MS-DOS The Oregon Trail, 1982Three student teachers, Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger, created The Oregon Trail in 1971 to help Minnesota schoolchildren learn American History. First programmed on a primitive teletype printer, the game challenged students to assume the role of Western settlers crossing the continent on the way to the Pacific coast.

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Players had to choose which items to bring, how fast to travel, and what to do when food ran low or disease struck.When Rawitsch joined the Minnesota Educational Computer Consortium (MECC) in 1974, he brought along the code for the game and MECC developed a version for distribution to schools—first in Minnesota and then around the United States. The game has been widely available ever since, appearing on every major computing platform, from mainframes to smartphones. Artifacts from The StrongIn the 1970s and 1980s, when computing access was rare, The Oregon Trail not only instructed players in American history but also introduced them to computers. The more than 65 million copies of the game that have been sold testify to the game’s appealing story and fun play.The Oregon Trail is perhaps the oldest continuously available video game ever made, but more importantly, it pioneered a blend of learning and play that showcases the valuable contribution games can make to education.

The sounds suit the overall action perfectly. The game is good for children as it bears educational character, develops critical thinking, improves reading skills and much more. Below is a link to Oregon Trail Deluxe, released in 1992.: Click And here is a link to Oregon Trail Deluxe 5th Edition, released in 2002.: Click. We can now play The Oregon Trail online.totally free.with no need to download anything. And yes, it's the original, perfect, MS-DOS version.