The Oregon Trail, 5th Edition
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| | Customers who bought this item also bought: | | Customer Reviews: More than just Oregon (05 March 2010)I grew up on this game, and the fact that I found this version which still works on some Operating Systems (I think I have VISTA) is pretty awesome. It's got all the great features of the originals, with some added graphics and a cool story line. Also you can choose where to begin your trip, where to end it, so you might take the oregon trail, or the santa fe trail, or even the mormon trail, there's alot of cool options, so if you have kiddo, or if you played it as a kid, your going to enjoy it. Won't work with Vista (01 March 2010)We got this game to work on our computer for a while, but we couldn't save any files. Also, the game crashes. I've been all over the internet looking for a solution because my son absolutely loves this game. It is very educational and fun too. You have to plan your trip, buy supplies, fish, trade and give out medicines. If you have Vista, you are out of luck with this game, as far as I know. Childhood game but not the same (21 January 2010)I bought this game as a stocking stuffer for my boyfriend since we both had played it in elementary school. I saw that there were several editions and had assumed the 'newest' one would be the best since it was the only one still available from amazon (not third party). It arrived and seemed easy enough to install and play. However, the game has too many long parts (making you talk to all the characters, backstory). There were no instruction manuals; just the CD. So when there was a question as to how to play.. you had to try to find it within the game (which also wasn't very user friendly). We are both tech-savyy people and it seemed this 'simple' game was more complicated than it needed to be. It didn't have the same feel as the original. I know that they tried to update to keep up with the times but it wasn't quite the same. Here is the New York 18 font fix! (07 January 2010)I purchased this and tried to run it on OS X only to run into the same New York 18 font issue everyone else here is complaining about. Well, I happen to be pretty computer-savvy and I found the solution. First, you need to download the file from: [...] Then, on your Mac you need to unzip that file. For some reason Stuffit Expander won't expand it, so you need to download a tool that will. Ez7z works great, and you can get it for free from: [...] Unzip it to your desktop, then double-click on it. You will be presented with a window that has a button called Install Font. Press that and you will get the font installed in your Font Book. Now go back and try to run Oregon Trails and it will work. Enjoy. Bugs, unstable, confusing, sub-standard (27 December 2009)I got this game because I loved it as a kid and I figured, since it's the 5th edition, it would be even better. The first thing that went wrong was when I inserted the CD into the drive to intall it, nothing happend. (I am using Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit). After messing with it for a while, I got it to install, but then when I tried to run the program, it kept giving me an error message telling me the CD wasn't in the drive (when it was). I downloaded a fix which helped, but then I discovered the gameplay was confusing when trying to fish (I still haven't figured out how to catch fish). The graphics are way sub-standard (I could do a better job for free with a digital camera, and on occasion animals (like elk) walk through the sky. The game now crashes whenever I try to fish, and at random times while traveling. If the game was stable and fishing was more straight-forward (and worked) the game would actually be enjoyable to play. It was fun for a few minutes until I kept having to restart the program over and over again because it kept crashing. It seems that the game developers are out of touch with what people look for in a game. |
