The Oregon Trail was a challenge, to say the least, but its most dangerous crossing has evolved into one of the most ...

As the Time Machine developer/Oregon Trail modder Moralrecordings explains in the extended post, modding the game to make winning possible in this manner requires some incredibly specific tweaks ...

Minnesota-made ‘Oregon Trail’ game being adapted into a movie Local computer geeks created the beloved simulation of crossing the American frontier. Now Apple’s bringing it to the big screen.

WCCO talks to "Oregon Trail" co-creator about upcoming movie adaptation 02:04. NORTHFIELD, Minn. — "The Oregon Trail," one of the most successful computer games of all time and a staple for ...

The character name “Halfmoon,” now used in The Oregon Trail, is a perfect example of how complicated the history of naming can be.Halfmoon was a popular Lenape name, but it was likely a ...

In the autumn of 1997, I fired up my school computer and set out across the United States. I loaded my covered wagon, harnessed my video-game-oxen and followed a 2,000-mile (3,219km) route ...

Invented in 1971, the game gives players with a set amount of money to buy essential gear, food and teams of oxen. Along the way, the wagoners could suffer from snake bites, broken limbs, various ...

So maybe it’s not a massive surprise that The Oregon Trail—every ’80s and ’90s kid’s favorite educational game—is set to hit the silver screen at some point in the near future. What ...