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Oregon Trail II gameplay. Oregon Trail II ' s graphics are considerably more detailed than those in the original. In addition, events such as diseases (including dysentery, measles, cholera, and others), obstacles on the path, accidents while traveling, and even interactions with other groups in one's wagon train involve being directed to choose a course of action from a set of multiple choices.
By 1995, The Oregon Trail generated about one-third of MECC's $30 million in annual revenue. [9] An updated version, Oregon Trail Deluxe , was released for DOS and Macintosh in 1992, as well as Windows in 1993 (under the title of simply The Oregon Trail version 1.2) [ 10 ] followed by Oregon Trail II in 1995, [ 3 ] The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition ...
[2] [4] A version for the Atari 8-bit computers, again titled The Oregon Trail, was released in 1982. [12] The Apple II version was included under the name Oregon as part of MECC's Elementary series, distributed to Minnesota schools for free and for profit to schools outside of the state, on Elementary Volume 6 in 1980.
By the mid-1980s, MECC was selling their educational software to schools around the country, and The Oregon Trail was their most popular product by far. [17] In 1985, MECC produced a fully-graphical version of the game for Apple II computers, redesigned by R. Philip Bouchard as a greatly expanded product for home consumers under the same name. [1]
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — "The Oregon Trail," one of the most successful computer games of all time and a staple for children of the '80s and '90s, is currently being developed into a movie project.
The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition (full title: The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition: Pioneer Adventures) is the second sequel to the 1985 edutainment video game The Oregon Trail after Oregon Trail II. It was developed by MECC and released in 1997. [2]
[2] [11] MECC distributed The Oregon Trail and other titles in its library to Minnesota schools for free, and charged others $10 to $20 for diskettes, each containing several programs. [6] By July 1981 it had 29 software packages available. Projector slides, student worksheets, and other resources for teachers accompanied the software. [15]
This category lists video games developed or published by MECC, also known as the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium or Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation. Pages in category "MECC games"