The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail	1990
The Amazon Trail (series)
Oregon Trail II	1995
The Oregon Trail: 3rd Edition	1997
The Oregon Trail: 4th Edition	1999
The Oregon Trail: 5th Edition	2001
The Oregon Trail (2021)	2021

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail
Retail		Version 1.0
Retail		Version 1.2

Version differences

The original release in 1990 for DOS. This version is almost identical to the earlier Apple II version from 1985 with some graphics differences.

The Mac OS release in 1991. The graphics were overhauled and mouse support was added.

The Oregon Trail Deluxe, released in 1992 for DOS. Identical to the Mac OS release. This version was re-released in 1996 as The Oregon Trail Classic Edition.

Version 1.0, released in 1993 for Windows 3.1 and Mac OS. The graphics and music were improved and it now includes SVGA support.

Version 1.2, released in 1996. Added compatibility for Windows 95.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		DOS is always fullscreen, other versions have no fullscreen mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus		Keyboard only on the orginal DOS version. Native mouse support beginning with the Mac release.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Version 1.0 and 1.2 have playable voice clips.

Issues fixed

Running on 64-bit Windows

Version 1.2

The Oregon Trail uses a 16-bit installer and executable that is incompatible with 64-bit versions of Windows. The 1.2 release includes a 32-bit executable that can be run on 64-bit systems but the setup is still 16-bit. The easiest way to run this version on modern systems is to simply copy the OTWIN32 folder from the disc to your destination of choice.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					32-bit is exclusive to the 1.2 release.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel 8088/8086
System memory (RAM)	512 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Windows 3.x
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel i386
System memory (RAM)	4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256 color SVGA display

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256 color SVGA display

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7.0
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68020
System memory (RAM)	4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256 color display

References

Developers

	MECC
Publishers
	MECC
Re-releases	The Learning Company
Release dates
DOS	1990
Mac OS (Classic)	1991
Windows 3.x	1993
Windows	1996
Taxonomy
Series	The Oregon Trail