Looking back, I'd say it was a couple of things. One, as you note, is that it involved leaving class and getting computer time in the library (double win for b

Looking back, I'd say it was a couple of things. One, as you note, is that it involved leaving class and getting computer time in the library (double win for both computer time and a change of environment). Second, there just weren't many preapproved and available choices at that time. Later I learned about how to acquire other games via mail-order shareware and typing in programs from magazines. Oregon Trail in particular seems to have been widely available. Maybe they did some bundling when the schools bought the computers?