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The Oregon Trail Game was developed back in 1971 by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberg. Three years after, Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium also known as MECC, produced the game.

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Originally, it was designed to teach children about the real-life situations of people in the 19th century. The goal must be to take a group of people from Independence, Missouri, to another place called Oregon.

• Jan 19, 2016.
• The Oregon Trail is a computer game originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail.The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding his or her party.
• Welcome to Travel Oregon: The Game! Explore all 7 regions of Oregon through a tribute to the classic game, The Oregon Trail ®. Play the different activities and keep your inventory stocked to keep morale up. If it gets too low, you'll be writing lots of tombstones. Keep trying until you win!

Oregon Trail was a big hit and almost became one of the best selling video games back then. It was played by school kids from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

Gameplay

Contents

• 1 Gameplay
  • 1.3 Arrival to Oregon

There are several basic things that you need to know about this game. The Oregon Trail consists of three parts:

• Beginning(The Departure). This is when the player needs to choose the character and name of the leader, as well as his/her companions, prior to leaving Independence, Missouri.
• Middle(The Journey). This is the journey and the leader is expected to face obstacles along the way.
• End(The Arrival). It is the moment of reaching Oregon where a player can review all the points acquired on the journey.

Departure to Independence, Missouri

Independence, Missouri is the starting point of the trail. To start the game, a player needs to choose what kind of person a leader would be while traveling to Oregon. There are four people who can accompany the leader on the journey. The player will name them according to his preference.

Once the leader and company have been decided, the leader needs to decide the month of departure. He can choose between March to July. There is also an option to ask for a piece of advice.

For the time the travelers are about to leave the Independence, they have the available fund of $1,600. The money can be used to purchase items like foods, clothing, animals, ammunition, and spare parts which are sold in Matt's General Store in Missouri.

After buying the items, the leader together with his party members is ready to leave. This will be the start of trials and challenges along the way.

The Trail

During the course of the Oregon trail game, travelers will face many obstacles. They will be reminded of the available supplies, the current weather, and the health condition of the leader. The leader has the choice to continue the trail, check supplies, and rest. There is also an option to see how many miles they will need to travel and the places they will need to cross.

While traveling, valuable items can be found. Now and then, the game will show the status of the weather and the remaining resources. So, better watch these things to successfully reach Oregon.

One of the most important aspects of the game is hunting for food. The leader is given the rifle to hunt animals and add to resources. The travelers are also provided with a map to have an overview of where they are headed.

Arrival to Oregon

At the end of the game, points are awarded according to the chosen profession of the leader, number and health of surviving parties, cash on hand, and remaining resources. If the player chose carpenter, the points will be doubled. If the farmer is selected, the acquired points will be tripled.

Obstacles of Oregon Trail

There are many obstacles the leader and his parties may face while traveling to Oregon. These problems may arise at some point and can be a factor in accomplishing the journey.

• Wrong direction or trail
• Illness/sickness of the leader's company or the party
• Stolen supplies along the way
• Snakebite
• Death of one of the parties
• Severe thunderstorm
• Heavy Fog

Game Controls of the Oregon Trail Game

• Click the Start button using your mouse and wait for the game to load all the necessary data to start.
• Once started, use your computer's keyboard to complete the game.
• Press Alt+Enter to switch and exit to full-screen mode.
• Click 'Y' for Yes, 'N' for No, and number keys to select from the options.
• Press Enter/space bar to continue the trail.

In Conclusion

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1. The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

DOS - 1990

Also available on: Mac - Apple II

Description of The Oregon Trail

There are few video games more fondly remembered than the Oregon Trail. It has inspired countless gamers and spawned countless memes. Still, it is hard to say how much of the fondness gamers feel towards this storied title is due to the fact that Oregon Trail was literally the first (and in some cases, the only) video game many children played. Much of its exposure came in classrooms, due to its educational nature.

By the standards of the time in which the 1990 'Classic Edition' was released, much less those of today, there's very little actual substance to Oregon Trail, and many will find it either tiresomely repetitive or only good for a brief jaunt down nostalgia lane.

Gameplay in the older versions of Oregon Trail consists mostly of hunting every day to make the most of your food supply (a minigame where you shoot at a variety of game) and waiting for your party to reach the next landmark.

Later versions, including the 1992 Oregon Trail Deluxe and the 1995 Oregon Trail II offer vast improvements on both graphics and gameplay. In fact, many adults in their 30s today are far more likely to have grown up on either of those than the variants of the Ur Oregon Trail.

Still, this remains an artifact for the curious. While this is a step up from the days of having to type 'Bang' and 'Pow' to shoot game in the earliest versions, a quick play of Oregon Trail: Classic Edition will show kids (and many adults) how lucky they've had it compared to Generation X, who had to walk to school through snow, uphill both ways, to get to their vidya.

Review By P. Alexander

Captures and Snapshots

Screenshots from MobyGames.com / Platform: Apple II

Screenshots from MobyGames.com

Comments and reviews

Kevin B2020-06-080 point DOS version

If your trying to run this game on a Windows 10 PC, you will need DOSbox to run it as it won't run normally in this version of Windows.

Morbid_Decay2020-05-140 point DOS version

This is my first time playing it. it's sooooooooo good!

vicsar2020-05-091 point DOS version

I had never played the original, only the deluxe version. This is fun :-)

moonbug2019-03-141 point

Bear Vs. Salmon, you can convert one of the mainframe versions, they're pretty small and entirely in BASIC. Otherwise this is almost identical: http://www.atariarchives.org/bca/Chapter02_WestwardHo.php

the only one still using win xp2019-02-23-3 points DOS version

why does it skip when on the trail unless something happens i'm playing on windows xp

Belreyne2019-02-041 point

I remember playing the Classic Oregon Trail on IBM Networking computers as a kid.. That and Primary Editor Plus, Where in the World/USA is Carmen Sandiego, and other 'Educational' classics.. Talk about Nostalgia..

OTV12019-01-03-3 points Apple II version

I am looking for a copy of the original version of Oregon trail on 51/4 floppy disk for apple ll

Off topic2018-04-172 points

It's a shame. 'Pg' is using an online platform (likely with a decent device) to ban a generation about their access to technology.
I am a millennial. I remember playing in school. That's why I am on this page in the first place. Just kind of food for thought to those predisposed do decide others morals based on age. At least last millennials are discriminatory by a LARGE margin. But that's numbers not opinion.
I'm glad to see this on here so I can reminisce the days when nothing could go wrong.

Moon2018-03-310 point

this game is awesome even though i just finished it yesterday lol

dfortae2018-01-12-3 points DOS version

I review The Oregon Trail here: http://youtu.be/KHXThZGUWrw

Ted2017-10-271 point Mac version

It works under SheepShaver running 9.04.

Retro Never Goes Out Of Style2017-07-230 point

Works just fine in M.E.S.S. on Ubuntu.

PG2017-06-27-10 points Apple II version

I remember playing this game back in 1990 while I was in the sixth grade. I used to love going to the computer lab with my class each week, just so we could play The Oregon Trail on those Old School Apple computers. Each of us were so enthralled by the game, it was the only time that an instructor didn't have to tell us to be quiet. Kids today (Millenials) will never understand how fun and educational The Oregon Trail was for our generation. Sadly, the main reasons they use computers is to connect on Social Media (which has led to Cyber Bullying),
Hacking/Stealing personal information, and other nonsense. Only Xennials can comprehend how Awesome this game is, was and always will be! We grew up during a time when life was simple, and technology had not overstepped it's boundaries by consuming the entire world, and turning everyone into illiterate zombies that can't function without an Iphone in their hand.

Bear Vs. Salmon2017-04-217 points Apple II version

It won't run on my TI-83! Halp.

Deegshardie2017-03-13-4 points

I can't play it on my iPad

Paperbrain2017-03-104 points

Every public school in America had a copy of this back in the day, even the tiny school in rural Idaho I grew up in. Many younger people might find it boring, and wonder what we see in it. In all honesty, with the nostalgia glasses off it might not seem like much, but dagnabit yunguns it was fun!

RandomStranger2017-01-131 point Mac version

I cant play it on my mac :(

Warrior_4_Christ2016-12-28-1 point DOS version

Best Game Ever!!!

Luna Moonrider2016-12-054 points

Need to make one for tablets! I hate the settler game. Want the real game on tablet! So does everybody else. Everybody's asking for it.

TC2016-10-31-2 points Mac version

Will it run on OS X 10.12?

frustrated2016-10-24-3 points Mac version

won't work on my Mac :(

Bubba2016-10-17-2 points DOS version

I can't play the game on my browser

cameron pendergraft2016-04-12-13 points

this game sucks its mostly history:O(

NLE2016-02-081 point

loving this game

blondiebear2015-09-13-7 points Mac version

How do you set it up for macbook?

RetroGamer2015-07-102 points Mac version

wow. i love this game and havent played in years! i recently installed mini vmac-- here goes gaming:)

confused2015-05-30-3 points Mac version

Can you play this without downloading? Esp ltd guitars serial number identification.

abi2015-04-221 point DOS version

amazing loved it

Lord_Xarti2015-04-09-4 points DOS version

Why are you all using JUST DOSbox? Use the far superior LaunchBox *(Which includes DOSbox and many more emulators) that does a lot of this behind the scenes work for you? I got the newest version *(4.6 as of this typing) and it works like a dream for me.

Chauncey2015-01-14-1 point Mac version

I wanna play this so badly but my PC is messed up.

Boat2014-11-150 point Mac version

This better have the peperony and chease epigraph..

Me, Myself, and I2014-11-040 point Mac version Starwhal free mac.

If only they had had Viagra. :o(

Simba72014-10-211 point DOS version

Windows 7? You'll need DOSBox to run any DOS-based games on Windows 7. That, or find an old 286/386.

paulo josé2014-09-10-2 points DOS version

this game relate the live the people to living in contry the oregon .
this good for learn the history the civilizacion.

James2014-08-300 point Mac version

nice screenshot!

Steven2014-08-180 point DOS version

does not run on windows 7

Kronick2014-07-271 point DOS version

WoW !!! I was in 6th/7th grade when this game came out been looking for a few yrs for a copy. Always loved coming upon a river and deciding how to handle it. A lot of times would forge the rivers but not always the wise way to go. Current would usually tip you over and cost you supplies. LOL Oh well..

rss2014-03-220 point DOS version

old time goodness

GoodOleDays2013-11-103 points DOS version

Long live the days of surviving and dying from dysentery..

Raminess2012-10-064 points DOS version

We've ALL died of dysentery! :(

rmn2011-12-163 points DOS version

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how many died of dysentery? ^^

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• Year:1993
• Publisher:MECC
• Developer:MECC

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• Year:1985
• Publisher:MECC
• Developer:MECC

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