The Oregon Trail Thread

Heyo, I'm sure all of you have played at least one game in this series back when you were just spuds. It was fun seeing what horrible calamity befelled your little pioneer group, and to see who made it to the West coast.

Here's a hilarious review of the game.

For fun, I asked 4 fellow GFFers to come with me on my journey towards better things. I chose Doctor for my profession, and my party consisted of KrazyTaco, Jinn, Anichanic and Kamui. Below is the log of our trip.


June 1, 1848
You started down the trail with 6 oxen, 10
sets of clothing, 80 bullets, 3 wagon wheels, 3
wagon axles, 3 wagon tongues, 2000
pounds of food, and $482.00.
June 3, 1848
You had a wagon wheel break but were able to
fix it.
June 5, 1848
You decided to change the pace to strenuous.
June 6, 1848
You have reached the Kansas River Crossing.
You chose to take a ferry across the river.
June 9, 1848
You have reached the Big Blue River Crossing.
You chose to caulk your wagon and float it
across the river.
June 11, 1848
Jinn was bitten by a snake.
Jinn died of a snakebite.
June 13, 1848
KrazyTaco is suffering from exhaustion.
June 14, 1848
You have reached Fort Kearney.
You decided to rest for 9 days.
June 20, 1848
You decided to change the pace to steady.
You bought 200 pounds of food at the store.
June 22, 1848
KrazyTaco is well again.
June 30, 1848
You found some wild fruit.
July 3, 1848
You found some wild fruit.
July 6, 1848
You found some wild fruit.
July 7, 1848
You have reached Chimney Rock.
You decided to rest for 4 days.
July 13, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
July 15, 1848
Anichanic has the measles.
July 16, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
July 17, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
July 20, 1848
No water.
July 21, 1848
No water.
You have reached Fort Laramie.
You bought 200 pounds of food at the store.
You decided to rest for 4 days.
July 25, 1848
Anichanic is well again.
July 28, 1848
No water.
July 30, 1848
Anichanic is suffering from exhaustion.
July 31, 1848
You decided to rest for 2 days.
August 4, 1848
Bad water.
August 5, 1848
Bad water.
August 6, 1848
You decided to rest for 6 days.
August 7, 1848
Anichanic is well again.
August 14, 1848
Bad water.
August 15, 1848
A fire in your wagon destroyed 6 sets of
clothing, and 1146 pounds of food.
No grass for the oxen.
August 17, 1848
You decided to hunt.
You brought back 200 pounds of food.
August 18, 1848
You found some wild fruit.
Anichanic is sick with typhoid fever.
August 21, 1848
KrazyTaco was bitten by a snake.
You have reached Independence Rock.
You decided to rest for 9 days.
August 28, 1848
Anichanic is well again.
August 30, 1848
KrazyTaco is well again.
August 31, 1848
You decided to rest for 4 days.
September 7, 1848
KrazyTaco was bitten by a snake.
September 15, 1848
You have reached South Pass.
You decided to rest for 2 days.
September 16, 1848
KrazyTaco is well again.
September 18, 1848
You decided to take the trail to Fort Bridger.
September 19, 1848
No water.
September 20, 1848
No water.
September 22, 1848
Bad water.
September 23, 1848
Bad water.
You have reached Fort Bridger.
You bought 2 sets of clothing, and 500 pounds
of food at the store.
You decided to rest for 2 days.
September 26, 1848
You decided to rest for 2 days.
September 29, 1848
You changed your rations to meager.
September 30, 1848
An ox is sick.
No water.
October 1, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
October 4, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
October 5, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
October 8, 1848
No water.
October 11, 1848
No water.
October 13, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
You have reached the Green River Crossing.
You chose to take a ferry across the river.
October 15, 1848
An ox died.
Bad water.
October 18, 1848
No water.
October 19, 1848
An ox is sick.
No water.
You decided to rest for 6 days.
October 20, 1848
You decided to hunt.
October 28, 1848
You decided to hunt.
You brought back 200 pounds of food.
You traded 1 wagon wheel for 20 pounds of
food.
October 30, 1848
Anichanic was bitten by a snake.
November 1, 1848
You have reached Soda Springs.
You decided to rest for 3 days.
November 5, 1848
You changed your rations to filling.
You decided to rest for 5 days.
November 9, 1848
Anichanic is well again.
November 12, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
November 14, 1848
Bad water.
November 16, 1848
You have reached Fort Hall.
You bought 200 pounds of food at the store.
You decided to rest for 3 days.
November 21, 1848
Heavy fog.
No water.
November 22, 1848
You decided to change the pace to strenuous.
November 24, 1848
KrazyTaco was bitten by a snake.
November 27, 1848
You decided to hunt.
You brought back 200 pounds of food.
December 2, 1848
Kamui is suffering from exhaustion.
December 3, 1848
KrazyTaco is well again.
You have reached the Snake River Crossing.
You chose to caulk your wagon and float it
across the river.
December 5, 1848
You decided to change the pace to steady.
December 8, 1848
Heavy fog.
No water.
December 10, 1848
Heavy fog.
An ox wandered off.
No water.
Kamui is well again.
December 16, 1848
Heavy fog.
December 18, 1848
You have reached Fort Boise.
You bought 100 pounds of food at the store.
December 30, 1848
You found 2 sets of clothing, 47 bullets, 3
wagon axles, and 1 wagon tongue in an
abandoned wagon.
January 1, 1849
You had a wagon tongue break but were able
to replace it from supplies.
January 2, 1849
You have reached Grande Ronde in the Blue
Mountains.
You decided to rest for 3 days.
January 6, 1849
You decided to take the trail to The Dalles.
January 9, 1849
You decided to hunt.
You brought back 200 pounds of food.
January 10, 1849
You took the wrong trail.
No grass for the oxen.
January 14, 1849
A thief stole 57 pounds of food from your
wagon.
January 18, 1849
Rough trail.
January 19, 1849
A thief stole 3 oxen from your wagon.
January 20, 1849
Heavy fog.
January 24, 1849
You decided to hunt.
You brought back 200 pounds of food.
January 25, 1849
Heavy fog.
You had a wagon wheel break but were able to
fix it.
January 28, 1849
You have reached The Dalles.
You decided to take the trail to the Barlow Toll
Road.
February 1, 1849
You decided to hunt.
You brought back 200 pounds of food.
February 2, 1849
Kamui is suffering from exhaustion.
February 3, 1849
An ox died.
February 4, 1849
You had a wagon axle break but were able to
replace it from supplies.
February 6, 1849
Heavy fog.
February 10, 1849
Heavy fog.
You decided to rest for 5 days.
February 11, 1849
Kamui is well again.
February 18, 1849
Heavy fog.
February 23, 1849
No water.
February 24, 1849
No water.
February 25, 1849
No water.
February 26, 1849
No grass for the oxen.
Anichanic is suffering from exhaustion.
February 27, 1849
No water.
March 2, 1849
No grass for the oxen.
March 3, 1849
Anichanic has a broken leg.
March 4, 1849
No water.
March 5, 1849
No water.
You decided to hunt.
You brought back 200 pounds of food.
March 7, 1849
You decided to hunt.
March 8, 1849
No grass for the oxen.
March 10, 1849
Rough trail.
Anichanic has a broken arm.
March 13, 1849
No water.
March 14, 1849
No grass for the oxen.
March 15, 1849
The trail is impassable.
March 22, 1849
You decided to hunt.
March 24, 1849
An ox is sick.
You traded 2 wagon axles for 1 ox.
March 25, 1849
Heavy fog.

I made it to the end after this and earned 288 points. Not bad for a trip full of peril. Hmmm...

I live!

So many maladies too. I must have jinxed it when I said I'd die.

I can't resist... "I AM INVINCIBLE!"

I always wussed out and decided to be a banker. Those $2000 always made it easy to coast to the Pacific without much incident.

Yeah, I used to play this all the time back in grade school (and a bit in Middle School too.) It seemed rather challenging back then, but was a piece of cake when I tried it out via an emulator two years ago (I had nobody die and made it to Oregon before the winter if I recall correctly.) Heck, if I have some free time tonight I may run though this game again.

I also remember there being more than one (really cool) remake of this game, with better graphics and sound, but I don't know if it was cross-platform or not.

Originally Posted by Excrono

Yeah, I used to play this all the time back in grade school (and a bit in Middle School too.) It seemed rather challenging back then, but was a piece of cake when I tried it out via an emulator two years ago (I had nobody die and made it to Oregon before the winter if I recall correctly.) Heck, if I have some free time tonight I may run though this game again.

I also remember there being more than one (really cool) remake of this game, with better graphics and sound, but I don't know if it was cross-platform or not.

The game's been in some form of rotation from 1980-1999?, it's been remade several times to look and play better. Maybe other developers should release popular games every once and a while, even if it only lets it run on a newer OS.

Haha, what a perilous journey. Surprised only one person died, but then again being a doctor does help in that regard. Wonder what the best version of the game is, it did seem to get a lot of upgrades/sequels/remakes over the years. Wish they did that to other older games, I'd like to try updated versions of stuff like Lemmings and Wolf.

I've never played any of the newer games on CD-ROM and stuff, but I think the older ones are cooler to wade through.There's some charm to be had with those old-school graphics.

I've played another game called Yukon Trail which is the same thing except it's in the Yukon. I didn't like it very much though. The only bad things that befell me were thefts and wounded legs. That's pretty boring.

Hea, just played though again because I was bored. I decided to handicap myself and go as a carpenter, with little food (500 pounds) and little cash on hand. I did loose two people, once was my fault (out of food and starving) and the other just happend out of the blue, for no given reason. Oh, well at least I bested my previous score.

I always played Amazon Trail, where you had to take "photos" of a bunch of predetermined animals to earn jewels in this Mayan shield. Every time you arrived at a village, the date shifted about 50 years. Strange concept.

I loved this game - I used to play it all the time instead of programming with that stupid fucking turtle.

When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.

You remember when you were playing the game Oregon Trail and you came Christopher Cross the Snake River that was 2 foot deep, you decide to cross it and you lose 3 wagon wheels, one child and your wife was
diagnosed with Parvo and they blamed it on Wagon Robbing Indians? Yeah that was Chuck Norris, he fucking robbed you, drowned your child with nunchucks and gave your wife herpes. Chuck Norris Owns you.

Yes, I'm awesome. ^^ I'm pretty sure that I have a copy of the mid-90's CD-ROM remake of the original Oregon Trail (not the FMV-filled sequels) somewhere; if I find it, I'll toss a copy up somewhere.

Oregon Trail is fun and all, but Math Munchers is a better game IMHO.

I used to play that game all the time back in grade school. Killing buffalo was never so easy. It seemed that there was always 1-2 people in my group that would always get sick, usually with cholera or dysentary.

Spoiler:

Funny thing is, when I was young and playing this game, I had no idea what those diseases actually were :\

I played this game as a kid, too. Except I got tired of stopping for sick people and everybody except me ended up dying in my party.

I just remember griping about the fact that every time I shot a buffalo, I'd only be able to carry back about 100lbs of meat or so. My character must have been a wuss.

Another moment of hilarity was when one of the party members received a broken leg and managed to wander off and get lost the next day, delaying the entire wagon by about 4 days when we went out to look for him.

Good times with the whole rafting ordeal though.

Originally Posted by zzeroparticle

I just remember griping about the fact that every time I shot a buffalo, I'd only be able to carry back about 100lbs of meat or so. My character must have been a wuss.

Another moment of hilarity was when one of the party members received a broken leg and managed to wander off and get lost the next day, delaying the entire wagon by about 4 days when we went out to look for him.

Good times with the whole rafting ordeal though.

Or sometimes we'd play it just to purposefully screw ourselves over. For example, by fording a 7-foot-deep river. And then if someone drowned we'd be callous enough to say, "Ah, the moron deserved it if he can't even swim."

I remember how nervous I'd get at caulking a wagon and floating across a river because of that slight chance of the wagon tipping. Or when you had to float down the Columbia River.

Later makes of the game seemed quite a bit harder, I think. For example, if someone got sick I'd have a few options on what to do, usually being stuff like administering some medicine I'd never heard of before in my whole life, let alone even knew what they were used for. And then they die afterward, big surprise there. Or getting to some steep rocky hill with options that don't list the pros/cons/risks of the choices. And with those, it often seemed like it didn't matter which choice you picked, something bad would happen.

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June 11, 1848
Jinn was bitten by a snake.
Jinn died of a snakebite.

The first and only to die =(. Ironically enough before I decided to lend my name to the adventure I told Freelance that "I rock at Oregon Trail."

I remember playing this in 3rd and 4th grade. I used to just go hunting and after I killed like everything just turned off the game.

I live ^_^. I was mad at myself though, how many times can I play with snakes and get bitten yet continue to mess with them :/

On another note: Wont anyone think of the oxen?