He Created the Oregon Trail

Re:He Created the Oregon Trail by adamddev1 on Sunday November 21, 2021 @08:00AM (#29296005)

How many Canadians remember Cross Country Canada? It was a similar educational text-adventure where you learned about Canadian geography and commodities as you navigated your truck through greasy spoon dining shops and sketchy motels. We lived on it in the computer lab.

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Re:He Created the Oregon Trail by KMnO4 on Sunday November 21, 2021 @08:24AM (#29296085)

That game was full of really neat Easter eggs that were a lot of fun to find as a kid.

If you “buckle up”d before driving and got into a crash it would cost less money to fix.

You could exit your truck, lock the door, and throw away the keys to strand yourself.

You could order room service from the motel.

Looks like you can play it online through Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Crosscountry_Canada_1991

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Re:He Created the Oregon Trail by selimthegrim on Sunday November 21, 2021 @11:28AM (#29297443)

In these times of supply chain woes, what better game to assign the kids? It’s not like they’re old enough to play the beer game.

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Re:He Created the Oregon Trail by selimthegrim on Sunday November 21, 2021 @09:22AM (#29296354)

There's also a USA version (the original) - I remember fiddling with the radio and oversleeping in said sketchy motels

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Re:He Created the Oregon Trail by shrubby on Sunday November 21, 2021 @09:37AM (#29296446)

Sounds like the first Leisure Suit Larry to me.

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