The Oregon Trail

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24 Jul 2008, 6:47 pm

Did anyone else grow up playing this game in the 1980's? I did and I'm experiencing some intense nostalgia for it now.

Does anyone know where I could download it or play it online? I have a Mac, by the way, in case that matters.

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24 Jul 2008, 7:15 pm

I think I played a updated version on the pc at high school. I used to play that game after the last class while waiting for the bus, and I completed it once.

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24 Jul 2008, 8:09 pm

I liked Odell Lake. I played it for the Apple IIe.

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24 Jul 2008, 10:06 pm

I and my class mates back in grade school played it a number of times. Hmm, I think it might have been the 80s to. Yeah, I wouldn't mind knowing if some of these old Apple computer games are downloadable to.

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24 Jul 2008, 10:08 pm

When I was young the computer labs only had these video games: Spy Hunter, Oregon Trail, and Karatika. Karatika was VERY popular! KUNG FU!! !

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25 Jul 2008, 1:51 am

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25 Jul 2008, 3:13 am

Expansion coming soon. The Oregon Trail: Donner Party

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25 Jul 2008, 1:27 pm

release_the_bats wrote:

Does anyone know where I could download it or play it online?

Legally, I don't know if you can.

Pretty sure there's a demo of it for different platforms, though. At least they had demos for their other games, like Amazon Trail and Yukon Trail.

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25 Jul 2008, 1:43 pm

Shhh. :wink:

ETA: Wait, wait - that's the 1992 remake. Just realised. Sorry! I think i need to get off the internets, my mind is fried...

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25 Jul 2008, 9:21 pm

That game brings back so many memories of childhood. I used to play that game for hours on end growing up. I was so addicted to it. As I tend to be when I start playing a new game I like.

I did try out OT2 when that came out, but I always struggled with that one and could never make it to the end without all my people dying.

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26 Jul 2008, 1:11 pm

aethra wrote:

ETA: Wait, wait - that's the 1992 remake.

AFAIK, that's the only version available for DOS/Windows.

I usually emulate the Apple ][ version or the B&W Mac one...more authentic nostalgia that way

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