Comments on: The Quick 10: The Oregon Trail Computer Game

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:02:00 +0000

The saddest part about living abroad, is that no one appreciates my “You Have Died of Dysentery” shirt. (Those who do speak fluent English give me rather disgusted faces.) So disappointing.

By: Jessica D

Jessica D — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:18:00 +0000

For $4.99 you can buy the New Oregon Trail app on the iPhone! I wasn’t too sure about it but my kids (who no longer play O.T. in school) get to enjoy it too. Its actually pretty good, there are little side games you can play to make money and fix your wagon. It was a worthwhile buy.

By: roxy.cape

roxy.cape — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:34:00 +0000

In 3rd and 4th grade we had “computer class” every week. If the class landed on a Friday we were in to a full hour of OT madness — on oldschool Apple II E’s.

By: BassMan

BassMan — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:55:00 +0000

I played Oregon Trail in the late ’80s on the sort of computer that looked like an oversized typewriter that printed everything on paper. I don’y know what you called them, so some of you may have no idea what I’m talking about. But it had a little thing on the side into which you could stick an old fashioned hand set.
There were no graphics, just words and symbols. There was a Star Trek game, too.

By: Brooklynperson

Brooklynperson — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:47:00 +0000

I played Oregon Trail and Lemonade Stand at summer school in 1980. We also learned basic BASIC on our Apples IIs. :D

By: Matt B

Matt B — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:03:00 +0000

Along with Trail, the other two games we played in school were Reader Rabbit and Treasure Mountain. I remember that anyone who beat Treasure Mountain would get to pick out a random “treasure” from the treasure chest in the computer lab. Usually the treasure was equivalent to what you would get from the arcade when you only had two tickets left, but it was exciting nonetheless.

By: BKReporter1

BKReporter1 — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:02:00 +0000

I actually used to skip recess to play this. But I got into big trouble in 6th grade for typing obscene words and beer slogans on the tombstones when someone died.

This Bud’s For You.

By: Reese

Reese — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:12:00 +0000

YESSSS Carmen Sandiego :)

By: erininhouston

erininhouston — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Oh, the memories! We played OT every week in our gifted/talented class. We’d all get on our computers, name the characters after each other, and yell out every time someone died. “Blake, you just died of cholera! Hahahaha!” Oh, the memories.

By: Jamie Favreau

Jamie Favreau — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:53:00 +0000

Oregon Trail brings me back to 6th grade math class. I am pretty sure that was the class we had the computers in and they were on Trash 80s. This is a classic game I doubt any Gen Xer will ever forget.