Episode 36: The Oregon Trail

Press any Button: A Video Game Podcast

In this week's episode, we hit the old dusty Oregon Trail in a danger-filled trip to the west coast. The Oregon Trail is an edutainment strategy game developed and published by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). It was first released in 1985 for the Apple II, with later ports to DOS in 1990, Mac OS in 1991, and Microsoft Windows in 1993. The game was designed to teach school children about the pioneer life on the Oregon Trail by assuming the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley via covered wagon in 1848.

About us:

Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric (a lifetime gamer) are a married couple who both love video games. For every video game they will discuss its past (history of the game, developers story, and fun facts), present (game play, game review and strategy), and future (will there be a sequel?? A movie?) BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE… Every game also comes with a challenge presented by the host that chose the game. If the challenge is not completed then whoever failed has to do a video game rap! So if you want to learn more about video games, hear some nerdy video game raps, or just have a good time this is the podcast for you.

We try to cover all types of video games including:

Retro and New video games Playstation, Nintendo, Xbox, Sega, and PC games Any and all genres including RPG, Simulation, Beat em up, platforming, mystery, first person shooter, sandbox, puzzle, action adventure, etc.

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Credits:

Nicky Smith

Eric Luedtke

Music by Mark Spurlock

References:

https://www.visitoregon.com/the-oregon-trail-game-online/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MECC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(series)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkx8vw/the-forgotten-history-of-the-oregon-trail-as-told-by-its-creators

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-oral-history-of-oregon-trail

https://gamerant.com/oregon-trail-classic-trivia-facts/#:~:text=The%20Oregon%20Trail%20is%20one%20of%20the%20most%20successful%20games,shipped%20bundled%20with%20the%20game

https://www.oregonlive.com/today/2016/05/oregon_trail_video_game_hall_of_fame.html