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...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

If anyone wants, I can give the people Oregon Trail Deluxe, which is the game I used to run my little GFF adventure. It's around 4MB.

I'm off to work now though. I'll check the thread later.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Liquid_Snack

SHARE PLZ

I saw this game at x-play once, i heard its fun never tried it though so if you will share please.

Okay here you go:

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RAR
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ZIP

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Wow, my thread is still going strong. However, how come nobody is actually posting logs of their adventures? I want to see someone have 2 broken legs and still manage to get lost AND drive the wagon to freedom.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I posted a link earlier in the thread for Oregon Trail Deluxe. What's wrong with that game? :(

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Who would've thought my old thread could still be getting replies today?

I loved it when one of my crew members managed to break both his legs, got sick, and still managed to get lost, which halted the entire journey until the rest of us found him.

That review from Sharky was hilarious. I hope everyone read it.

FELIPE NO

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ENJOY...

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?