I was looking for something fun to do this weekend so I compiled the
original 1978 text based version of Oregon Trail using Fortran to C on NetBSD/amd64. My original intention was to publish it as a port.
After playing with it a bit, I realized it would make a great DOS door
for my Synchronet BBS, Jensencloud, if the redirection worked correctly.
I did some looking around and found a 16-bit precompiled DOS executable.
It turns out once I activated standard console redirection, everything
worked super smooth.
It is definitely a lot harder and violent then the much newer MECC
version I played on Apple ][ as a kid. I wish they had come up with a multiplayer high score list in 1977. They send you a bill for your funeral!
If you want a little nostalgia, feel free take a look at it on my BBS,
or you can download a pre-built DOS 16-bit binary from here. No BBS
required.
http://cyber.dabamos.de/programming/fortran/oregon/
Enjoy,
Pat
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