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Take Me Down to the Oregon City

You Have Died of Dysentery

Hit the Oregon Trail

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The Oregon Trail

(4.3)

Steam

1971

The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games. The first game was 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 8th grade schoolchildren about the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley via a covered wagon in 1848.

jaimecitoamor

BELIEVE

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The Oregon Trail

Such a fun time and we were learning computers too

Bammonty

2025 Automaton

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The Oregon Trail

Torture just torture. I always hated it but the fact ghat this game was an assignment at school was awful. The amount of diseases me and my game friends got was too much and was awful. I think I succeeded a couple times but if your looking to torture kids but it wouldn’t this would be how

kelseyb

2025 C3Con Earliest Bird

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The Oregon Trail

Interesting game.

Darth Smeagol

Dark Lord of the Sith

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The Oregon Trail

I understand why this game would have been popular at the time for strategy fans, but I just don't have the patience to try and beat it.

Froggy

Do You Remember? 2024

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The Oregon Trail

I loved this game. Hunting for meat was the best part for me. Gr. 7 computer class was a blast.

Joob

2025 Meme of the Week

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The Oregon Trail

Buffalo hunts were thrilling as was the element of chance around everything. You never knew when your axle would break. It was tough and well made for the time.

10 hours played (Steam)

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HubbDogg

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The Oregon Trail

Who knew there were so many ways to die from diarrhea

theAld3n

2025 C3Con Earliest Bird

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The Oregon Trail

Today's generation of grade schoolers will never know what it's like to go on a buffalo hunt during the middle of recess.

JediJohann

Sundays are for Golf

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The Oregon Trail

I'm a banker from Boston.

NannerB

Aggressively Mediocre

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The Oregon Trail

The only thing I liked about this game was playing a video game at school. Might be a hot take, but it wasn’t that good.

Hector Reyes

Kong Country

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The Oregon Trail

This game was the highlight of computer class waaaay back in the day. Have you beaten it, because I know I didn't.

Matt Manges

Founding Member

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The Oregon Trail

Did anyone actually make it to the end? I just remember dying a lot and not having enough buffalo. This was still a ton of fun for educational games at school.

Rachel Dickhaus

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The Oregon Trail

1994 3rd grade computer class
Game: "You died of dysentery"
Class: "What is dysentery"
*Teacher explains*
Class: "Ewwwww!"

Dadalorian

Game Miniboss

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The Oregon Trail

How else can you die of dysentery? The nostalgia is strong with this one! I remember playing this on our old school Macs in our elementary school computer lab and it is still fun anytime I play it to this day.

Dan Tucker

May the Force Be With You!

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The Oregon Trail

This was all we could do for fun once a year in grade school. And fun it was.

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Tony Moreno

Stop the Stigma

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The Oregon Trail

Never have I raged so much at a game during 2nd grade. Should be the first video game kids are introduced to

BitzDad

The Bad Guy (5)

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The Oregon Trail

This game oozes nostalgia and found memories of computer class. I always appreciated the ability to go bear hunting.

James Taylor

Play Stupid Games, Get Stupid Prizes

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The Oregon Trail

The greatest game ever known to mankind.

BuDDhaSTANK

Shuffle

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The Oregon Trail

This game made our computer lab class even better. Granted they were green screen Macs, I always remember it being a lot of fun.

Gargada

Dungeon Master

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The Oregon Trail

The only student in my class that got to go spend extra time in the computer lab and play Oregon Trail. You have died of dysentery. You can never forget what felt like constant dysentery. But it sure was fun.

Mamba

MKR Party Night Champ (3)

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The Oregon Trail

Name a game that captured the hearts of millions while killing every single one of them…. This game was educational to a degree while giving you hours and hours of fun! What more could you want in a game!?!