The Oregon Trail Micro

Trying out the tiny little Oregon Trail micro arcade game handheld console thing from Super Impulse. Neat idea! Lots of concessions made to the form factor... "Is died of a dysentery."

[LGRBlerbs]

I ordered the Tetris version, heh.

I think that'll work _far_ better with this form factor and button layout. Guess we'll see though!

[mmmsatisfaction]

I've never seen anything that can be both an eye strain AND carpal tunnel aggravator. Truly ingenious.

[makijezakon]

Waiting for "Running Doom on The Oregon Trail Micro"

[spacedog]

LGR, are you telling me I can get MICRO DYSENTERY?!

[speedwaynutt]

Translucent plastic on video game stuff always has my attention because it's pretty.

[mattb]

*This* is what oddware feels like before it's forgotten.

[mightyfilm]

Micro Oregon Trail: Your window to amazing eye strain.

[MandleRoss]

Obviously when your two oxen die from a wagon fire your available food rations should increase by quite a bit.

[ArmadilloAl]

I watched the whole thing and now I has a dysentery.

[laurenhahn]

I love tiny working versions of things. But this? it's a text based game with a difficult-to-read font on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Some things don't work miniaturized.

[aserta]

This would be nice to hack and put Nokia-Snake on.

[mathewdempsey]

I have a thing of that brand that has pong, missile command, and centipede and it is actually pretty good

[Drakonpirata]

hard to tell from the size of the screen but if what I saw was correct we should be worried LGR took down a 500lb Rabbit

[aw]

I went and bought the Tetris one while watching this because it's the game I'll absolutely play the most and the form factor seems to make the most sense

[pokedeoxys]

I'm addicted to your voice, it soothes me. I usually do my chores while listening to LGR in the background. Recommended especially if ur speakers have good bass!!

[spindleclown]

My hopes for this being a reasonably playable, non-frustrating port is dead.

[evilwillhunting]

Definitely a case of "just because you can doesn't mean you should."

Yes, it can play a very pared-down version of Oregon Trail on a business-card-sized device, but it's not going to be any fun and it won't recreate the experience properly.

[adamsfusion]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the ROM on board with the game can probably be jumpered to see other games that are released on these lil guys.

[HR-wdcw]

"You have died from dysentery..." That's probably the ONE single quote that keeps coming up from the game after all these years.

[VekhGaming]

So, this is like a stupid combination between the awfully tiny size of a Game Boy Micro and the versatility of a Tiger LCD-game?
Winning combo to be sure.