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 Great Game - but not for Vista June 26, 2010
JMiller
Love this game - it's the same game as Oregon Trail II, with some goofy animation (that can be skipped) and an added gathering feature that I thought was neat.
It says this program will run on Vista, but it only barely does. After installing, I had to search and download two patches. It runs now, but there are limits - don't open the guidebook or the diary, you won't get it closed again without ctrl+alt+deleting and closing your game. Don't save your game- it will make it so that you can't talk or trade with anyone, and can't visit forts and such along the way. You'll just have to leave the game open, and hope for the best at river crossings - there's no going back if you're not able to save!
I did find that I could open the game twice, and keep one game open to the guidebook, the other as my active game, and flip between the two as needed when a guidebook reference was necessary.
All in all, if you've got Vista, don't expect it to work very well. I wish they'd take Vista off the list of operating systems supported by the software, or at least provide a better patch that fixes all of these glitches!
 Not compatible March 29, 2010
Kristen Lane (Illinois)
This product was not compatible with any of my computers and when I attempted to contact the vendor for a return mail authorization#, they never responded to me.
NOT MUCH FUN! March 14, 2010
Bobbi J. Johnson (Rochester, MN)
I played this game a few years ago, thinking it would be like the one I played during the late 90's and it wasn't very fun. It's not very similar to the older versions. I think oregon trail 2 or 3 are the best. I don't remember which version I played in school.
Oregon Trail 5 not compatible with Windows 7 February 17, 2010
Thomas Ridgway (Carson city,Nev)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased the product and have not been able to use it with Windows 7. It will not Run. Is there a patch to make it Run. The purchase was a waste of money.
The original was the best... February 16, 2010
TM0ney (Lopez Island, WA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
First of all, this is EXACTLY like oregon trail 2 except they add in some content from 3 and 4, plus the absolutely idiotic animation that has nothing to do with YOUR trip most of the time and just gets in the way.
But besides that, its not too horrible. I've loved all the versions of Oregon Trail i've played, which is pretty much all of them, and this one is at least consistent with the series, although i think the designers ran out of ideas and just threw all of them together and called it the "5th edition".
So, all in all, its ok, but i'd suggest getting the original version if you can find it, it's by far the best and works even on an XP and mostly likely on a Vista, and is the most fun.
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