwartzbauer on Instagram: "The Oregon Trail — the most successful educational video game of all time — was created in Minneapolis in 1971 and first played on December 3, 1971, at Bryant Junior High School. Prince Rogers Nelson was an eighth grader at Bryant that fall, making him likely one of the first people ever to play the game. Key Facts: •First played December 3, 1971, at Bryant Junior High in Minneapolis •Prince (then 13-year-old Prince Rogers Nelson) was an 8th gr