Oregon Trail taught an entire generation of children that dysentery was the most democratic way to die. Somehow that lesson stuck harder than anything about westward expansion, manifest destiny, or basic sanitation.
The Details:
Pixel-style yellow-green monospace text reads "Get in losers." above "We're going to go die of dysentery." on a black rounded-rectangle field styled after a CRT monitor screen. Below the text, an 8-bit illustration depicts a covered wagon pulled by two oxen with flames on their horns, led by a rifle-carrying male pioneer figure, with a female character inside the wagon and three additional pioneer figures walking alongside in muted browns, whites, blues, and pinks.
