The Oregon Trail © 1971 Rawitsch & Heinemann & Dillenberger.
In the game, the player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon via a covered wagon in 1847. Along the way the player must purchase supplies, hunt for food, and make choices on how to proceed along the trail while encountering random events such as storms and wagon breakdowns.
Released on December 03, 1971.
This first version was played exclusively by Don Rawitsch's history class, taught at Carleton College. A subsequent version was re-typed from paper records into MECC computer systems in 1974, and made available to school systems across the entire state. It would be revised in 1976 and again in 1978 based on new research.
The game is the first entry in The Oregon Trail series; games in the series have since been released in many editions by various developers and publishers, many titled The Oregon Trail. The multiple games in the series are often considered to be iterations on the same title, and have collectively sold over 65 million copies and have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The series has also inspired a number of spinoffs such as The Yukon Trail and The Amazon Trail.
Written by: Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger
* Computers:
CDC Cyber 70 (1975) as Oregon
Apple II (1978) as Oregon
PTC Sol-20 (1978) as Oregon
Atari 400/800 (1982)
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