If you haven't played Oregon Trail II or want to try this educational video game, download it now for free! Published in 1995 by SoftKey Multimedia Inc., Oregon Trail II is still a popular managerial title amongst retrogamers, with a whopping 4.3/5 rating. The Oregon Trail is a computer game developed by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) and first released in 1985 for the Apple II.It was designed to teach students about the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail.

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Hitch up your wagon and hit up the general store for supplies because it's time to head out on The Oregon Trail.

A collection of more than 2,300 MS-DOS computer programs and games has been made available for free on The Internet Archive, a non-profit library of digital content and programs.

The 1990 MECC version of The Oregon Trail, where players face various trials and tribulations while trying to make it from east to west, is among them. The popular game was often used in schools to teach geography and history. It's currently the top-viewed game on the archive with more than 170,000 clicks. (The 1992 version is also in the archive and has more than 37,000 views.)

Other games in the collection include early versions of Super Solvers, Leisure Suit Larry, Donkey Kong, Prince of Persia, Sim City, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade and Street Fighter.

Users can play the games on modern computer browsers. However, there may be a few glitches here and there.

'I really worked hard to have only fully-functioning programs up,' the Internet Archive's historian Jason Scott wrote on his blog. 'Some of them will still fall over and die, and many of them might be weird to play in a browser window.' He asks users to share their feedback via the 'feedback button' in the archives.

Here are a few tweets from some people trying to make the journey safely to Oregon:

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1. The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

DOS - 1990

Also available on: Mac - Apple II

Description of The Oregon Trail

There are few video games more fondly remembered than the Oregon Trail. It has inspired countless gamers and spawned countless memes. Still, it is hard to say how much of the fondness gamers feel towards this storied title is due to the fact that Oregon Trail was literally the first (and in some cases, the only) video game many children played. Much of its exposure came in classrooms, due to its educational nature.

By the standards of the time in which the 1990 “Classic Edition” was released, much less those of today, there's very little actual substance to Oregon Trail, and many will find it either tiresomely repetitive or only good for a brief jaunt down nostalgia lane.

Gameplay in the older versions of Oregon Trail consists mostly of hunting every day to make the most of your food supply (a minigame where you shoot at a variety of game) and waiting for your party to reach the next landmark.

Later versions, including the 1992 Oregon Trail Deluxe and the 1995 Oregon Trail II offer vast improvements on both graphics and gameplay. In fact, many adults in their 30s today are far more likely to have grown up on either of those than the variants of the Ur Oregon Trail.

Still, this remains an artifact for the curious. While this is a step up from the days of having to type “Bang” and “Pow” to shoot game in the earliest versions, a quick play of Oregon Trail: Classic Edition will show kids (and many adults) how lucky they've had it compared to Generation X, who had to walk to school through snow, uphill both ways, to get to their vidya.

Review By P. Alexander

Captures and Snapshots

Screenshots from MobyGames.com / Platform: Apple II

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Comments and reviews

moonbug2019-03-140 point

Bear Vs. Salmon, you can convert one of the mainframe versions, they're pretty small and entirely in BASIC. Otherwise this is almost identical: http://www.atariarchives.org/bca/Chapter02_WestwardHo.php

the only one still using win xp2019-02-23-3 points DOS version

why does it skip when on the trail unless something happens i'm playing on windows xp

Belreyne2019-02-040 point

I remember playing the Classic Oregon Trail on IBM Networking computers as a kid.. That and Primary Editor Plus, Where in the World/USA is Carmen Sandiego, and other 'Educational' classics.. Talk about Nostalgia..

OTV12019-01-03-3 points Apple II version

I am looking for a copy of the original version of Oregon trail on 51/4 floppy disk for apple ll

Off topic2018-04-171 point

It's a shame. 'Pg' is using an online platform (likely with a decent device) to ban a generation about their access to technology.
I am a millennial. I remember playing in school. That's why I am on this page in the first place. Just kind of food for thought to those predisposed do decide others morals based on age. At least last millennials are discriminatory by a LARGE margin. But that's numbers not opinion.
I'm glad to see this on here so I can reminisce the days when nothing could go wrong.

Moon2018-03-310 point

this game is awesome even though i just finished it yesterday lol

dfortae2018-01-12-2 points DOS version

I review The Oregon Trail here: http://youtu.be/KHXThZGUWrw

Ted2017-10-271 point Mac version

It works under SheepShaver running 9.04.

Retro Never Goes Out Of Style2017-07-230 point

Works just fine in M.E.S.S. on Ubuntu.

PG2017-06-27-7 points Apple II version

I remember playing this game back in 1990 while I was in the sixth grade. I used to love going to the computer lab with my class each week, just so we could play The Oregon Trail on those Old School Apple computers. Each of us were so enthralled by the game, it was the only time that an instructor didn't have to tell us to be quiet. Kids today (Millenials) will never understand how fun and educational The Oregon Trail was for our generation. Sadly, the main reasons they use computers is to connect on Social Media (which has led to Cyber Bullying),
Hacking/Stealing personal information, and other nonsense. Only Xennials can comprehend how Awesome this game is, was and always will be! We grew up during a time when life was simple, and technology had not overstepped it's boundaries by consuming the entire world, and turning everyone into illiterate zombies that can't function without an Iphone in their hand.

Bear Vs. Salmon2017-04-216 points Apple II version

It won't run on my TI-83! Halp.

Deegshardie2017-03-13-4 points

I can't play it on my iPad

Paperbrain2017-03-104 points

Every public school in America had a copy of this back in the day, even the tiny school in rural Idaho I grew up in. Many younger people might find it boring, and wonder what we see in it. In all honesty, with the nostalgia glasses off it might not seem like much, but dagnabit yunguns it was fun!

RandomStranger2017-01-131 point Mac version

I cant play it on my mac :(

Warrior_4_Christ2016-12-28-1 point DOS version

Best Game Ever!!!

Luna Moonrider2016-12-054 points

Need to make one for tablets! I hate the settler game. Want the real game on tablet! So does everybody else. Everybody's asking for it.

TC2016-10-31-2 points Mac version

Will it run on OS X 10.12?

frustrated2016-10-24-3 points Mac version

won't work on my Mac :(

Bubba2016-10-17-1 point DOS version

I can't play the game on my browser

cameron pendergraft2016-04-12-13 points

this game sucks its mostly history:O(

NLE2016-02-081 point

loving this game

blondiebear2015-09-13-7 points Mac version

How do you set it up for macbook?

RetroGamer2015-07-102 points Mac version

wow. i love this game and havent played in years! i recently installed mini vmac-- here goes gaming:)

confused2015-05-30-3 points Mac version

Can you play this without downloading?

abi2015-04-221 point DOS version

amazing loved it

Lord_Xarti2015-04-09-3 points DOS version

Why are you all using JUST DOSbox? Use the far superior LaunchBox *(Which includes DOSbox and many more emulators) that does a lot of this behind the scenes work for you? I got the newest version *(4.6 as of this typing) and it works like a dream for me.

Chauncey2015-01-14-1 point Mac version

I wanna play this so badly but my PC is messed up.

Boat2014-11-150 point Mac version

This better have the peperony and chease epigraph..

Me, Myself, and I2014-11-040 point Mac version

If only they had had Viagra. :o(

Simba72014-10-211 point DOS version

Windows 7? You'll need DOSBox to run any DOS-based games on Windows 7. That, or find an old 286/386.

The Original Oregon Trail Game For Mac 2017

paulo josé2014-09-10-2 points DOS version

this game relate the live the people to living in contry the oregon .
this good for learn the history the civilizacion.

James2014-08-300 point Mac version

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nice screenshot!

Steven2014-08-180 point DOS version

does not run on windows 7

Kronick2014-07-271 point DOS version

WoW !!! I was in 6th/7th grade when this game came out been looking for a few yrs for a copy. Always loved coming upon a river and deciding how to handle it. A lot of times would forge the rivers but not always the wise way to go. Current would usually tip you over and cost you supplies. LOL Oh well..

rss2014-03-220 point DOS version

old time goodness

GoodOleDays2013-11-103 points DOS version

Long live the days of surviving and dying from dysentery..

Raminess2012-10-064 points DOS version

We've ALL died of dysentery! :(

rmn2011-12-163 points DOS version

how many died of dysentery? ^^

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Mac Version

• Year:1993
• Publisher:MECC
• Developer:MECC

Apple II Version

• Year:1985
• Publisher:MECC
• Developer:MECC

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