The Oregon Trail is a computer game developed in 1971 by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger. It was designed to teach school children about the realities of traveling on the Oregon Trail in the mid-19th century.

The game is a simulation of the journey of a wagon party from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon. The player assumes the role of one of the party members, and makes decisions about which items to take, how much money to spend, and when to rest. The game features text-based graphics and a primitive text parser that allows the player to …