The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Oregon_Trail_(1971_video_game)
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:video_game
gptkbp:category 1970s video games
strategy video games
video games developed in the United States
educational video games
single-player video games
historical video games
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:developer gptkb:Bill_Heinemann
gptkb:Don_Rawitsch
gptkb:Paul_Dillenberger
gptkbp:firstReleased gptkb:Carleton_College,_Minnesota
gptkbp:game resource management
decision making
random events
gptkbp:genre gptkb:strategy
educational
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)
gptkbp:influenced edutainment genre
subsequent Oregon Trail games
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy cultural icon in the US
influential in educational software
gptkbp:notableFor catchphrase 'You have died of dysentery'
popularizing educational games
teaching American pioneer life
gptkbp:objective reach Oregon with as many party members as possible
gptkbp:originallyTextBased true
gptkbp:platform gptkb:Apple_II
gptkb:Macintosh
gptkb:Windows
gptkb:HP_2100_minicomputer
gptkb:Commodore_64
gptkb:DOS
Mobile
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Minnesota_Educational_Computing_Consortium
gptkbp:purpose classroom use
gptkbp:releaseYear 1971
gptkbp:remakeOf gptkb:The_Oregon_Trail_(2009_video_game)
gptkb:The_Oregon_Trail_(2021_video_game)
gptkbp:sequel gptkb:The_Oregon_Trail_II
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Oregon_Trail
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Oregon_Trail
gptkb:American_Westward_Expansion
19th-century American history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Oregon_Trail_(2009_video_game)
gptkb:The_Oregon_Trail_(2021_video_game)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7