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Let Us Play: Oregon Trail Deluxe: Part 1.1
SpiralViper | 7:59 PM on 11.16.2008 6 comments





I'm gonna be bored during Thanksgiving break after finishing the term exams, so what better outlet than a little nostalgia and a blatant, unashamed ripoff of Something Awful's Let's Play formula, in blog format?

For those of you who have not heard of a Let's Play, it is where an individual plays through a game, taking many screenshots along the way, and, most importantly in games where this is possible, uses the valuable input of the community to make choices along the game. The Oregon Trail is the classic, pioneer Let's Play, and the original thread which housed it eventually caused an entire forum to be dedicated to this fun, engaging formula. While the goons at Something Awful mostly played through the original Apple II version, I'm going to be playing the Deluxe version, which has vastly improved graphics but, more importantly, slightly more complex gameplay mechanics.

I'll be counting on the input of the Destructoid community throughout this LP, and I can only hope that it will be entertaining to readers.

Less talk, more play! Let's do this thang.



Oh golly gee I can't wait!



Let's start off with naming our ragtag band of heroes and choosing our occupation. I'd advise against going for anything retarded as we'll have to live with these choices throughout the LP, but I'm game for challenges if you are, i.e. going Teacher.

Anyways our choices job-wise boil down to:



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Rucksack's Destructoid Blog
Dude go Blacksmith. It's a good middle of the road character.
Plus 'smiths are just pure fucking man.
SpiralViper's Destructoid Blog
Next update is coming tomorrow around noon EST. I'm a little disappointed by the lack of participation so far, but hopefully that will be resolved in time.
braulio09's Destructoid Blog
is this that game that starts with you choosing a partner and then having to go to a bank for some money? If it is, I FUCKING LOVED THAT GAME
SpiralViper's Destructoid Blog
I believe you're thinking of The Yukon Trail, which is also really fucking awesome. MECC made some really great edutainment games when it was still around.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
Fuck yeah Blacksmith!

Also, massive props for playing the old Mac 5.1 version, which is what I had
SpiralViper's Destructoid Blog
Actually this is the DOS version but it's pretty much the same game.

Name suggestions are still up for grabs. The last name of the family will be Troidovski, so name em accordingly.


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