By the 1990s, it felt like they had finally gotten it right. It felt like game developers of the '70s and '80s had no idea how to properly depict Native Americans without being offensive. That was all the game was about, which makes their developer’s decision to preview the game for women’s and Native Americans' groups strange.īecause of the game’s horrific subject matter, it was marked with a label that said: “NOT FOR SALE TO MINORS.” Ironically, by April 1982, no one could buy the game, as it was removed from store shelves after its developer Mystique faced several lawsuits over banning it from being sold. Why? Because the entire goal was to rape a Native American woman. "Custer’s Revenge" was released in September 1982 for the Atari 2600 and is considered the worst game ever made. The previous versions of "Oregon Trail" may have been tone-deaf and glossed over the consequences of the colonial era, but its controversy is nothing compared to "Custer’s Revenge." Unlike previous games in the series, this version has input from Native American scholars to be as historically accurate as possible. Thankfully it seems that Gameloft might finally fix the series' problem of depicting Native Americans with the recent release of "Oregon Trail" for Apple Arcade. This became a problem with the "Oregon Trail" games, as one version, "Oregon Trail: American Settler," featured stereotypical Native Americans wearing war bonnets and wielding tomahawks. It doesn't dive into exactly why white settlers wanted to settle in Native American regions and ignored the attempts to steal their land. According to Indian Country Today, "Oregon Trail" presented a whitewashed version of colonial America. The game features Native Americans but does a poor job of accurately depicting them.
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