Oregon
After MECC began collecting the Apple II versions of its various timeshare programs, including Oregon and many others, they instituted a new method for distributing the Apple II versions of its software to…
31 December 1980
Oregon is a simulator developed by MECC, released 31 December 1980 on Apple II.
What Oregon is
Oregon is a simulator game developed by MECC and released in 1980. It is available on Apple II only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After MECC began collecting the Apple II versions of its various timeshare programs, including Oregon and many others, they instituted a new method for distributing the Apple II versions of its software to Minnesota schools – by assembling collections of the programs on floppy disks. One of the first releases in 1980 was Elementary Volume 6, containing five social studies simulation games, one of which was OREGON. Elementary Volume 6 soon became MECC’s most popular product for the Apple II. The 1980 version of Oregon was a much simpler game than the 1985 version, lacking many of the features that people now associate with the game. The 1980 version is very similar to the original text-only…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
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When did Oregon come out?
Oregon was released on 31 December 1980 for Apple II.
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