From today’s perspective, Pong is a game too simple to be enjoyed by most, and Oregon Trail is lacking in immersion compared to more interactive experiences such as Red Dead Redemption. But I am also starting to see why these games could gain the success that they had at their times. Pong being one of the first well known video games, is very simple at its core. But although it is as...
Oregon Trail As one of the most successful games in American history, Oregon Trail is an early educational computer games that was one of the most played computer games at the time. In the background of Oregon Trail, the player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette River and valley in Oregon. Although the Oregon Trail is an...
I can see why The Oregon Trail game was one of the most played games, it brought interest not into the game, but also into the history of what could have happened for so many people. As I started to play the game, I found myself no knowing what to choose, I didn’t know which would be the smarter decision or how I would defeat the game in a sense. When a tragic event occurred it made me want...
The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail is an educational computer game originally developed in 1971 by three student teachers, with the intention of teaching school children about the pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. Despite bugs, the game immediately gained popularity among students, with thousands of players monthly; it was so popular that it was eventually re-released as a standalone game...
Image source: Image source: The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail is an educational game that launched in 1971, it attempts to simulate what it was like to travel the Oregon Trail in 1848. Why I think it became one of the most popular games of its time: Personalization I was asked to choose what the scope of my journey was, when to start my journey, what kind of person I would be (farmer, banker, or...
The Oregon Trail was successful because it was engaging and well-designed. Players can choose which role they want to play and complete a series of tasks. It has uncomplicated but highly interactive pages. And I think this game gives the player a high degree of freedom. Because I think the products designed by designers should not only guide users to complete a specific task, but also give users...
I played the Oregon tail (1990), and for this game, I can see this being a very popular game at the time. Oregon tail feels like telling a story, but under the player’s controls for the autorun setup, and the sweet thing right here is the user can feel like they are involved in the story and see some visual movement on the screen, that’s ten times more interesting than looking at a storybook that...
Pong was one of the first social games, a fact that the game’s creator, Bushnell, appreciated. He said, “it was very common to have a girl with a quarter in hand, pulled a guy off a barstool and said, ‘I’d like to play pong, and there’s nobody to play.'” It was a way you could play games you were sitting shoulder to shoulder. You could talk, you could laugh...
The Oregon Trail and Pong! are two different types of video games, while both succeeded when they were released. After playing the two versions of the Oregon Trail, I can see why it is so popular. First, there are so many choices and freedom in it. There are thousands of combinations and possibilities in the game. From what I learned from game design classes, uncertainties are always appealing...
After playing games like Oregon Trail and Pong, there are a lot of popular games that have a lot in common with them, The original Oregon Trail game was designed to teach eighth-graders what it was like to be pioneers on the Oregon Trail in the 19th century. In 1848, players took on the role of a brigade commander, leading a group of immigrants from Missouri to Oregon’s Willamette Valley in...
I played Oregon Trail game for 3-4 minutes, and pong game for 10 minutes. The Oregon Trail was one of the most played computer games at that time, but I had more fun with Pong. The reason why people enjoyed Oregon Trail might be, it has so many options and there is no answer. So you can customize this game context. And (I’m not sure but I think) when you choose other options, you will see...