other (older) oregon trail games?

[magazine permafrost]

anyone here have any idea where or how i can legitimately purchase a copy of an older oregon trail game? im an oregonian who played the game in my youth at school and i wanna play that one. i added this to my wishlist then came to the discussions and saw the wokeness and changed my mind on spending money on this version.

although i know the old games are essentially abandonware i would like to accquire a digital copy a legit way, any of them unlisted on steam (such as skyrim standard edition is)? i loved whichever version i played in like 2007 in my schools computer lab in 3rd grade, i even played it at recess

[DeadPoolX]

Aside from MAYBE finding a working copy (and there were multiple versions made for different computers, the most famous of which was the Apple II version) on eBay where you'd be hard-pressed to get it run without the original hardware it was designed to work on, there's no way to get a legitimate copy.

I've been hoping that GOG would get it, but so far that hasn't happened and no one knows if it'll ever happen.

[Rance]

If you can't find what you want just woke away from it :P

[magazine permafrost]

Originally posted by DeadPoolX:

Aside from MAYBE finding a working copy (and there were multiple versions made for different computers, the most famous of which was the Apple II version) on eBay where you'd be hard-pressed to get it run without the original hardware it was designed to work on, there's no way to get a legitimate copy.

I've been hoping that GOG would get it, but so far that hasn't happened and no one knows if it'll ever happen.

thanks for the reply!

i remember running the game on windows XP or maybe vista (probably XP) so i think i can run a copy on windows 10. theres a lot of old XP games i have on hard disc which work (a ♥♥♥♥ ton of popcap cames from the early 2000s, conflict: desert storm and other conflict games, halo 2 vista, some version of tetris made for XP which im forgetting the name of, ect...)

anyways i guess oregon trail will just have to live on for me as a memory and nothing more. oh well.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hCIUUgw7VlQ

[DeadPoolX]

I sent you a friend request because I have some idea of where you could get a copy without resorting to abandonware, but posting it might no coincide with Steam forum guidelines.

[Ele]

You can still get the 5th edition of it on Amazon. As for the earlier versions, I haven't seen them around for years. (Although I actually do still have one of the older ones on disk somewhere--but no computer with a disk drive!)

[DeadPoolX]

Originally posted by Ele:

(Although I actually do still have one of the older ones on disk somewhere--but no computer with a disk drive!)

You can get a 3.5" diskette drive that connects through USB, although chances are the older titles would've come on 5.25" floppy diskettes. I've never seen a USB 5.25" diskette drive other than some home projects people have done online.

[Myoz]

You can play the old MECC version here for free and legal:

https://www.visitoregon.com/the-oregon-trail-game-online/

It's from https://www.visitoregon.com/ (Visit Oregon - a travel website)

[magazine permafrost]

Originally posted by Myoz:

You can play the old MECC version here for free and legal:

https://www.visitoregon.com/the-oregon-trail-game-online/

It's from https://www.visitoregon.com/ (Visit Oregon - a travel website)

thats not exactly the version i was hoping for lol but thank you friend

[magazine permafrost]

Originally posted by Ele:

You can still get the 5th edition of it on Amazon. As for the earlier versions, I haven't seen them around for years. (Although I actually do still have one of the older ones on disk somewhere--but no computer with a disk drive!)

i just wanna buy a digital copy and install instantly T-T

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https://classicreload.com/oregon-trail.html