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1840s

Historical theme

24

platforms

Set in the 1840s (from January 1840 to December 1849).

Notable people involved: Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, Frédéric Chopin and John Cook

Gold Rush! (Atari ST)

Gold Rush! (Macintosh OS Classic)

Eternal Sonata (PlayStation 3)

PS3 2008-09-18

Jenny of the Prairie (MS-DOS)

Jenny of the Prairie

The Oregon Trail (Atari 400/800)

The Oregon Trail

American History Lux (Linux)

American History Lux

LIN 2009-04-10

Oregon (Processor Technology Sol-20)

SOL2 1978-05-10

Jenny of the Prairie with Lucy Ewell (Apple II E)

Jenny of the Prairie with Lucy Ewell

The Swindle (Windows)

WIN 2015-07-28

Gold Rush! (Apple II E)

Halls of Montezuma: A Battle History of the United States Marine Corps (Commodore 64)

Halls of Montezuma: A Battle History of the United States Marine Corps

The Oregon Trail (MS-DOS)

The Oregon Trail

Parent group

Games by year

The first 1840s video game was released on December 3, 1971.

Sierra On-Line, SSG, MECC and Ocean published most of these games.

Platforms

Apple II E	11
Linux	7
Mac OS Classic	7
Windows	6
MS-DOS	5
Mac OS X	3
C64	3
Apple IIGS	3
Atari 400/800	2
Amiga	2
Atari ST	2
TRS-80	2
X360	1
PS3	1
Famicom Disk System	1
NES	1
ZX Spectrum	1
MSX	1
Tandy Coco	1
Amstrad CPC	1
Sol-20	1
custom	1
VIC-20	1
ZX 81	1

Most common companies

Sierra On-Line	7
MECC	6
SSG	6
Ocean	5
Flazm	3
Namco Bandai	2
Rhiannon Software	2
Keypunch Software	2
Atari	2
Size Five Games	2
The Learnin Company	2
Sunlight Games	2
Capcom	2
SomaSim	2
SoftSide	2