Oregon Trail
This week I picked up my father-in-law's Apple IIe, mostly to take it off his hands but also because I wanted to play with some vintage hardware a bit. I know there are Apple emulators freely available, e.g. AppleWin, but it is just not the same as looking at the discolored cream case, dual 5.25 inch floppies, and tilt screen inside a monitor case sitting beside me.
It got me thinking about elementary school, the last time I used one of these machines. At that age, recess was a very big deal, and I can distinctly remember asking our fifth grade teacher if we could stay in from recess to play Oregon Trail. I just learned that the Oregon Trail franchise lives, and version 5 is on the market. Googling a bit, I came across this hillarious post that reminded me a lot of those wonder years.
I just downloaded a ROM of Oregon Trail, but I need to figure out a way of getting it onto a 5.25 floppy. The IIe has no network connection and I do not have a 5.25 floppy for one of my PCs, so I think I may be relegated to reviving my use on an emulator.