The Oregon Trail

Summary

The Oregon Trail is a video game^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (635 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Oregon Trail's instance of is recorded as video game^[3].
• The Oregon Trail's publisher is recorded as Broderbund^[4].
• The Oregon Trail's genre is recorded as simulation video game^[5].
• The Oregon Trail's genre is recorded as text-based video game^[6].
• The Oregon Trail's developer is recorded as Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium^[7].
• The Oregon Trail's part of the series is recorded as The Oregon Trail^[8].
• The Oregon Trail's programmed in is recorded as Q42979^[9].
• The Oregon Trail's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0857332^[10].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as HP 2100^[11].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as DOS^[12].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Mac OS operating systems^[13].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Commodore 64^[14].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Apple II series^[15].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Atari 8-bit family^[16].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Classic Mac OS^[17].
• The Oregon Trail's game mode is recorded as single-player video game^[18].
• The Oregon Trail's distribution format is recorded as CD-ROM^[19].
• The Oregon Trail's input device is recorded as computer keyboard^[20].
• The Oregon Trail's country of origin is recorded as United States^[21].
• The Oregon Trail's publication date is recorded as +1971-01-01T00:00:00Z^[22].
• The Oregon Trail's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zm_t^[23].
• The Oregon Trail's Internet Archive ID is recorded as msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990^[24].
• The Oregon Trail's Internet Archive ID is recorded as OregonTrailMacintosh^[25].
• The Oregon Trail's Internet Archive ID is recorded as oregon-trail-deluxe^[26].
• The Oregon Trail's narrative location is recorded as United States^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for The Oregon Trail include Xennials^[28], a cultural generation of western society^[29] and Carrier Trail^[30], a video game^[31].

Why It Matters

The Oregon Trail ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (635 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Xennials^[28], a cultural generation of western society^[29] and Carrier Trail^[30], a video game^[31].