Binding: CD-ROM Brand: The Learning Company EAN: 0772040811839 Format: CD-ROM Label: The Learning Company Manufacturer: The Learning Company Model: 380859 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: The Learning Company Sales Rank: 874 Studio: The Learning Company
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Westward, Ho! Are you ready to travel the Oregon Trail? It's going to take insight and careful planning to choose the right traveling companions, gear, and supplies
With countless unpredictable hazards, like swollen rivers, poisonous creatures, unavoidable accidents and deadly diseases; you'll have to strategize and make quick decisions
PC: Pentium 166MHz processor; Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP; 120MB free hard disk space; 32MB RAM; 8x speed CD-ROM drive; 16-bit color; sound card; speakers and mouse
Mac: Power PC 180MHz processor; System 8.6-9.2.2; OSx120MB free hard disk space; 32MB RAM; 8x speed CD-ROM drive; 16-bit monitor; sound card; speakers and mouse
Amazon.com Review: A decidedly low-tech era in U.S. history goes electronic in Oregon Trail 5th Edition, a game for children ages nine and older that pits players against all the hazards a wagon-train voyage can dish out. Following Captain Jed Freedman and a trio of young pioneers out West, this program teaches history, map reading, geography, and a variety of other skills. Players must keep their wits sharp if they want to keep their party healthy and well-fed all the way across the country.
Oregon Trail 5th Edition offers a good all-around workout in reading skills and problem solving. Using limited funds, players must equip their wagons, balancing the need to survive on the trail with the necessity for moving quickly. Shortages will inevitably crop up along the way, and members of the wagon train can die of thirst, fever, snakebite, or many other perils... if you don't have the right equipment on hand to deal with the emergency. Even a well-equipped party can come to grief, though. Swamped wagons can lose critical supplies, and though there are people sprinkled along the trip who might provide help or trade goods, happening on the right trade is by no means assured.
Except for being a bit slow-paced, Oregon Trail 5th Edition has few flaws. The people aboard the wagon trains come from a variety of cultures. Though the game glosses over the ugliest aspects of this historical period, it does not skirt them entirely. Players who over-hunt the resources of a particular native tribe are likely to hear about it. The game has a variety of features that flesh out the travel experience, like a trip diary and animated campfire tales--one of them about the Donner party--that effectively break up the pace of play.
For children interested in a multifaceted educational challenge, Oregon Trail makes a good choice, capturing the difficulties and dangers of the long voyages that settlers made so long ago. (Ages 9 and older) --Alyx Dellamonica
Amazon.com Product Description: Explore the West, live the adventure, and survive the trail! Kids will build real-life decision-making and problem-solving skills as they choose their wagon party and supplies, read maps, plan their route, and guide their team through the wilderness. Can they survive the dangers of the long journey, raging rivers, buffalo stampedes, sickness, and starvation? The trail explodes with adventure as you face the rugged challenges and experience real-life events.
Plus, The Oregon Trail 5th Edition introduces players to the Montgomery kids and trail guide Captain Jed, who are heading West from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, to meet Pa Montgomery. The Montgomery's story is brought to life for players through six exciting movies, Cassie's heartfelt journal entries, and Jed's captivating campfire tales.
Product Description: This best-seller is loved by kids and teachers alike! Builds real-life decision-making and problem-solving skills. Kids get to choose his/her own wagon party, read maps, and guide their team through the wilderness!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Oregon Trail 5th Edition PC game
The game is really fun! My fiance and I take turns trying to beat each other's high scores. This was my favorite game as a kid so my fiance bought it for me for Mother's Day. (We have a 2 yr old son) You learn a lot from this game and it's fun to put your friend's names on and pretend to go on adventures. Also you get to shoot animals and not feel guilty about it.
Rating: - why can't we talk to a real person
this game will not work and when you call the company you can't talk to a real person.and they sent me an email to tell me what to do but it did not work
Rating: - End of my search
I first played this game years ago and loved it. Lost my game and have been searching for a replacement ever since. I was very happy to find Oregon Trail, and even happier with the price. My game was delivered qucikly and in good shape. I recommend Amazon to anyone.
Rating: - excellent educational game
this game is educational and enjoyable to play. i use it in my classroom, and the students love it.
Rating: - Just what I was looking for
Growing up my husband and I played this game in school and we were wondering if it was still out there, and I found it for a GREAT deal on Amazon! It's exactly what I wanted, and even better now 13 years later. It was shipped very quickly and just as described. As a first time user to Amazon I am very pleased.
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- Oregon Trail 5th Edition PC game
- why can't we talk to a real person
