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| − | The Oregon | + | {{w|The Oregon Trail (video game)|The Oregon Trail}} was a popular video game which described the journey to Oregon, and the player started his or her journey in 1848. Most players were grade-school students. The game was very popular, and thousands of players played it monthly. To achieve the highest score, most players bought the minimum amount of food and hunted for their meals. In general, the slower the prey the more meat the prey has. Large animals (bison, bears, etc) were very easy and rewarding targets, while smaller prey (rabbits, squirrels, etc) were faster and provided less food. As the player travels, he or she is prone to dysentery, typhoid, measles, cholera, and other diseases. |
The title text implies that the players of the game were actual people who died on the journey to Oregon. | The title text implies that the players of the game were actual people who died on the journey to Oregon. | ||
Revision as of 14:55, 5 March 2013
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 Title text: A century later, the harrowing flight of the survivors from Oregon was dramatized in a popular video game. |
Explanation
The Oregon Trail was a popular video game which described the journey to Oregon, and the player started his or her journey in 1848. Most players were grade-school students. The game was very popular, and thousands of players played it monthly. To achieve the highest score, most players bought the minimum amount of food and hunted for their meals. In general, the slower the prey the more meat the prey has. Large animals (bison, bears, etc) were very easy and rewarding targets, while smaller prey (rabbits, squirrels, etc) were faster and provided less food. As the player travels, he or she is prone to dysentery, typhoid, measles, cholera, and other diseases.
The title text implies that the players of the game were actual people who died on the journey to Oregon.
Transcript
[Timeline, with relevant images next to each date.] 1805 [Two men stand at the edge of a cliff. One has a walking staff.] Arrival of Lewis & Clark
1825 Early settlers arrive
1841 Oregon trail established
1843 Larger western migration begins
1848 [A horse is pulling a covered wagon. A gun peeks out the back.] Huge wave of 500,000+ settlers arrives from Missouri. Largely children and adolescents, most bring nothing but cartloads of bullets for hunting.
1849 [Two men with rifles aim at something.] Overhunting begins to devastate ecosystem Dysentery epidemic
1850 [Tombstones. Bodies.] Shooting deaths skyrocket Typhoid epidemic Measles epidemic Cholera epidemic
1851 All mammals larger than squirrels wiped out by overhunting. Massive famine
1852 [Sun low over a land, devoid of life. Scattered remains of corpses.] Last survivors flee Oregon territory abandoned
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Has somebody made that alternate universe OT in the title text? DPS2004'); DROP TABLE users;-- (talk) 21:36, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
My grandfather used to brag that he could shoot squirrels from 100 meters. He used small bullets, because large ones would explode them... Exploded squirrels might be thought to be good for making stew, but it mixes all the parts, fur skeleton all together and is quite a mess to collect. Also squirrel pelts make great gloves... He told me... But he also told me that his cat could talk, but was very shy, and just wouldn't do it when I was in the room. DancingDuck (talk) 19:31, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
