1. The Oregon Trail Julia Wood FSEM: Videogame Canon March 10, 2011

2. Technical Terms Developer: -MECC Publishers: -Brøderbund -The Learning Company Genre: -Simulation Information: http://pc.ign.com/objects/8 35/835355.html http://pc.ign.com/objects/8 35/835355.html Picture: http://www.zug.com/daily/j ournal/graphics/062904_or egon01.gif http://www.zug.com/daily/j ournal/graphics/062904_or egon01.gif

3. Various Versions & Their Platforms The Oregon Trail -1981 to 1985 The Oregon Trail (Apple II) -1992 The Oregon Trail Deluxe (MS-DOS) -1993-96 The Oregon Trail Ver 1.2 (Windows) -1996 The Oregon Trail II (Windows) -1997 The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition (Windows) -1999 The Oregon Trail 4th Edition (Windows) -2001 The Oregon Trail 5th Edition (Windows) From http://pc.ign.com/objects/142/14216607.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)http://pc.ign.com/objects/142/14216607.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)

4. Gameplay http://www.singlehop.com/blogimages/OT/screen1.png

5. Story Synopsis http://eatabrick.org/oregon.png

6. Hunting and Survival http://www.insidesocialgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/trail1-300x218.jpg

7. Scoring http://k2xl.com/wordpress/wp- content/uploads/2009/03/030209-1815-scoresinthe3.png

8. Educational Effects Popular among elementary students in the 1980s and 1990s Most elementary school computer labs provided a copy of the game Taught children about what life was like in the West and on the journey over Made learning about the historical background of this time period interesting and fun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)

9. Legacy Inspired similar games such as The Yukon Trail and The Amazon Trail Updated editions of the game for different platforms Popularity of the phrase “You have died of dysentery” Now available for mobile phones Facebook version came out on February 2, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)

10. So what? Why should The Oregon Trail be added to our Videogame Canon? http://netninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/oregon_trail.png

11. Effect on Culture http://oregontrail.org/classic-died-of-dysentery-oregon-trail-tee.jpg