The whole game prompts you to book a trip to Oregon, of course, but with this level of detail and throwbackery, we're all for it. Munchies reports that you can play the game through to December 31 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Surviving cholera, fording a river, and fixing a broken wagon tongue. Children of the '70s and '80s will never forget the iconic educational video game "Oregon Trail," which ...

Minnesota-made ‘Oregon Trail’ game being adapted into a movie Local computer geeks created the beloved simulation of crossing the American frontier. Now Apple’s bringing it to the big screen.

The Strong National Museum of Play announced 15 finalists for the 2016 World Video Hall of Fame class on March 29. 'The Oregon Trail' education video game was among the group.

In all, "The Oregon Trail Card Game" is worth the $12 price of admission. It makes for a decent distraction once you get the rules down. And although it's a bit confusing to start, once it gets ...

As the Time Machine developer/Oregon Trail modder Moralrecordings explains in the extended post, modding the game to make winning possible in this manner requires some incredibly specific tweaks ...

"The Oregon Trail" began as an educational computer game for grade schoolers in the 1970s. Here's what's next for the iconic game.

On a personal level, Dean said that Oregon Trail is the first game he can recall playing in an educational setting. It's true that there was a disparity of opportunities for gaming in the ...

Survival games like DayZ, Rust, The Long Dark, and The Day Before owe it all to The Oregon Trail, the defining text-based educator launched all the way back in 1971. Naturally, over the last 51 ...

But even uberfans sporting “You have died of dysentery” T-shirts might not realize “Oregon Trail” was created by a trio of computer geeks who pioneered the simulation computer game.