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Experience the adventure of the Oregon Trail and stake your claim in the Old West! Survival hinges on the many crucial decisions you'll make. Oregon Trail 3rd Edition allows you to choose who will travel with you, based on the individuals skills and supplies. Also included are new activities – fishing, gathering and first person perspective 3D river crossings. The choices you make result in a different outcome each time you play, so there's no end to the fun to be had. But times a wasting. Hit the Trail!
 

The Year is 1848....

Perhaps you are a farmer from New England, or a teacher from Alabama, or a freed slave from Virginia. No matter what your background, you are consumed with the prospect of an incredible opportunity: the chance to move West and start a new life.

You have heard stories about people who have already traveled the Oregon Trail.  Young and old, rich and poor, individuals and families - people from all walks of life - have been embarking upon this great journey.  The reason? Free, fertile farmland for anyone brave enough to make the trip. And now you want to make the journey yourself!

It had all started about 50 years before. Over the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States acquired most of the land west of the Mississippi River from France, Great Britain, and other countries. (None of these countries acknowledged the rights of the Native Americans, who had occupied the land for countless centuries.) At first, only a few hardy fur trappers and mountain men went West. But then, in 1836, a small group of missionaries traveled all the way to present-day Oregon, proving that the trip could be made by entire families.  In 1842, a man named John Fremont made a map of the Oregon Trail, and emigrants began traveling the route in large numbers.  Over the next six years, about 15,000 people headed West.  In 1849, gold was discovered in California and 30,000 fortune hunters took to the trail. By the early 1860s, when the migration died down, more than 300,000 people moved West on the Oregon Trail.

Even in the later years, when forts and general stores has been established, the trip was exhausting and dangerous.  The rough trail made riding in a wagon so bumpy that most people walked the entire 2,000 miles. There were raging rivers to cross and buffalo stampedes to avoid. The weather could be unbearably hot or brutally cold.  Life-threatening diseases like cholera or influenza could strike at any time.

The keys to overcoming the challenges of the trail were good planning and decision-making: With whom should you travel? What supplies should you bring? Which way should you go when you reach a fork in the trail? What can you do to keep yourself and your companions in good spirits?

The world will probably never again see such a massive, voluntary migration. But for more than 25 years now, kids of all ages have used a marvelous computer program called The Oregon Trail to experience the adventures and dangers of this exciting period of American history.
  
 

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Oregon Trail 3rd Edition is packed with over 100 events that were likely to happen to people on the real trail. How you react to these events will have a big impact on the outcome of your game.  The different skills of your wagon party members have an effect on what happens along the trail. For example, if you have a doctor in your wagon, you're less likely to get sick and quicker to heal. If you have a farmer, he or she will know how to treat a sick animal.

There are over 50 landmarks - natural features, town, forts, and trading posts. Be prepared to make decisions at landmarks. Should you rest or continue? Do you need anything from the general store? The people you meet at landmarks can offer valuable information, and you can trade with them.
 
 
 
 
 

Windows Requirements

• Pentium 90+
  
  
• Windows 95, 98, Me or XP
  
  
• 4X+ CD-ROM drive
  
  
• 256 color SVGA display
  
  
• Windows compatible sound card
  
  
• Modem and printer, optional

Macintosh Requirements

• Power PC
  
  
• System 7.5 up to 8.6
  
  
• 16MB RAM
  
  
• 30MB disk space
  
  
• 4X CD-ROM drive
  
  
• 256 color display
  
  
• Modem and printer, optional