LEARNING COMPANY The Oregon Trail, 5th Edition Windows/Macintosh
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Manufacturer: Learning Company
Binding: Video Game
Publisher: Learning Company
Label: Learning Company
Platform: Macintosh
Platform: Macintosh
Features for LEARNING COMPANY The Oregon Trail, 5th Edition Windows/Macintosh :
- Make the wise choices as you avoid hazards and face the many challenges of frontier life
- Go hunting, buy the right supplies, talk to Indians and fellow travelers and much more
- Along the way you'll discover useful wilderness knowledge like avoiding poison and crossing rivers
- Kids will also get to learn the complete story of the Donner Party
- Ages 9 and up
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Customer Reviews
Family fun 
2008-04-22
I purchased this product for my 8 year old granddaughter for her birthday. She was delighted. I'm 73 and was introduced to this game while visiting other grandchildren. I think it's the best game out there for children ages 9-12. They're learning about history and making choices about their virtual lives - sort of like an 19th century Sims family. People dying abruptly while on the trail is a bit of a shock the first time it happens but it is quite realistic and we know that did actually happen. It was fun setting up the game with this child and I'm sure she'll have many interesting hours on the trail. I still play this game myself - most of the time I take family along but sometimes I take celebrities. Sharing a tent with George Clooney and Robin Williams for three months makes all the hard traveling worthwhile! Last trip Robin died of dysentery near Chimney Rock but we gave him a proper funeral and went on. . . .
I do wish The Learning Company would come out with a new edition, though. I've gotten so I can avoid most of the hazards of the game over the years.
Don't order through Learning Company 
2008-04-21
I tried to order this through on-line download directly from Learning Company/Broderbund. Their downloads did not work, no matter how many times I tried to install their "smart download" software. Their customer service is not available outside of business hours, and are rude when you do reach them. Maybe a CD via Amazon merchants would have been a better idea....
Oregon Trail-5th Edition 2008-04-20
This CD never worked. Learning Trail Company replaced it with another game but I never did get Oregon Trail. Very sad.
Fun and educational. 
2008-03-15
LEARNING COMPANY The Oregon Trail, 5th Edition ( Windows/Macintosh )
Fun and educational game. I enjoy playing it in my spare time. Though the product said it would work with Vista... it sure didn't! It was not compatible and it would not load at all after instillation. I tried it with an XP and it worked fine.
Fun Gameplay, DOES NOT WORK with OS X 10.4, 10.5 2008-03-10
once installed on os x tiger, there was an error upon starting gameplay that the font "new york 18" is missing. this is a native mac font from os 9 and, after a couple hours of fruitless searching, cannot be found for os x. after upgrading to leopard, this error is still present.
however - i simply installed the game on the windows xp sp2 partition (via boot camp) and it runs perfectly! so, don't run in on your new mac os and you'll be okay.
the game itself is fine, if you can get it to work. would recommend only under - gasp - windows only usage.
Oregon Trail 5th edition 
2008-06-21
I purchased 2 of these games to give as prizes. They camed within a timely manner, however the jewel case on one was cracked. Otherwise, I'm pleased with the purchase.
Fun somewhat educational game 2008-05-29
My 8 year old son, who is in 3rd grade, played it in school. He wanted it so we bought it. We had him read the guide before he could play it. I read it also and I learned a few things also, such as the advantages and disadvantages of various draught animals, the pace of travel so as not to overwork the animals, the type of wagon most suitable for the trail, etc. One of the minuses is that "OT5.exe" file on my copy was old and had a bug in it (the file was dated 2001). It wouldn't run until I found a newer file over the Internet and used it instead.
Does not work! 2008-05-27
I was hoping to use this program to supplement classroom curriculum. Unfortunately, the CD never has installed correctly.
not what I expected 2008-05-15
This is nothing like the game I played when I was a kid, very disappointed.
Fun for the kids and my husband :) 2008-05-14
The kids love playing it at the public library so when I got it for our home they were excited. They love playing it and my husband does too. It teaches them strategy, economics, budgeting and alot more without "gory violence" like in video games.
