Found Footage: The Oregon Trail-er

Were you one of the millions of American kids who grew up playing MECC's classic educational video game The Oregon Trail? Several TUAW bloggers remember spending hours in front of an Apple II coaxing their pioneers ever Westward, only to have them die of snakebite, dysentery, or cholera.

Well, the witty folks at Half Day Today! Films created a trailer for a "film adaptation" of The Oregon Trail, which takes a potshot at many of the quirks of the game. If you grew up with this game and want a good laugh, check out the video above. Just don't go into the brush; you may get bitten by a snake!

Thanks to Al for the tip

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Were you one of the millions of American kids who grew up playing MECC's classic educational video game The Oregon Trail? Several TUAW...

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Justin

Oh, that was too funny!

August 02 2010 at 11:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

This was the first History program that I purchased for the Apple II lab I started at my school back in 1979. My students, used to my idiosyncrasies as their History and computer teacher, had contests as to who could get the furthest. Too many drowned crossing the river or had plenty of food but no ammo to fight off the bad guys. Winners got bonus points added to their test averages! After 30+ years, they would come back to visit and ask to play! Too bad the Apple IIs were gone.

August 02 2010 at 9:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply