# The Oregon Trail comp game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 12, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640 "2004-07-12T01:42:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/1 "2004-07-12T01:42:52Z")
Old-school gaming, but neice wants to play it. Anyone know where I can download a free- share-ware version of it? ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/2 "2004-07-12T01:45:53Z")
I haven’t check it for this particular game but [http://www.virtualapple.com/](http://www.virtualapple.com/) seems a likely starting place. ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/3 "2004-07-12T02:45:34Z")
Are [these](http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=5dollarsoftware&query=oregon&.autodone=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.store.yahoo.com%2F5dollarsoftware%2Fnsearch.html) , thw games you’re looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/4 "2004-07-12T02:55:46Z")
I think those are later versions of it. You want the old-skool “You have shot five million pounds of the fastest buffalo in the West. However, you can only carry 100 pounds back.” And “Lost: 200 pounds of food, 10 boxes of ammo, You (Drowned).” If you find it, please post where - sweet nostalgia! I used to play with my dad, and we’d take it very personally. Plus, I learned what “dysentery” meant. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/5 "2004-07-12T03:00:12Z")
**AndrewT** , that’s the one I was looking for. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/6 "2004-07-12T03:14:40Z")
Totally awesome Web site. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/7 "2004-07-12T13:56:59Z")
Another good site for old games is [The Underdogs](http://www.the-underdogs.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/8 "2004-07-12T15:14:44Z")
Neither that one nor the one at the Underdogs seems to be the one I grew up with, though (which according to the Underdogs came out in 1988.) Far, far too many colors - I want my rivers blue and my wagon white and maybe a little cyan when you get to them Western forts. Is there really no source for the original VGA (I think) game? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/9 "2004-07-12T15:15:59Z")
No, wait, it wouldn’t have even been VGA. What did you call “graphics” before that? I forget. Anyway, I used to play it on an Apple IIGS, if that says anything. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-trail-comp-game/254640/10 "2004-07-12T15:19:52Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > No, wait, it wouldn’t have even been VGA. What did you call “graphics” before that? I forget. Anyway, I used to play it on an Apple IIGS, if that says anything. There was EGA–16 colors–and CGA–4 colors. Problem is, I can’t remember if CGA is what he’s talking about or if it is that combination of red, yellow, black, and green.