Available Platform: DOS

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It is now possible to play classic versions of The Oregon Trail online for free. In addition to the famous 1985 Apple II version of the game, you can also play several other versions. This page shows you where to find these games. A new window will open in each case. Free Games; The Oregon Trail Relive those childhood memories of playing on the classroom computer this educational and fun game. Download Certified Similar to 6. The Oregon Trail Download.

The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems.

Year	1990
Genre	Simulation
Rating	85/100 based on 6 Editorial reviews. Add your vote
Publisher	MECC
Developer	MECC
OS supported	Win7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+
Updated	2 December 2020

Game Review

The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in many editions (at least 10), was a colossal commercial success in its heyday, and remains popular today.

Beyond teaching history, The Oregon Trail is essentially a game of strategic and tactical decisions. You make choices at the start about your pioneer's profession (banker, doctor, farmer, carpenter, etc.); what provisions, and in what amounts, you will buy; and what month to begin the journey. All these choices have the potential to noticeably impact the success or failure of your venture.

Sometimes the effects of your choices will be discovered early on, but others will not become apparent until you are deep in the thick of it, or even near the game's end. Along the trek are many forts where you have the option of stopping and trading with other pioneers. This can be of crucial importance if it turns out your initial provisioning choices were less than optimal.

It is hard to argue The Oregon Trail is not rather brilliantly implemented, especially considering the computer hardware limitations of those elder days. Nonetheless, for me, the main interest and fun of the game was in figuring out the best strategic choices. Don't be surprised if your first couple of tries lead to disaster. After making multiple adjustments that finally result in success it is satisfying to review your path to victory. OT's internal logic structure is tight, and you will be able to understand how and why success was achieved through your progressive efforts.

In the final analysis, aside from the cachet inherent with being a genuine classic, The Oregon Trail is a solid game worth playing for its well-crafted resource management gameplay and the historical details and insights it provides.

See Also: The Oregon Trail: The Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time

Review by: Henry Blake
Published: 10 September 2017 9:52 am

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

DOS - 1990

Also available on: Mac - Windows 3.x - Apple II

4.35 / 5 - 235 votes

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

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Screenshots from MobyGames.com / Platform: Apple II

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Comments and reviews

Drumlion05872021-05-180 point DOS version

Well this certainly brings back memories of elementary school

Dysentery1012021-03-240 point DOS version

This colored one definitely came later.. I remember a version with only green pixel dots. The 'squirrels' were hilarious!

Ray2021-02-080 point

What? No screenshot of 'You have died from dysentery'?

HELLO2021-01-071 point DOS version

Responding to gerald.
Unzip the file and open OREGON.EXE with DOSBox

gerald2020-12-030 point

how tf do i run this on dos box idk how computers work

idontknowsomenerdiguess2020-09-17-1 point DOS version

i play it in school i play in house i play it in bathroom i play it in shower i play it in coffin

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!

vicsar2020-05-093 points DOS version

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

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moonbug2019-03-143 points

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 xp2019-02-23-2 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 topic2018-04-173 points

It's a shame. 'P