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Game #2972
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Oregon Trail Deluxe    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Education   Problem solving

Rating: 9.38 (588 votes)

Oregon Trail Deluxe box cover

Oregon Trail Deluxe screenshot
Probably the least known entry in MECC’s famous Oregon Trail series that is now up to the fourth edition, Oregon Trail Deluxe is a solid VGA remake of the 1988 original release that set new standards in edutainment. Notable for being the last floppy-based release of this series, Deluxe is great to look at and a lot of fun to play.

As the original game, Deluxe puts you in the year 1848 with the Gold Rush in full swing. Your goal: emigrate from the East Coast to Oregon in the West before winter sets in. After deciding which occupation your alter ego has, you will plan for a long journey by buying food, spare wagon wheels, bullets, mules, and other necessities. There are many factors to consider. Pushing your animals too hard can cause them to collapse from exhaustion. From time to time, the game will offer you a choice between two or more routes to take, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Tough decisions like these are half the fun of Oregon Trail and what makes the game varied and interesting. To liven up your journey, you will pass several notable monuments along the way, each with a short but concise description and/or history.

As in the first game, there are several arcade-style mini-games, including hunting and fishing. There are more opportunities to talk to and trade with other pioneers this time around. The on-line help is always available to give you hints throughout the game, and Oregon Trail Deluxe comes complete with comprehensive historical reference about objects, people, and places. Overall, this last floppy version of the game is a very nice update to the original edutainment classic, and arguably the best version before MECC went down the “multimedia extravaganza” route, releasing Oregon Trail II and subsequent entries on CD-ROM that focus more on form than content. Two thumbs up, way up!

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Don Rawitsch & Wayne Studor
Developer: MECC
Publisher: MECC
Year: 1992
Software Copyright: MECC
Theme: Historical
Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: DOS
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