"You have died of dysentery"

[Dodie16]

For the 40th anniversary of this classic game, Oregon Trail blazes it's way to Facebook! (heh...) The newest version of the game will be available February 2nd, and yeah, there's even a trailer for it.

So how many TFFers played Oregon Trail before? I'm sure after being around for 40 years, there are quite a few that have at least heard about the game.

I did back in elementary school. It was in our computer class, and those that got finished with their work were allowed to play games. Oregon Trail was one of 'em. I don't believe I ever got very far though. Haha... So to be honest, I'm kind of looking forward to the facebook release, just to see if I can finally make it through the whole journey!

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Wow you never made it? You suck! Nah, I remember that game pretty much being a lot about luck, and don't ever try to brave a river until the water goes down, patience is key. We played it in our computer class too. Oregon Trail 2 was way better, though!

[SOLDIER #819]

Used to own it for the PC, but I think I saw it in elementary school first. Hunted buffalo to extinction, shed tears with friends over snake bites, and eventually made it to the end by being a doctor and figuring out which starting and finishing points yielded the shortest trail. Game was a bitch. I don't remember if it was Oregon Trail 1 or 2 that I played though...

Also: The Men Who Wear Many Hats | Organ Trail

[Taco-Calamitous]

Yeah, we used to have that on the 'puter back in elementary school too. It was vaguely a big deal because it had the name of our state in its title. I remember winning at least a few times, although I am not sure if I did this by myself or if we were playing it in teams or something stupid like that.

Sim Ant was the game to play anyway. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Sean]

We had it on the Apple II es in the "computer lab" in my shit-ass catholic gradeschool, and I remember playing it often.

I just played it a couple weeks back on a IIe emulation website, it's a lot easier than I remember it being. Never could make it as a kid.

[Rocky]

We had it on the Apple II es in the "computer lab" in my shit-ass catholic gradeschool, and I remember playing it often.

Dude, same here! Back on the Apple II with it's green and black sexiness and all, lol. My favorite thing to do was to do the hunting minigame and try to shoot bears and ducks and stuff, great times back in the 1st grade. And yes, strangely I don't ever remember getting to the end but thats because I probably saved up and spent the money on bullets instead of other practical stuff

[DragonHeart]

I've played several incarnations of it, both at school and at home. Oddly enough, I liked the simpler elementary school version the best. Hunting was always the best part about it too.

I made it to the end a few times, but mostly everyone died from stupid/nonsensical things haha.

The Facebook version looks dumb, imo.

There was another game we used to play at school, I really wish I could remember the name of it. I think it may have been a text based sort of thing. Maybe I'll look around, see if I can dig it up.

ETA: Number Munchers! Not the one I'm thinking of, but I played that one too.

ETA2: Treasure Mountain! That's the one. Damn, talk about nostalgia. Hahaha that game was awesome.

~DragonHeart~

[GameMasterGuy]

Played it back in Elementary school a lot.

[Calvan]

The facebook version is pretty lame. :/

I want a port of Nanosaur.

Edit: Scratch that I found the windows version.
Sweet nostalgia.

[Moogle]

I've played this before! Ancient! So when do you think
this will be released to facebook. I heard it would be
around February, but does anyone know if there's a
specific date?