JRX
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Post by JRX on Aug 13, 2008 16:59:41 GMT -5
Many years ago in elementary and junior high schools across the nation one game was around to teach kids the perils of frontier life. Its name was the Oregon Trail. Made in the late 70s, the game featured such great moments in videogaming history such as user-generated tombstones, intense hunting sequences and the fear of your patrons in the covered wagon dying of dysentry.
Discuss.
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Phosphor Glow
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Aug 13, 2008 17:02:13 GMT -5
Yeah it's pretty awesome. Without fail, one of my characters always had to be named "Jenkins!". Every time I play it it still has to be that way.
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newageoutlaw
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Post by newageoutlaw on Aug 13, 2008 17:02:33 GMT -5
Man I played the really old version when I was in School. I played it on those old Macs that were all in one unit. What a great game and probably the best part of the school day besides P.E.
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erisi236
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Post by erisi236 on Aug 13, 2008 17:03:09 GMT -5
*Dies of Dysentery*
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Post by King Boo on Aug 13, 2008 17:03:53 GMT -5
God I loved Oregon Trail. Hunting down Bison was the best, even if you always killed more than you could bring in the wagon.
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Post by jfbop37 on Aug 13, 2008 17:10:25 GMT -5
Man I played the really old version when I was in School. I played it on those old Macs that were all in one unit. What a great game and probably the best part of the school day besides P.E. Any mention of "really old version" and "Macs" shows that its not the really old version. I can remember playing it on an Apple IIe. THAT'S old school. |
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Phosphor Glow
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Aug 13, 2008 17:11:12 GMT -5
*axle breaks*
God dammit.
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Ace Diamond
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Post by Ace Diamond on Aug 13, 2008 17:12:38 GMT -5
*hunts down roughly a small state's worth of wildlife, finds out he can only take 500 lbs of it with him*
stupid lazy party members...not wanting to help me carry the food...jerks.
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Post by gsguy on Aug 13, 2008 17:14:10 GMT -5
Son of a bitch! I can't ford the damn river!  |
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Post by jfbop37 on Aug 13, 2008 17:15:29 GMT -5
*hunts down roughly a small state's worth of wildlife, finds out he can only take 500 lbs of it with him* stupid lazy party members...not wanting to help me carry the food...jerks. Which goes to show even in the computer world that the white people are murdering the earth with their wastefulness. Bastards.  |
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Ace Diamond
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Post by Ace Diamond on Aug 13, 2008 17:19:09 GMT -5
*hunts down roughly a small state's worth of wildlife, finds out he can only take 500 lbs of it with him* stupid lazy party members...not wanting to help me carry the food...jerks. Which goes to show even in the computer world that the white people are murdering the earth with their wastefulness. Bastards. I'm part Native-American, I was planning to USE all that |
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icansleep
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Post by icansleep on Aug 13, 2008 17:19:18 GMT -5
I'm surprised OT hasn't been developed for current generation gaming consoles yet. I'd think it'd do well based on nostalgic sales alone.
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Post by Supersmark is a Troll on Aug 13, 2008 17:19:57 GMT -5
I'm going to play the 1979 version on dos box.
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erisi236
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Post by erisi236 on Aug 13, 2008 17:21:17 GMT -5
 Take that 1840's society. |
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newageoutlaw
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Post by newageoutlaw on Aug 13, 2008 17:28:23 GMT -5
Man I played the really old version when I was in School. I played it on those old Macs that were all in one unit. What a great game and probably the best part of the school day besides P.E. Any mention of "really old version" and "Macs" shows that its not the really old version. I can remember playing it on an Apple IIe. THAT'S old school. Well I remember playing it in the early to mid eighties that is for sure. I am 33 and grade school was a long time ago. |
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Aug 13, 2008 17:29:16 GMT -5
That game was awesome years ago.
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Jam
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Post by Jam on Aug 13, 2008 17:31:05 GMT -5
I loved that game. The only good thing about going to the computer lab. That is until they hooked the internet up.
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Post by marvelocity on Aug 13, 2008 17:49:32 GMT -5
I remember playing this and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego at school. And whenever the regulars would be out of school, I'd get on their game and completely ruin it on accident  |
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Post by Rorschach on Aug 13, 2008 17:50:19 GMT -5
I loved that game. The only good thing about going to the computer lab. That is until they hooked the internet up. ...and until I bribed the Admin to unlock Net Nanny for me. ;D Internet class was f***in AWESOME after that. But back in grade school, OT was ALL the rage. This, and Donal Duck's Money Adventure were the HIGHLIGHTS of every school day. There was also this game called FUZZ that I remember playing, where you used math problems to kill these little fuzzy things that were hellbent on your destruction or something like that. All I know is, Oregon Trail rocked back then....so much so that I DL'd it for my phone a few weeks ago. It's not quite the same as playing it in glorious green and black, but hey, it's the thought that counts, and the graphics are just crappy enough to invoke nostalgia. |
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Post by gsguy on Aug 13, 2008 17:52:00 GMT -5
Speaking of kids CPU games, can anyone help me with a name of a game?
It was on the Mac. You were a kid who was a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Claude Raines' Invisible Man character. You roomed around the school and searched for clues like any detective game. The villain was similar to Dr. Wily in appearance but was the same age as the kid.
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