MECC
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The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation), most commonly known as MECC, was a state-funded company founded in 1973. The goal of the organization was to create educational computer programs, primarily for use in libraries and public schools. During its lifetime, the company produced a number of programs that have become well-known to American generation X and Y students, such as The Oregon Trail, Odell Lake, Number Munchers, Lemonade Stand, Spellevator, Storybook Weaver and DinoPark Tycoon.
The state of Minnesota spun off the company as a private corporation in the late 1980s. It was bought by a venture capitalist for $5 million, who sold it less than a year later to The Learning Company for $250 million.
MECC's offices in Minnesota closed in January 1999.
