From the time computers started becoming common place there were computers available for the students at the schools. This was when children started playing The Oregon trail game. With the historic facts and the personalities, this game allowed children to realize what a hard life it was in the wagon train existence. This educational game allowed the children to have fun and learn a great deal of history at the same time. You can now find the free Oregon Trail download online and bring this game to your family while you are offline. There are sites that are dedicated to bringing the first fun games of the 1980's to our home computers. This includes the game Oregon Trail. http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=GameMuseum.Detail&id=266 You will need to download the Apple II disk in order to play this game from most of the sites. This will provide you a DOS version of the game. Many of the non Apple II downloads are trial period downloads.
Featured Oregon Trail Video
This video shows you how to play the game in DOS and how the players make the choices through out the play. From gathering the supplies before setting out, to the decisions that you make while on the trail. The video shows how much fun the game can be.
Gameplay
The Oregon Trail is a game where you decide when to leave on your cross country trek to the new opportunities that are available in Oregon. You will choose your family and name them. Then you will choose their professions. These characters will then head out from independence, Missouri, on the 2000 mile trip to the Pacific Northwest. During play they will run into the very real problems that the original settlers dealt with, the impending lack of food and the sickness as well as the daily decisions that they will have to make on their journey. Other problems they run into include choosing to ford the river and risk loosing all their supplies, losing a wheel on their wagon or simply deciding if they have enough water to make it to Oregon city, Oregon. The game play is controlled by the keyboard, when using the Apple II Emulator.http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/appleii/ It is a simulation game in it's most early form.
The Apple II was one of the first computers available for home use. This emulator will allow you to play Oregon Trail in DOS on your home computer now and recapture all the fun and entertainment it provided in the 1980's.
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Fast Facts
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Publisher
Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange
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System Requirements
Computer and Internet connection
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Genre
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Platform
DOS
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Tip
The player chooses the date of departure as well as all the names and occupations of the party
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Tip
You are able to create the tombstone if one of your characters die.
