Greg In The Desert

Oregon Trail was always one of my favorite games, I even have an Oregon Trail II 25th Anniversary edition game for Macintosh from 1996 in a nice wooden box. I was very excited when an iPhone version was announced and purchased it as soon as it was available. It took me a few weeks to get through it the first time, yes I admit I played it a lot while sitting on the toilet

The iPhone version comes with a number of changes from the original. It has a quick-start feature where you can start playing immediately but I decided to try playing at level, easy medium or hard. FOr some reason, the games wouldn’t allow me to play the hardest level until I played one of the others.

I really enjoyed the cartoonish graphics and mini games throughout while playing. For example when the wagon breaks down there is a mini game where you hit nails. There is also panning for gold and fishing among other things, but I could never successfully catch anything while fishing.

The most annoying part of the game is the load screens. It seems every time the game changes scenes it has to load and load and load. I realize this is probably a work around for the limitations of the iPhone but it’s still very annoying.

I highly recommend the iPhone version of the The Oregon Trail if you like games that take a while to play, just make sure you get to a save point before hitting that home button to exit. The Oregon Trail is $5.99 On The iTunes App Store

Westward, Ho! Your favorite pioneering adventure game is back and takes you to an exciting, historical side-scrolling adventure entirely rethought to fit the Touch experience of your iPhone / iPod touch.

- All of the decision-making and problem-solving fun of the original game, plus additional parameters to take the Oregon Trail experience even further than you’ve played before.

- 8 skill-based mini-games, including 2 accelerometer-based challenges: hunting, fishing, river crossing, rafting, wagon repairing, telegraph, berry picking, and gold panning.

- Random events (disease, bandits, hitchhikers, etc.) faced by real pioneers increases the challenge.

- Side-missions add more excitement to your journey, affecting your westward trek.

- Prepare for your departure: Select the members of your party, choose your departure date and purchase supplies.

Highly recommended for fans of retro gaming, edutainment, educational games, and strategy.

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