After someone mentioned Oregon Trail in class the other day it made me miss the days of playing Oregon Trail in elementary school. So I went online and found a copy of it and started to play. It was everything that I remembered, my roommate got dystentry and another one drowned. This game was wildly popular when it was released and someone has gone through the trouble to create an Apple II emulator. That is a piece of software that allows you to play games from other systems. That in it self is impressive, however remember that the Apple II came out in 1987. It was a bit difficult to find a copy of Oregon Trail, especially because I have a Mac Laptop, however once I downloaded it I found that you have the ability to change the screen so it can look like the original Apple II. You can have the green screen with the scan line across as well as have full color with no scan lines. A quick search through Facebook shows hundreds of groups dedicated to this game. This just goes to show that because doesn't have great graphics (by today's standards) doesn't mean that it can't stand the test of time and be popular more than 20 years later.
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It's really funny that you were able to find a game that worked w/ your emulator. My roommate and I spent all day looking for a copy for Oregon Trail II because we want to play so badly! They should totally re-release it. I'd still try to ford the river every time.
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