Hello everyone, RoflanYaric is with you, and today I’m starting my blog on Stopgame.ru, in which I will talk about various games that I played and that sank into my soul, one of which is Oregon Trail.
To begin with, I will explain to you how to find this game in the public domain and play it without restrictions. This does not require: MS DOS, emulators, dancing with a tambourine, sacrifices, etc.n. To do this, simply type “Oregon Trail Play Online” into Google and select any site. Personally, my choice is playclassic.games.
So you’ve started the game. In front of you is the main menu, in which to select an action option you need to enter the number to the left of it. For the most part, the passage will consist of choosing an action option. Here is a translation of the menu options from the screenshot attached above:
1. Hit the road
2. Find out about the path
3. View Oregon Trail TOP 10
4. Mute
5. Select control options
6. End
By clicking “Go on a journey”, 4 options will open in front of you:
1. Be a Banker from Boston (Highest amount of money out of 3 classes, but lowest score multiplier at the end of the playthrough).
2. Be a Woodworker from Ohio (Average amount of money and average score multiplier at the end of the playthrough).
3. Be a Farmer from Illinois (Lowest amount of money, but highest score multiplier at the end of the run).
4. Find out the difference between classes (Already described by me).
For this review I will choose a carpenter, however, I would advise you to choose a banker for your first playthrough to get acquainted with the game.
After choosing a profession, you need to give your character a name. I chose the name Roflan.
Then you need to name your companions. I decided to name them after our favorite Stopgame authors.ru
After giving your companions names, you will have to choose the month of departure (March to July).
This choice will affect what clothes you will need in the near future.To. if you choose July, then you are unlikely to have time to go all the way before winter, and if you forget to buy winter clothes before the cold sets in, your whole squad will suffer from illnesses.
Before leaving, you need to purchase supplies for your onward journey. In addition to the hassle of traveling, this game also features the mechanics of hunting animals for food, so spending too much money on food is a bad idea. However, for hunting you will need a considerable amount of ammunition, t.To. With all due respect to the developers, the hunting mechanics are implemented in such a way that it will be difficult to figure it out right away, and the animals will not stand still. By the way, the game has a good implementation of pre-emptive shooting of running animals.
I nicknamed this store that way because you can find everything that exists in this world in it. Here is the catalog of this store:
1. Cattle
2. Food
3. Cloth
4. Ammunition
5. Spare parts for your cart (Axles, wheels, shafts (You can carry only 3 copies))
My check looks something like this:
I advise you to listen to https://ssgame666casino.co.uk/ the cashier, t.To. he will explain to you how much each person needs. Along the way, you will visit populated areas where similar shops will be found, however, be prepared for the fact that you will not have that much money, so with the initial $800 it is worth saving some money for the future. Believe me, you will need it.
After you leave the store, you will first be greeted by a pixelated landscape of your starting town, and after that you will be greeted by an options screen.
In a white frame:
1. Weather (Cold)
2. Health (Good)
3. Temp (Pepy)
4. Rations (Adequate)
Below the white frame are the following options:
1. Continue the journey
2. Check supplies
3. View the map
4. Change tempo
5. Change diets
6. Stop to rest
7. Try to barter
8. Talk to people
9. Buy supplies
This map shows your route to Oregon City. It shows all the settlements, as well as the relief along the route. Well, it’s time to move out!
This screenshot shows the distance from the previous important point to the next one, date, weather, information about provisions and distance. Let’s move on.
In this section I will indicate the dates of interesting events and, if possible, the distance traveled before their occurrence.
March 3, 1848., Mile 33 – Wess contracted cholera. Interesting start..
March 8, 1848. — The detachment reached the crossing of the Kansas River.
You need to cross it. The screenshot attached below will show the window for selecting action options.
River width – 634 feet
River depth – 5.6 feet
Weather – cold
1. Try to ford the river
2. Shut up the cart and try to swim across the river
3. Cross the river by ferry (Paid) (This is exactly why I advised you to save money)
4. Wait for conditions to improve
5. Collect more information
For the safety of the squad and my provisions, I decided to always use the ferry. In this case it cost me $5 and 3 days
March 11, 1848., 103 miles – Kansas River crossed, but unexpectedly it started snowing. Well, at least I bought 2 sets of clothes for everyone. At the end of the day, Wess broke his leg..
March 14, 1848., Mile 122 – We spent almost the entire day waiting out the snowstorm.
March 19, 1848., 149 miles – Wess deserves the "Loser of the Year" award. In addition to cholera and a broken leg, a broken arm was added.
March 23, 1848. — The detachment reached the crossing of the Big Blue River.
River width – 227 feet
River depth – 2 feet
There is no ferry – we wade.
Somehow we crossed the river and didn’t get stuck, it was only a miracle.
March 25, 1848., 206 miles – The cattle are completely exhausted. I had to waste 2 days.
March 31, 1848., 252 miles – The shaft broke, we had to change it, but we are one step away from a populated area
April 4, 1848. — The detachment reached Fort Kernay. Just need to buy more shafts in stock.
April 9, 1848., 393 miles – Ebobola was bitten by a snake. Katya helped suck out the poison.
April 19, 1848., 537 miles – Wess breaks his leg again. Lucky..
April 20, 1848. — The squad reached the Chimney rock. Beautiful…
April 29-30, 1848. — One of the cattle was wounded while we were getting to Fort Laramie.
June 2, 1848. — The detachment reached the crossing of the Green River. It seems like we haven’t lost our way to Oregon, but it’s possible that we still won’t get there, however, we’ll at least try
River width – 401 feet
River depth – 20.3 feet
The weather is good
We take the ferry for $5 and 2 days
June 13, 1848., 1098 miles – Wess has already given up breaking his bones. Almost every month he does something like this.
June 14, 1848., 1110 miles – We lost our way and lost 1 day, but we finally reached the Soda streams
June 22, 1848., 1169 miles – Flynn earned his first fracture. Poor guy.
June 25, 1848. — The detachment reached Fort Hall. The most shabby fort we’ve ever encountered.
June 27, 1848., 1200 miles – Wess managed to become exhausted. How!?
July 6, 1848., 1272 miles – We wasted another 10 days due to impassability. It looks like we will get to Oregon by the end of autumn, but the planned date is mid-October.
August 6, 1848., 1333 miles – Wess was bitten, and we didn’t move for several weeks.To. the provisions ran out and we got lost.
August 10, 1848. — We reached the crossing of the Snake River. A beautiful place surrounded by peaceful Indians.
River width – 1000 feet
River depth – 10 feet
The weather is good
We hire Indians as helpers for 2 sets of clothes, and they help us cross. No incidents today.
August 17, 1848., 1405 miles – One livestock died. F.
August 21, 1848., Mile 1441 – The cart wheel broke, could not be repaired, had to be replaced.
August 25, 1848., 1465 miles – During the night, a thief stole 5 livestock. This is what I understand… There is no one to push the cart – you need to wait for the chance to exchange something for cattle.
November 19, 1848., 1465 miles – Wess died. Spam F.
November 21, 1848., Mile 1471 – Ebobola contracted cholera and died. Things are getting worse and worse, rations are scanty, there is only 1 head of livestock.
November 22, 1848., 1475 miles – ktck suffers from dysentery.
November 23, 1848., 1479 miles – ktck died. There are fewer and fewer people, but we are so close.
November 25, 1848. — Flynn and I reached Fort Boyce. All that remains is to overcome the mountains and one more fort, and then Oregon is closest. As soon as we left the fort with a new unit of livestock, it turned out that Flynn had measles. On the evening of the same day he died. I was left alone, but a couple of months ago everything was relatively good. What happened!?
November 26, 1848., 1494 miles – So I started to feel feverish. Apparently my end is near. Apparently I’ll never reach my goal.
November 27, 1848. – This is my end. I died without reaching my goal. I was so close, but all I did was kill my comrades and nothing else. Goodbye cruel world.
This is how my playthrough for this review ended, but this is far from a scripted end to the game. You can reach Oregon by going down the Columbia River while participating in the obstacle avoidance mini-game.
Final scoring
At the end of the game, points are calculated based on how many party members survived, how much belongings you had left, money, what profession you had.
So my review is coming to an end, and I can only hope that I was able to interest you in my review-story on the topic of such a cult educational game. I advise you to try it yourself and not be afraid of its age and appearance. Until the next blog!