The Climate Trail is a completely free (no ads, no in-app purchases) multi-platform game.
The game is about climate refugees fleeing ever worsening conditions after inaction on climate has rendered much of the USA (and the world) uninhabitable.
The game combines the adventure and play of the journey north with visual novel elements, where characters reveal how and why this climate apocalypse unfolded.
Game Controls of the Oregon Trail Game. Click the Start button using your mouse and wait for the game to load all the necessary data to start. Once started, use your computer’s keyboard to complete the game. Press Alt+Enter to switch and exit to full-screen mode. Click “Y” for Yes, “N” for No, and number keys to select from the options. Oregon Trail Deluxe Online is a classic educational adventure game that teaches kids about the journey 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. Start playing online! The Oregon Trail is a video game published in 1990 on DOS by MECC. It's an educational and simulation game, set in a geography, history, managerial, real-time and western themes, and was also released on Mac, Windows 3.x and Apple II.
The Reviews Are In
GameFreaks: The Climate Trail is like Oregon Trail set in a post-apocalyptic hellscape
FUTUREISM: This Game Is “Oregon Trail” Meets Climate Catastrophe
GamesIndustry.Biz: A bleak look at what awaits us if we fail to address climate change
Daily Mail: Video game pulls inspiration from 1980s game 'Oregon Trail' to test your skills in a climate change apocalypse
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Available Platform: DOS
The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems.
| Year | 1990 |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Rating | 85/100 based on 6 Editorial reviews. Add your vote |
| Publisher | MECC |
| Developer | MECC |
| OS supported | Win7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+ |
| Updated | 2 December 2020 |
Game Review
The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in many editions (at least 10), was a colossal commercial success in its heyday, and remains popular today.
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Beyond teaching history, The Oregon Trail is essentially a game of strategic and tactical decisions. You make choices at the start about your pioneer's profession (banker, doctor, farmer, carpenter, etc.); what provisions, and in what amounts, you will buy; and what month to begin the journey. All these choices have the potential to noticeably impact the success or failure of your venture.
Sometimes the effects of your choices will be discovered early on, but others will not become apparent until you are deep in the thick of it, or even near the game's end. Along the trek are many forts where you have the option of stopping and trading with other pioneers. This can be of crucial importance if it turns out your initial provisioning choices were less than optimal.
It is hard to argue The Oregon Trail is not rather brilliantly implemented, especially considering the computer hardware limitations of those elder days. Nonetheless, for me, the main interest and fun of the game was in figuring out the best strategic choices. Don't be surprised if your first couple of tries lead to disaster. After making multiple adjustments that finally result in success it is satisfying to review your path to victory. OT's internal logic structure is tight, and you will be able to understand how and why success was achieved through your progressive efforts.
In the final analysis, aside from the cachet inherent with being a genuine classic, The Oregon Trail is a solid game worth playing for its well-crafted resource management gameplay and the historical details and insights it provides.
See Also: The Oregon Trail: The Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time
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Review by: Henry Blake
Published: 10 September 2017 9:52 am