I personally would recommend this game to any child as a fun way to get education. Me being on the west myself, found this very significant. It was actually created to be an educational experience of how people migrated to the west to settle. Now today 40 years after the game was created, kids are still playing it. It was choppy and by today's standards is something an elementary school student could create, but when I was playing it, it was the most entertaining game available. Gwane commented : Who remembers games they played as a kid? I for one remember the only one we played in elementary school, Oregon Trail. Some family would eventually play the game together and children in school would even make competition over who got the farthest before dying in the game! Oregon Trail was played by a lot of American people born in the eighties and the game stay into memory as one hard, unforgiving and unbeatable game. Should you succeed in your journey, your points will be based on your profession, the number of settlers still alive, your remaining cash and much more. Hunting for food, trading supplies, survive LOTS of possible deaths (snakes, typhoid, dysentry.). The player must cross the oregon trail and fight against the difficulties the settlers had.
MECC made an educational game based on this memorable part on the USA story. The Oregon Trail, well known road crossing the Rocky Mountains used by the settlers in the 19th century.
