The Oregon Trail

Genre:

Simulation

Year:

1992

Developer:

MECC

Publisher:

MECC

Perspective:

3rd-person, Side-view

Theme:

Educational, History, Managerial, Real-time

Oregon Trail is a game that was originally designed to teach children in schools about the reality of hard life in the 19th century. The game became popular and spread beyond the schools. In the game you play as the leader of a covered wagon (with oxens) and your mission is to guide your party over a journey known as the Oregon Trail (from Independence, Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley). You have to be careful, there are number of dangers along the jurney - you have to cross dangerous rivers, resist diseases and hunt using your guns and bullets. You might die a lot (even your own oxen may be the cause of your death). This is The Oregon Trail Deluxe - an improved version of the original game.