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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENRE/STYLE
Educational/History
RELEASE DATE
09/MAR/09
ESRB RATING
,
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DESCRIPTION
Embark on Gameloft's refreshing revisit of the classic game you used to play on Apple II now. The press already love it. You’ll love it too.
**IGN: 8,5/10 + Editors's Choice Award: “A smart remake of the acclaimed classic, complete with fantastic new visuals. You'll jam on it for weeks." **Pocket Gamer: 9/10 + Gold Award - "An example of how classic games can be remade for modern play without losing nostalgic lustre or alienating with outdated design" **Touch Arcade: “The Oregon Trail for iPhone really does seem to make dysentary fun again!” **TapCritic: 5/5 **148Apps: 4,5/5
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Westward, Ho! Your favorite pioneering adventure game is back and takes you to an exciting, historical side-scrolling adventure entirely rethought to fit the Touch experience of your iPhone / iPod touch.
REMEMBER AMERICA’S CULTURAL ICONIC GAME - All of the decision-making and problem-solving fun of the original game. - Prepare for your departure: Select the members of your party, choose your departure date and purchase supplies. - Fun and educational! Historical references through real locations and famous characters from the past, plus historic facts perfectly explain the perilous journey of pioneers.
A WILDER EXPERIENCE THAN YOU'VE EVER PLAYED BEFORE - 8 skill-based mini-games, including 2 accelerometer-based challenges: hunting, fishing, river crossing, rafting, wagon repairing, telegraph, berry picking, and gold panning. - Random events (disease, bandits, hitchhikers, etc.) faced by real pioneers increases the challenge. - Side-missions add more excitement to your journey, affecting your westward trek. - Refreshed with modern, colored graphics in a cartoonish style.
UPDATED WITH FACEBOOK CONNECT - Post your achievements on your Wall. - Challenge your friends by inviting them to play The Oregon Trail with the Tell A Friend feature.
JOIN THE FAN COMMUNITY - On Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheOregonTrail. - On Twitter at twitter.com/TheOregonTrail.
Highly recommended for fans of retro gaming, edutainment, educational games, and strategy.
Past 14 days
“At least no one's died of dysentery yet.”
created 19/AUG/2011
“Update on my quest for completion on Oregon Trails, I’m now at 49 out of 51 trophies and it only took me one more play through than I hoped, bring my total to three. It was my fault for thinking...”
created 23/DEC/2009
“I just updated Oregon Trails for my iTouch to get the option to do the achievements and my end of one run through the game I got 20 of the 51 trophies. Now, I have only 31 more to go, which I hope...”
created 21/DEC/2009
“Pretty fun nostalgia trip, but I can't help but feel that the mini-games were mostly useless, and there were simplifications made over the original that I didn't feel were entirely necessary.”
created 24/MAY/2009
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