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The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail (1971)

by MECC

Genres:Adventure, Strategy, Simulator

Themes:Historical, Educational

Game modes:Single player

Story: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 of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in 1848.Show more

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February 02, 2025

The 1971 version of the game no longer exists. The best that can be done is the 1975 reconstructed version which can be played through simh. It's not the iconic game it later became, but its worthwhile.

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