Gamers who remember playing The Oregon Trail on the Apple II (or its later DOS and Windows iterations) might create games that are inspired by that classic childhood experience. As games become ...

"The lasting fame of the game is a fascinating puzzle," says R Philip Bouchard, team leader and designer of the classic 1985 version of The Oregon Trail, released on the Apple II computer.

The Oregon Trail is a computer game from 1974 whose 1985 iteration is the most popular on the Apple II. It wouldn’t be hard to assume that Apple is trying to market its nostalgia more.

he said. Now more than 50 years after the first "Oregon Trail" program, Apple is reportedly developing the game into an action-comedy movie. "Surprising to me how popular it's become and how long ...

Yes, the game that ... joy of Oregon Trail—which has been updated about a million times since its original release in 1971, but which will always be synonymous with blocky Apple II graphics ...

When MECC licensed its catalog of educational software around the country, the game spread like a prairie brushfire. Apple has been connected to “Oregon Trail” since the game’s early days ...

Ron Wyden (D-OR) (R) shows off a current version of the computer game “Oregon Trail” on his iPhone while playing the the original version on an Apple IIGS with his Communications Director ...

“The Oregon Trail,” first released in 1974 before making it big in 1985 on the Apple II, was designed as an educational computer game for students to learn the circumstances of 19th-century ...

(KOIN) – A famed grade school video game is headed to the big screen. As first revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, Apple is developing a film based on “Oregon Trail.” The original computer ...