Can't stop playing Oregon Trail

Triumph

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I hate this game. I PAID the ferry guy to get me across the river, and it still tipped! Lost a bunch of supplies and one of my kids. I should've caulked my wagon and tried floating across.

Why is it that the games that you can't stop playing, are also the most maddening?
 

bubbadu

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I love Oregon trail, only love the old school mac verison though. Everyone would end up dyuing though and I would be sad :(
 

Atomicus

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are you talking about about that game where you shoot squirrels for food and kill native americans?!
 

oniq

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Originally posted by: Atomicus
are you talking about about that game where you shoot squirrels for food and kill native americans?!

WTF?! Kill squirrels? What kind of sick game is this!!
 

bubbadu

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Originally posted by: oniq
Originally posted by: Atomicus
are you talking about about that game where you shoot squirrels for food and kill native americans?!

WTF?! Kill squirrels? What kind of sick game is this!!

I would always kill like 8 buffalo, and the wagon could only hold 200 pounds of food :p
 

silverpig

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I liked seeing how long I could push my dudes at the exhaustive pace with the sparing meals and no medicine etc :)
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: oniq
Originally posted by: Atomicus
are you talking about about that game where you shoot squirrels for food and kill native americans?!

WTF?! Kill squirrels? What kind of sick game is this!!
BAHAHAHAAHA

Nice. :D
 

Parrotheader

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One of my all time favorites. :D Brings back fond memories of the Apple ][c days.

My cousin and I used to send them off on suicide runs to see how far the party would make it before they all died. We'd put them on a 'grueling pace' with 'bare bones' rations and no supplies (other than wagon parts to make sure they couldn't stop.)
 

Kalvin00

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I love the Oregon Trail! And yes, I agree, having the ferry tip over is quite frustrating :|

On our old, old computer (486 :Q) sometimes a large moose would run across the top of the screen in the game.. :D
 

Shawn

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Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
Originally posted by: microAmp
Originally posted by: Triumph
http://www.virtualapple.com/oregontraildisk.html

yes you can kill squirrels for food. no you don't kill indians.

DAMN YOU! You're making me want to play this game again :D

Last time I played this was back on an Apple IIc computer, some where in the 80's.
I greatly prefer Number Munchers!

wow, that was some good times.

Is that like Word Munchers? I still have that game on 5.25 floppy for MS Dos. Along with Math Blasters, Play Room, and a bunch of other games I can't remember now.