The idea sprouted when Heinemann's friend, Don Rawitsch, came up with a board game for students he was teaching that simulated 1800s settlers going west on the Oregon Trail. Computers were in ...

Modders create an Oregon Trail Time Machine to determine if the game can be beaten by waiting impossible spans of tim ...

The game mechanics of this game are similar to that of the other The Oregon Trail games. It requires careful resource management in order to successfully travel across America toward the Western ...

The Oregon Trail is a 1971 video game that is infamous for its difficulty and the likelihood your character will die of dysentery. Now, a browser version is out that gives you the stomach sickness ...

You may not know the game if you grew up outside the US, but you've felt its impact. Some say The Oregon Trail launched the entire category of educational gaming. Its innovations became video ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One of the most successful computer games may soon make its way to the big screen. Bill Heinemann, the creator of “The Oregon Trail,” said it is hard to find someone ...