<s>
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
educational	B-Application
computer	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
first	I-Application
game	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Don	O
Rawitsch	O
,	O
Bill	O
Heinemann	O
,	O
and	O
Paul	O
Dillenberger	O
in	O
1971	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Minnesota	O
Educational	O
Computing	O
Consortium	O
(	O
MECC	O
)	O
in	O
1974	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
teach	O
8th	O
grade	O
schoolchildren	O
about	O
the	O
realities	O
of	O
19th-century	O
pioneer	O
life	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
used	O
HP	B-Language
Time-Shared	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
running	O
on	O
an	O
HP	B-Device
2100	I-Device
minicomputer	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
to	O
help	O
teach	O
the	O
subject	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
later	O
named	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
debuted	O
to	O
Rawitsch	O
's	O
class	O
on	O
December	O
3	O
,	O
1971	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
minicomputer	O
's	O
teletype	O
and	O
paper	O
tape	O
terminals	O
that	O
predate	O
display	O
screens	O
were	O
awkward	O
to	O
children	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
immediately	O
popular	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
made	O
it	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
minicomputer	O
time-sharing	B-General_Concept
network	O
owned	O
by	O
Minneapolis	O
Public	O
Schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1974	O
,	O
the	O
Minnesota	O
Educational	O
Computing	O
Consortium	O
(	O
MECC	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
state-funded	O
organization	O
that	O
developed	O
educational	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
the	O
classroom	O
,	O
hired	O
Rawitsch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
retyped	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
a	O
printout	O
of	O
the	O
1971	O
BASIC	O
code	O
into	O
the	O
organization	O
's	O
time-sharing	B-General_Concept
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rawitsch	O
published	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
,	O
written	O
in	O
BASIC	O
3.1	O
for	O
the	O
CDC	O
Cyber	O
70/73	O
-26	O
,	O
in	O
Creative	O
Computings	O
May	O
–	O
June	O
1978	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
year	O
,	O
MECC	O
began	O
encouraging	O
schools	O
to	O
adopt	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
microcomputer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Cook	O
adapted	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
it	O
appeared	O
on	O
A.P.P.L.E.	B-Device
</s>
<s>
A	O
further	O
version	O
called	O
Oregon	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
adapted	O
in	O
June	O
1978	O
by	O
J.P.	O
O'Malley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
proved	O
so	O
popular	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
re-made	B-Application
under	O
the	O
same	O
title	O
,	O
with	O
substantially	O
improved	O
graphics	O
and	O
expanded	O
gameplay	O
,	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
updated	O
to	O
more	O
accurately	O
reflect	O
the	O
real	O
Oregon	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
,	O
incorporating	O
notable	O
geographic	O
landmarks	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
human	O
non-player	O
characters	O
with	O
whom	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
interact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1995	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
generated	O
about	O
one-third	O
of	O
MECC	O
's	O
$30million	O
in	O
annual	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
,	O
Oregon	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
Deluxe	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
DOS	O
and	O
Macintosh	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
1993	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
simply	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
Version	I-Application
1.2	I-Application
)	O
followed	O
by	O
Oregon	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
3rd	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
in	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
4th	O
and	O
5th	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
more	O
than	O
65	O
million	O
copies	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
have	O
been	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+The	O
Oregon	O
Trail	O
gamesTitleYearDeveloperPublisherPlatformThe	O
Oregon	O
Trail1971Don	O
Rawitsch	O
,	O
Bill	O
Heinemann	O
,	O
and	O
Paul	O
DillenbergerNot	O
publishedHP	O
2100OREGON1975Modified	O
by	O
Don	O
RawitschMECC	O
(	O
on	O
timeshare	O
system	O
)	O
CDC	O
Cyber	O
70	O
,	O
HP2000OREGON1978John	O
Cook	O
(	O
ported	O
from	O
timeshare	O
version	O
)	O
MECC	O
(	O
as	O
download	O
)	O
Apple	O
IIOREGON	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
Elementary	O
Volume	O
6	O
)	O
1980	O
Unchanged	O
from	O
1978	O
versionMECC	O
(	O
on	O
floppy	O
disk	O
)	O
Apple	O
IIOregon	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
Expeditions	O
)	O
1983MECC	O
(	O
ported	O
from	O
1980	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
)	O
MECCAtari	O
8-BitOregon	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
Expeditions	O
)	O
1984MECC	O
(	O
ported	O
from	O
1980	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
)	O
MECCCommodore	O
64	O
,	O
Radio	O
Shack	O
TRS-80The	O
Oregon	O
Trail1985R	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MECC	O
followed	O
up	O
on	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
with	O
similar	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Yukon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Amazon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
H	O
.	O
Ahl	O
published	O
Westward	O
Ho	O
!,	O
set	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
in	O
1848	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
type-in	O
game	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phrase	O
"	O
You	B-Application
have	I-Application
died	I-Application
of	I-Application
dysentery	I-Application
"	O
has	O
been	O
popularized	O
on	O
T-shirts	O
and	O
other	O
promotional	O
merchandise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
popular	O
phrase	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
Here	O
lies	O
andy	O
;	O
peperony	B-Application
and	I-Application
chease	I-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
player-generated	O
epitaph	O
featured	O
on	O
an	O
in-game	O
tombstone	O
saved	O
to	O
a	O
frequently	O
bootlegged	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
disk	O
,	O
and	O
likely	O
a	O
direct	O
reference	O
to	O
a	O
popular	O
Tombstone	O
pizza	O
television	O
commercial	O
from	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
was	O
also	O
available	O
from	O
Gameloft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
went	O
live	O
in	O
the	O
iTunes	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
webOS	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
Palm	O
App	O
Catalog	O
on	O
January	O
7	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
7	O
on	O
November	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
choose	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
banker	O
,	O
a	O
carpenter	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
farmer	B-Protocol
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
has	O
unique	O
benefits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
computer	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
version	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
buy	O
guns	O
and	O
bullets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
parody	O
called	O
Organ	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Men	O
Who	O
Wear	O
Many	O
Hats	O
for	O
browsers	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
setting	O
changed	O
to	O
human	O
survivors	O
fleeing	O
a	O
zombie	O
apocalypse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Willamette	O
Heritage	O
Center	O
(	O
WHC	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Statesman	O
Journal	O
newspaper	O
in	O
Salem	O
,	O
Oregon	O
created	O
Oregon	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
Live	O
as	O
a	O
live-action	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
dark	O
comedy	O
entitled	O
Oregon	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Play	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
5k	O
fun	O
run	O
held	O
in	O
Oregon	O
City	O
(	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
route	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
)	O
was	O
modeled	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
choice	O
points	O
along	O
the	O
route	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
entitled	O
"	O
Oregon	B-Application
Trail	I-Application
"	O
(	O
Season	O
3	O
,	O
Episode	O
48	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Pressman	O
Toy	O
Corporation	O
released	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
card	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
that	O
episode	O
Otis	O
told	O
both	O
John	O
Morrison	O
and	O
The	O
Miz	O
that	O
his	O
usual	O
tag	O
team	O
partner	O
Tucker	O
could	O
n't	O
make	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
tag	O
team	O
match	O
that	O
night	O
,	O
"	O
because	O
he	O
got	O
dysentery	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
