Some days I wonder why I bother sucking down all these RSS feeds and combing through post after post from around the world. And then I see a post like this one. No, it’s not the Outlook add-in that struck my fancy. Keep going. No, not the post on reducing the site of Powerpoint presentations. Useful, but not enough to single-handedly reinvigorate my love of blog reading. Farther down the screen…yes, that’s right.
It’s a pointer to an online Apple disk archive where you can (among hundreds of other titles!) play Oregon Trail online. Through the magic of ActiveX (IE only folks, sorry…) you can spend hours playing titles without having to swap 5 1/4 in. floppy disks.
Wow the memories this brought back…
Starting off in Independence, MO. Look at the stunning graphics!
Stuck on the Oregon Trail with no food? Easy. Kill a bear!
Finally, my first view of Oregon. 6 months later, my virtual self manages to make it to Willamette Valley, Oregon. My virtual wife and two of my three virtual children, however, did not make it. My score was severely reduced to reflect my negligence.