Apple classic Oregon Trail coming to iPhone
As they did with the iPhone version of Digital Chocolate's Tower Bloxx, games site IGN has posted the first screenshots showing that classic Apple II game The Oregon Trail will be making its way to the iPhone in coming months.
No additional details have yet been provided, but judging by the screens it's clear that it will be an updated version of Gameloft's mobile phone remake. The Gameloft game site includes an emulated version of the mobile port (the last link of the 'about the game' section), where you can get a taste of the game's lush Euro comic style, injected humor, and its hunting minigame, which will obviously be updated to reflect the phone's touch screen.
The Oregon Trail Screenshots, Wallpapers and Pics [IGN, Gameloft mobile game site]
Previously:
Virtual Apple ][: Browser embedded game design lessons - Offworld
Interview with creators of Oregon Trail - Boing Boing
You Have Died of Dysentery t-shirt from Oregon Trail - Boing Boing
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Felix Mitchell
#1 – 2:04 PM February 9, 2009
yawn more iphone games I can't play :(
Tiff Chow
#2 – 2:24 PM February 9, 2009
Booooooooooooooo. Why doesn't it look like ye olde school version? Not really a fan of the cartoon graphics... but I guess I shouldn't be complaining since I don't even have an iPhone. *huff*
djdole
#3 – 4:37 PM February 9, 2009
Come on BoingBoing!
Way to screw up the images.
This is the classic Apple][ Oregon trail:
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4034/theoregontrailgamexx6.jpg
Robotech_Master
#4 – 5:39 PM February 9, 2009
Wow. I remember playing this in elementary school, back in nineteen mumble-mumble. On a green monochrome monitor.
It sure didn't look like those screenshots. :P
mmachine
#5 – 7:22 PM February 9, 2009
this game will sell a ton.
gent
#6 – 7:29 PM February 9, 2009
great news... but a port with original graphics is a must.
drtwist
#7 – 8:13 PM February 9, 2009
so does MECC or it's successor get royalties for these remakes?
Anonymous Anonymous
#8 – 10:48 AM February 10, 2009
The only thing that matters is the hunting. I bought a version of The Oregon Trail for windows, and it was horrible because the hunting was mouse based. You need the little guy walking around shooting bullets for this game to work. Everything else is secondary.
Anonymous Anonymous
#9 – 3:53 PM February 12, 2009
I'm so freaking excited! I was talking about the old game just the other day... good times. I just hope you can still choose "bare bones" as an option. Heheheh