Memories of Oregon Trail (on an Apple IIe) - the greatest game EVER CREATED (8154 hits)
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Submitted by Drü <dwhitty61.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-06-18 15:56:35 EDT
Inspired by: http://www.ubersite.com/m/35959
The original Oregon Trail is by far the greatest game ever created. This is an indisputable & unquestionable fact.
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A BANKER, FARMER, OR CARPENTER?"
My first memories of the original Oregon Trail game are from 4th grade's weekly "Friday Fun Day" in computer class. Yes, Monday through Thursday we slaved away on some type of "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" garbage all the while waiting and yearning for the precious 46 minutes of class time that would allow us to take a courageous and daring trip along the Oregon Trail.
"TOM HAS DIED OF DYSENTERY"
And I am not referring to the colorful follow up versions (I think I have seen a 5th edition now...), I am talking about the original, first-edition Oregon Trail game, played on an Apple IIe with the two-tone death-green monitor. I am taking about "loading a game" with floppy 5 1/4" disks that are actually floppy. If you have never heard of or seen a 5 1/4" floppy disk, keep enjoying your recently grown pubic hair and just read on, read on.
"WILL YOU ATTEMPT TO FORD THE RIVER?"
You know what the best part of this game was? Hunting. Damn it was fun. Doom, Quake, Half-Life please set aside and recognize your roots. You can go out and shoot the hell out of squirrels and bunnies but everyone once in a while get a deer or a buffalo. And what was the deal with only being able to carry 200 lbs. back to the wagon? What a pansy. Unfortunately all of your fat lazy kids are just hanging out at the wagon playing grab-ass with the oxen. Too bad there was never and option to "Give your wife/children something to cry about."
"YOU ARE AT CHIMNEY ROCK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK AROUND?"
If you have ever wanted to play this classic again, I found a site to download an Apple IIe emulator that runs on Windows. Once you have the emulator running you can download an Oregon Trail data file and load it into the emulator. This link will have both downloads. Enjoy:
http://www.e53.org/trashcan/archives/000028.html
"FOR GOING AS A FARMER, YOUR POINTS ARE TRIPLED"
Fear the awesome computing power of an Apple IIe:
User Reviews
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2004-06-19 08:47:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It was either Oregon Trail or that stupid Turtle program where you learn to draw shapes by typing in rudimentary directional "codes".
fw 30
rt 90
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draw
A square!
Werd.
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2004-06-18 22:53:57 EDT (#)
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Excellant.
The post was fairly good, but actually including a link to download this was pure genius. Thanks.
Submitted by sublime (user info) at 2004-06-18 21:52:50 EDT (#)
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2221 POINTS - GREENHORN
Submitted by WhoLetYouIn (user info) at 2004-06-18 20:12:24 EDT (#)
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TIMMY HAS DIED OF SNAKEBITE
Submitted by Jo_of_the_golden_P (user info) at 2004-06-18 18:53:36 EDT (#)
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Glad I could inspire you :)
Thanks for the link, I was hoping someone'd post one *note:ulterior motives*
Woot! Oregon Trail! Kids today don't know what they're all missing. I think I'll write just a general nostalgia post, this Oregon Trail recollection has me all teary-eyed. But maybe that's just the reek of my neglected laundry. Curse you, ÜBER!
Submitted by LucidCognition (user info) at 2004-06-18 18:33:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hell, yea. But in my class there wasn't enough Oregon Trail Disks for everyone, so we had to work to get done first and get the disk, those were the fucking days man.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2004-06-18 18:04:41 EDT (#)
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OREGON TRAIL IS BADASS
Submitted by JChristian1965 (user info) at 2004-06-18 17:19:53 EDT (#)
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I used to like Robot Odyssey...man, that one was tough!
Or I'm dumb, one of the two.... *scratching my head like an ape*
Submitted by DarthFaded (user info) at 2004-06-18 17:16:10 EDT (#)
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LOL I actually laughed to the point of getting shushed by my boss.....
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-06-18 17:05:40 EDT (#)
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I remember that game.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-06-18 17:03:30 EDT (#)
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I was in the same type of computer class. We would type away all week and then play Oregon Trail on friday.
I remember at the end you could either take a safe route through the mountains or take a raft down the river. The raft part was awesome where you had to dodge the rocks. A whole 40 minutes of work could easily come crashing down from one rock. Awesome.
Submitted by SundanceKid (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:56:21 EDT (#)
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"Ford the river or hire a Ferry???...." I always lost my shit in the river.
Oh, and the end of the game where you float down the river and dodge the rocks, that kicked ass too.
I remember hunting with a friend, where he would walk around and I would just keep pushing the space bar as fast as I could until we ran out of bullets... Damn that game rules!
Submitted by engine13 (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:55:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ah, The Oregon Trail. The memories. We had the same sort of schedule when I was in elementary school.
Submitted by lilbill87 (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:42:41 EDT (#)
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I almost pulled that game out and played it a couple weeks ago...thanks for the memory
Submitted by jme7551 (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:21:33 EDT (#)
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i had forgotten abot that game. whew what a flashback.
Submitted by Anjie (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:20:22 EDT (#)
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I used to play this on my Commodore 64... awesome.
I loved Lemonade Stand too.
Submitted by Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:20:02 EDT (#)
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Did anyone ever play Simon the Sorceror or the original Quest for Glory: So You Want to be a Hero? Those games were awesome.
Oregan Trail was great, but I was too little to play it well, all I ever did was start out and go hunting a lot. All my people usually died by the first river you had to cross.
Submitted by RideJohnnyRide (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:17:34 EDT (#)
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OREGON TRAIL POSTS = +2
Submitted by WillZone (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:13:56 EDT (#)
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must...control...feelings...of...nostalgia.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:06:43 EDT (#)
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Even the memories of this game frustrate me.
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2004-06-18 16:02:34 EDT (#)
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thanks for the link, sweet!!
aaaaa, memories
Submitted by dude <dude.at.dude.com> at 2004-06-18 16:01:03 EDT (#)
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dude... i used to give my cotrailers all the names of my friends; it was so sad when they died or were bitten by snakes or drowned or got diseases.
Submitted by reallybored (user info) at 2004-06-18 15:58:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
They really needed to nerf rabbits in that game. Those bastards were way to fast.