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'''The Oregon Trail''' is a series of educational video games, originally designed by [[Dan Rawitsch]], [[Bill Heinemann]], and [[Paul Dillenberger]] in 1971 before being published by the [[Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium]] in 1975, in which a wagon train attempts to make the dangerous trek along the Oregon Trail.
'''The Oregon Trail''' is a series of educational video games, originally designed by [[Don Rawitsch]], [[Bill Heinemann]], and [[Paul Dillenberger]] in [[1971]] in which a wagon train attempts to make the dangerous trek along the Oregon Trail.  


The historical Oregon Trail was a large-wheeled wagon route in the United States that ran east to northwest, connecting Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon. The trail was laid by fur trappers from around 1811 to 1840 and became a highly publicized emigrant route for wagon trains until the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.
It was published by the [[Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium]] in [[1975]].
 
[[File:Oregon Trail map.png|160px|left]]
The historical Oregon Trail was a large-wheeled wagon route in the United States that ran east to northwest, connecting Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon.  
 
The trail was laid by fur trappers from around 1811 to 1840.
 
It became a highly publicized emigrant route for wagon trains until the transcontinental railroad was completed in [[1869]].


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Latest revision as of 17:22, 1 September 2024

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The Oregon Trail
Developer Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger
Publisher MECC
Platforms As noted below
Released December 3, 1971-present
Added to
Museum 		As noted below

The Oregon Trail is a series of educational video games, originally designed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 in which a wagon train attempts to make the dangerous trek along the Oregon Trail.

It was published by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium in 1975.

Oregon Trail map.png

The historical Oregon Trail was a large-wheeled wagon route in the United States that ran east to northwest, connecting Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon.

The trail was laid by fur trappers from around 1811 to 1840.

It became a highly publicized emigrant route for wagon trains until the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.

Video games

Title Developer Release System Notes
The Oregon Trail Don Rawitsch
Bill Heinemann
Paul Dillenberger 		1971 Apple II, Atari 8-bit, CDC Cyber, C64, HP 2100 Text
The Oregon Trail MECC 1985 Apple II, Basic Fun (NES), DOS, Mac OS, Windows Graphical
The Oregon Trail II MECC 1995 DOS, Mac OS, Windows
The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition The Learning Company 1997 Mac OS, Windows
The Oregon Trail 4th Edition The Learning Company 1999 Mac OS, Windows
The Oregon Trail 5th Edition The Learning Company 2001 Mac OS, Windows
The Oregon Trail Gameloft 2008 Feature phone (BREW, Java ME), Nintendo DSi
The Oregon Trail HD Gameloft 2009 Android, Blackberry, Fire OS, iOS, webOS, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone
The Oregon Trail: Gold Rush Gameloft 2009 Feature phone (J2ME)
The Oregon Trail: American Settler Gameloft 2011 iOS, Feature phone (J2ME)
The Oregon Trail DoubleTapGames 2011 Nintendo 3DS, Wii
The Oregon Trail Gameloft 2021 Apple Arcade (iOS, Mac OS, tvOS), Switch, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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