Blast From The Past: The Story of The Oregon Trail

JAN 21, 2011-1 MIN

Blast From The Past: The Story of The Oregon Trail

JAN 21, 2011-1 MIN

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e10/5873224.0.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="227" src="http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e10/5873224.0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> A list of things MHG loved about The Oregon Trail:<br /> <ul><li>Choosing to be a "Banker" to get extra money at the start of the game.</li> <li>Deciding to leave Kansas in March only to be surprised when it snowed. </li> <li>Naming party members after your school friends and/or classroom crush. </li> <li>Setting a "grueling" pace and "bare bones" rations to conserve resources.</li> <li>Spending most of your money on ammunition and most of your days hunting.</li> <li>Passing a tombstone that contained swear words. </li> <li>Killing 1800 pounds worth of buffalo only to carry 100 pounds back to the wagon.</li> <li>Learning that one of your party members had died of Dysentery. </li> <li>Deciding to "ford" or "caulk the wagon and float it across" at every single river crossing. Why pay the Indian guide a few dollars when chancing it is so much fun?</li> <li>Realizing it's October and you're not even to Independence Rock.</li> <li>Reaching the Columbia River and floating the wagon on a raft, steering it down the river while avoiding rocks.</li> </ul>Please add to the list in the comments section. We'll post some good ones on the main page.<br /> <br /> City Pages Minneapolis has a great story on the development history of this amazing game <a href="http://www.citypages.com/content/printVersion/1740595/">here</a>. Thanks to Jessica Lussenhop for bringing back some good memories. For some good nostalgia, take The Oregon Trail quiz <a href="http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2418121bafa68.html">here</a>.