Features:

  • Explore the West! Live the Adventure! Survive the Trail! (Age 9 and Up)
  • Create Your Journey. Decide your occupation, who you‘ll take with you, and where you‘re headed!
  • Talk with & learn from pioneers - Irish, African Americans, Native Americans, and other settlers. Share their dreams, fears, and adventures.
  • Blaze a Trail. Ford raging rivers. Hunt, fish, and forage for food. Be a part of the taming of the wild West. From the banks of the great Mississippi to the sweeping Williamette Valley, you‘ll carve your own trail through an historic adventure.
  • Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 compatible
"Classic"

As much as you can call a CD-ROM game a classic, Oregon Trail is such. It was one of the first extended play CD games to make good use of the computer over the video game console. So far, it has been through five versions. The second was such an improvement over the first, that users may have had extremely high expectations for the next several versions of the game, but there has never been the leap in graphics or play options since the jump from one to two. However, the smoothness of play, and the speed of the game have improved with each version. While five doesn't have the options that four had, and is in some ways a rehash of the second version, it is still the best. Four had too many bugs and glitches. If you have never played Oregon Trail, or have played only one of the first two versions, I would reccomend five over the other available versions (all are available used through Amazon.com). If you have never played Oregon Trail, at all, you are missing out; OT is a simulation of the journey made in the 1840's by so many Americans from the Mid-West to California. Even though the game is simple, the harshness and difficulty of the journey communicate unmistakably. It is a wonderful simulation. Kids will play it over and over without realizing it's "educational," and adults won't care. This is a great game.

Fun, Self-Paced, Entertaining and Educational

This edition is by far the best one. It has no play glitches as #4 often did. Though it's styled on the second edition it adds a fun storytelling adventure to it for kids, but if they've heard the story before they can click and skip it to continue the journey. It also gives you the ability to look up the plants you are gathering so you will know their names. I've enjoyed all the editions of The Oregon Trail but this is the best.

Great Game

Ran fine on Windows 10. Grandkids loved it.

Runs with Windows 7

I was afraid it would not run on my computer with Windows 7. It runs fine. My son loves it.

Like many others

Like many others, this game has held a special place in my heart for many years, and I was glad to finally get a copy to play it again. I'm now an expert plant-identifier and I plan on using this to become the richest person in 1849 America. And I haven't died of dysentery yet.

Worked on windows 10!

First off I want to say I have windows 10 and so far it’s worked just fine! Exactly how I remember it back from middle school. Had fun playing an old favorite. Now I wish they would just update the graphics. Only the graphics! Keep everything else the same.

Great Game with hours of educational fun.

Love this game, it is educational and fun for any age. Product works great even on Windows 10. Enjoying hours of fun just taking different paths and playing with different difficulty levels. Pro Tip for Latter Day Saint families, try taking the Mormon Trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake start in 1846 for the Nauvoo Option.

Christmas present for my dad!

My dad just received a laptop and he is 71 so he asked if I could find him a game that didn't need internet to use. He loves this game and plays it everyday!

Works on my Windows 10 machine

This is not really going to be a review of the game's content. The Oregon Trail franchise is well-known, and I think most people already know whether they want it or not. Instead, I'm going to address the question of whether it will run on newer operating systems. I ordered this particular version of the game specifically to see if I could get it to run on my Windows 10 machine. Since it's an older game, I was prepared to have to use workarounds, but it worked almost perfectly on installation. I don't even have to use compatibility settings. Hunting and fishing work well, and it doesn't crash when you save a game. The only issue I've run across is that the videos that make up the Montgomery children's story are jittery; there's a black "flash" every few seconds as they play. But those are easily skipped.

Westward and adventure!

As a kid I remember playing this on a Apple II but when you have less than an hour in the computer lab at school there is not much you can do. I finished my first game with the 5th Edition just last night - a four hour game - and felt good for making it, with all the members of my party alive, four out of the six oxen I started out with, some money, some supplies, a wagon still in on piece and even 10 skill points I didn't use when I made my character. And I was a farmer to boot! Course, I also played at the Greenhorn level but I enjoyed it. And learned a lot. Rest before going up or down hills. Go easy - don't rush. Food is more important than anything else but keeping the wagon working and oxen healthy. I plan to pick my own supplies next time and maybe fish and gather more than hunt - you don't waste ammo when you fish. Frankly, I may just leave the rifle and ammo behind, and just bring a few extra fishing rods. Maybe bring more salt, leave the coffee behind and so on. As you can see I am already planning my next game and that's still at the Greenhorn level. The guide in the game seemed very helpful and you should use it as much as you can - it gives you a lot of information on certain campsites and about the trails themselves. I went slow - 8 miles a day - and made sure that everybody, much of the time, had three meals a day. Even with a lot of mistakes - selling my water keg and trying to rush through the mountains - I still made it. Because of that I would suggest it for kids also. Kids hate it when they die. But if they win, even after all the tough decisions and rough terrain, it will make them feel great. And they learn while they play. Hehe!

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