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 (3,215 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Oregon Trail's instance of is recorded as video game^[3].
• The Oregon Trail was published by Broderbund^[4].
• The Oregon Trail's genre is simulation video game^[5].
• The Oregon Trail's genre is 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 BASIC^[9].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as HP 2100^[10].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as DOS^[11].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Mac OS operating systems^[12].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Commodore 64^[13].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Apple II series^[14].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Atari 8-bit family^[15].
• The Oregon Trail's platform is recorded as Classic Mac OS^[16].
• The Oregon Trail's game mode is recorded as single-player video game^[17].
• The Oregon Trail was distributed by CD-ROM^[18].
• The Oregon Trail's input device is recorded as computer keyboard^[19].
• The Oregon Trail's country of origin is recorded as United States^[20].
• The Oregon Trail was published on January 1, 1971^[21].
• The Oregon Trail's narrative location is recorded as United States^[22].
• The Oregon Trail's ESRB rating is recorded as Everyone 10+^[23].
• The Oregon Trail's title is recorded as The Oregon Trail^[24].
• The Oregon Trail's P14470 is recorded as Games/Oregon^[25].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Oregon Trail was published by Broderbund^[4].

Publication

The Oregon Trail was released on January 1, 1971^[21]. Genres include simulation video game^[5] and text-based video game^[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as it^[8]. It was distributed by CD-ROM^[18].

Subject and Themes

The Oregon Trail's part of the series is recorded as it^[8].

Cultural Impact

Things named for The Oregon Trail include Xennials^[26], a cultural generation of western society^[27] and Carrier Trail^[28], a video game^[29].

Why It Matters

The Oregon Trail ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,215 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Xennials^[26], a cultural generation of western society^[27] and Carrier Trail^[28], a video game^[29].