Customer Reviews

Oregon Trail 5th Edition

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(15)

 

 

Oregon Trail is an excellent educational series, but I warn you to stay away from this version. For one thing, I think the "5th edition" claim is not true; its quality is greatly inferior to my 3rd edition and I suspect it is just a refurbished earlier edition. I never got Oregon Trail 2, so I don't know if this is the same, but the technology used is reminiscent of the mid-ninties.

In the process of remaking it, many technical bugs have crept in: for example, the fishing is completely broken and the installation froze my computer for quite a while and tried to install it twice for some reason. The game is in low resolution and 16-bit color, and although it changes your screen to be compatible with the game when starting, it does forget to change it back after you exit. You may have to restart the computer to get your settings back to normal, since you may not be able to get to the buttons on the settings panel at that resolution.

The ability to travel several other trails at different times and from different places is a really nice touch. Maybe a different release would be less problematic.

First of all, this is EXACTLY like oregon trail 2 except they add in some content from 3 and 4, plus the absolutely idiotic animation that has nothing to do with YOUR trip most of the time and just gets in the way.

But besides that, its not too horrible. I've loved all the versions of Oregon Trail i've played, which is pretty much all of them, and this one is at least consistent with the series, although i think the designers ran out of ideas and just threw all of them together and called it the "5th edition".

So, all in all, its ok, but i'd suggest getting the original version if you can find it, it's by far the best and works even on an XP and mostly likely on a Vista, and is the most fun.

Do NOT buy this product. The information stated it was compatible with windows vista, however, my new computer would not even recognize the CD. Needless to say I am very unhappy!

Love this game - it's the same game as Oregon Trail II, with some goofy animation (that can be skipped) and an added gathering feature that I thought was neat.
It says this program will run on Vista, but it only barely does. After installing, I had to search and download two patches. It runs now, but there are limits - don't open the guidebook or the diary, you won't get it closed again without ctrl+alt+deleting and closing your game. Don't save your game- it will make it so that you can't talk or trade with anyone, and can't visit forts and such along the way. You'll just have to leave the game open, and hope for the best at river crossings - there's no going back if you're not able to save!
I did find that I could open the game twice, and keep one game open to the guidebook, the other as my active game, and flip between the two as needed when a guidebook reference was necessary.
All in all, if you've got Vista, don't expect it to work very well. I wish they'd take Vista off the list of operating systems supported by the software, or at least provide a better patch that fixes all of these glitches!

I purchased the product and have not been able to use it with Windows 7. It will not Run. Is there a patch to make it Run. The purchase was a waste of money.

Despite seeing that others had trouble running this with Vista I ignored it because I usually have no trouble getting programs to run one way or another on my machine. I bought this game because I LOVED playing it in elementary school and was throughly disappointed that it would not even install the game on my computer. Luckily I was able to send it back to Amazon for a refune---which was totally awesome of them because it was opened software. I plan on buying one of the older versions and running it, hopefully it will work.

I just received this product and I'll admit I was nervous after reading all the bad reviews. But I have to say, I've had NO problems whatsoever. It installed surprisingly fast, faster than other games on my computer. I've had no glitches in ANY of the mini games, not even fishing. It never froze my computer or slowed it down at all. The only annoying thing is the side story, but I can skip over it quickly and get on with my game. It is very similar to the 2nd or 3rd edition, but since it was cheaper, I think it was a great investment. I will spend hours playing this game.

I don't understand why others had so many nasty things to say, but my game arrived on time and although it wasn't in the case pictured, it works just fine with my Windows Vista. Just in case you were wondering, I'm not affiliated with the seller at all and this is a sincere review, I just love the game!

I taught school for 37 years and used the Oregon Trail. This is the same one I used and loved then. I play it often.. One day I might be pleased with my score. Great game.

I received this game and it was everything I remember when playing Oregon Trail as a child. The game installed on my windows vista with no complications and everything ran good and it has not locked up. I am very happy with this game and pleased with my order.

Worked great on vista. Version includes fishing and gathering, a nice change from original version with just hunting. Enjoyed playing the original and my 10 year old son and I enjoy this version.