Howdy partners it’s time to once again head down the Oregon Trail in Oregon Trail 2. Released in 1995, Oregon Trail 2 was not actually the second game in the series as there had been many versions of the original Oregon Trail released before this. Oregon Train 2 made use of “powerful CD Rom technology” which was the big thing at the time.
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. Product description. Experience the life of a pioneer during the Westward Movement while traveling along the famous Oregon Trail. As the leader of your very own wagon party, you will hunt for food, tend to sicknesses, cross treacherous rivers and more throughout your 2,000 mile journey. Filled with plenty of challenging situations and advice. Organ Trail: Director’s Cut is a Strategy game developed by The Men Who Wear Many Hats LLC. BlueStacks app player is the best platform (emulator) to play this Android game on your PC or Mac for an immersive gaming experience.
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While this is called the Oregon Train 2, you are not just confined to having to go on the Oregon Trail. You can also head out West for the California Gold Rush trail or you can go on the Mormon Trail. I think this was a pretty smart addition to the game and it, of course, does give it, even more, replay value as you may want to go back and check out the other two trials.
Edu-RPG-Tainment
While the idea of The Oregon Train 2 is the same as the last game where you have to get to your destination with as many people alive as possible. This time around the game is way more fleshed out. You can pick how many people are in your group and you can even name them which is fun.You need to pick an occupation and then you can set about giving yourself different skills. You only have so many skill points to use so make sure that you use them wisely. Skills will make certain events more likely to happen. Your occupation will have an effect on how much money you have at the start of your journey so even before you start there is a lot to think about.
Hey, I Did That!
Oregon Trail 2 is more interactive than what came before it. In the previous game the main things you would do as far as gameplay goes were the rafting and the hunting. You still have that here, but it is greatly expanded upon and feels more like an actual game. Also when something in the game happens such as one of your party members getting sick, an accident or something with the wagon. You have to actually make a decision and it better be the right one as you do not want to lose people. Or even worse, yourself as if you die it is game over. The trading system in Oregon Trail 2 is actually pretty sophisticated for the time. There are plenty of towns and people that you can deal with. You can talk to these folks and you can buy, trade, sell and order different items that will help you on your travels.
This Games Got That 90s Style
The presentation of this game is very weird. They have live action actors, but the mouths are animated. It is so very 90s and at the time this would have looked like a million bucks and it certainly has that 90s PC CD Rom game vibe to it as far as the presentation goes. Also as it is a CD Rom game it has voice acting and as you would expect it is terrible, but I mean that in the best way possible as it is hilarious.
The Oregon Trail 2 may not be looked at as fondly as the first game, but it is not a horrible game. It does have a lot more going on so in that regard I do feel that it offers more of a challenge and more things to do. Despite this though, it is just lacking a little bit of that charm the original has. Still, if you have a lot of love for Oregon Trail, I would recommend checking this one out.
7/10
Pros:
- It is pretty interactive
- Lots of places to trade
- Creating your party is way more fun than it should be
- Has more “gameplay” than before
- The sound is very clear
Cons:
- Not as charming as the original
- The mouth animations are super weird
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- The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
DOS - 1990
Also available on: Mac - Windows 3.x - Apple II
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
Barthdry2021-07-250 point DOS version
Works amazing and i love this text based game its sequel and deluxe tend to little annoy me a bit for being more gui but still good game to play if you like text based environment.
Drumlion05872021-05-180 point DOS version
Well this certainly brings back memories of elementary school
Dysentery1012021-03-241 point DOS version
This colored one definitely came later... I remember a version with only green pixel dots. The 'squirrels' were hilarious!
Ray2021-02-083 points
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
gerald2020-12-031 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
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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. 'Pg' is using an online platform (likely with a decent device) to ban a generation about their access to technology.
I am a millennial. I remember playing in school. That's why I am on this page in the first place. Just kind of food for thought to those predisposed do decide others morals based on age. At least last millennials are discriminatory by a LARGE margin. But that's numbers not opinion.
I'm glad to see this on here so I can reminisce the days when nothing could go wrong.
Moon2018-03-310 point
this game is awesome even though i just finished it yesterday lol
dfortae2018-01-12-3 points DOS version
I review The Oregon Trail here: http://youtu.be/KHXThZGUWrw
Ted2017-10-271 point Mac version
It works under SheepShaver running 9.04.
Retro Never Goes Out Of Style2017-07-230 point
Works just fine in M.E.S.S. on Ubuntu.
PG2017-06-27-12 points Apple II version
I remember playing this game back in 1990 while I was in the sixth grade. I used to love going to the computer lab with my class each week, just so we could play The Oregon Trail on those Old School Apple computers. Each of us were so enthralled by the game, it was the only time that an instructor didn't have to tell us to be quiet. Kids today (Millenials) will never understand how fun and educational The Oregon Trail was for our generation. Sadly, the main reasons they use computers is to connect on Social Media (which has led to Cyber Bullying),
Hacking/Stealing personal information, and other nonsense. Only Xennials can comprehend how Awesome this game is, was and always will be! We grew up during a time when life was simple, and technology had not overstepped it's boundaries by consuming the entire world, and turning everyone into illiterate zombies that can't function without an Iphone in their hand.
Bear Vs. Salmon2017-04-2110 points Apple II version
It won't run on my TI-83! Halp.
Deegshardie2017-03-13-4 points
I can't play it on my iPad
Paperbrain2017-03-104 points
Every public school in America had a copy of this back in the day, even the tiny school in rural Idaho I grew up in. Many younger people might find it boring, and wonder what we see in it. In all honesty, with the nostalgia glasses off it might not seem like much, but dagnabit yunguns it was fun!
RandomStranger2017-01-131 point Mac version
I cant play it on my mac :(
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Warrior_4_Christ2016-12-28-1 point DOS version
Best Game Ever!!!
Luna Moonrider2016-12-054 points
Need to make one for tablets! I hate the settler game. Want the real game on tablet! So does everybody else. Everybody's asking for it.
TC2016-10-31-1 point Mac version
Will it run on OS X 10.12?
frustrated2016-10-24-2 points Mac version
won't work on my Mac :(
Bubba2016-10-17-2 points DOS version
I can't play the game on my browser
cameron pendergraft2016-04-12-13 points
this game sucks its mostly history:O(
NLE2016-02-081 point
loving this game
blondiebear2015-09-13-7 points Mac version
How do you set it up for macbook?
RetroGamer2015-07-102 points Mac version
wow. i love this game and havent played in years! i recently installed mini vmac-- here goes gaming:)
confused2015-05-30-3 points Mac version
Can you play this without downloading?
abi2015-04-221 point DOS version
amazing loved it
Lord_Xarti2015-04-09-4 points DOS version
Why are you all using JUST DOSbox? Use the far superior LaunchBox *(Which includes DOSbox and many more emulators) that does a lot of this behind the scenes work for you? I got the newest version *(4.6 as of this typing) and it works like a dream for me.
Chauncey2015-01-14-1 point Mac version
I wanna play this so badly but my PC is messed up.
Boat2014-11-150 point Mac version
This better have the peperony and chease epigraph...
Me, Myself, and I2014-11-040 point Mac version
If only they had had Viagra. :o(
Simba72014-10-211 point DOS version
Windows 7? You'll need DOSBox to run any DOS-based games on Windows 7. That, or find an old 286/386.
paulo josé2014-09-10-2 points DOS version
this game relate the live the people to living in contry the oregon .
this good for learn the history the civilizacion.
James2014-08-300 point Mac version
nice screenshot!
Steven2014-08-180 point DOS version
does not run on windows 7
Kronick2014-07-271 point DOS version
WoW !!! I was in 6th/7th grade when this game came out been looking for a few yrs for a copy. Always loved coming upon a river and deciding how to handle it. A lot of times would forge the rivers but not always the wise way to go. Current would usually tip you over and cost you supplies. LOL Oh well....
rss2014-03-220 point DOS version
old time goodness
GoodOleDays2013-11-103 points DOS version
Long live the days of surviving and dying from dysentery...
Raminess2012-10-064 points DOS version
We've ALL died of dysentery! :(
rmn2011-12-163 points DOS version
how many died of dysentery? ^^
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DOS Version
Mac Version
- Year:1993
- Publisher:MECC
- Developer:MECC
Windows 3.x Version
- Year:1993
- Publisher:MECC
- Developer:MECC
Apple II Version
- Year:1985
- Publisher:MECC
- Developer:MECC
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