I've been struggling for the past 3 hours to get this game working without dosbox or a VM, and so far I've managed to work out every kink. The game is working fine, minus one thing: Quicktime The nightmare that is Quicktime has utterly crippled me. Anytime I try to cross a river 'FATAL ERROR: Failed to Register Quicktime Window' hits, and it goes down. If I delete the movies folders, it just stalls out where the movie is supposed to play. Newer verions of Quicktime have no backward compatibility and installing QT32 from the disk works for playing the files, but does not correct the issue. However, since I can get the correct version of Quicktime working, and the game itself is working, I'm sure it's just some hook location looking the wrong place or similar. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this?

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Or an alternative for 1998's version of quicktime? Or some small trick that I'm missing, anything.

I'm so close I can taste it, it's just Quicktime crippling me. Had this exact same problem. Oregon Trail II would stall when playing a movie on startup, or when crossing a river.

Find the file OREGONII.INI in the application directory. Make sure the rsrcpath is an absolute path, including drive letter, and ends with a slash.

Example: [cdrom] rsrcpath=C: MECC Oregon Trail II DATA Just a note: as OP mentioned in their own answer, you can skip the QuickTime installation completely. However, if you do this, game will have a black screen during startup (usually there would be a little QuickTime animation with the MECC logo). Game will not freeze, but it will never move past the black startup screen. To continue, the window has to lose focus ( ALT + TAB to another window), return to the game, the theme music will begin to play, and will load the main menu.

The Oregon Trail HD is a unique strategy and educational game relating the first pioneers' journey to Western America. It is based on a resource management formula already proven in the U.S. Where the game is an actual icon for adults and kids.

Just like the real pioneers, overcome the perilous journey to Oregon in America's Wild West. Assume the role of a wagon leader in a side-view journey where your strategic decisions must ensure the safety of your party along the treacherous Oregon Trail. You're leaving your trace on a critical historical event for America. Fun and educational, thanks to smart dialogue, cartoonish graphics and humorous animations. Historical references in the game through real locations and famous characters from the past, plus historic facts perfectly explain the perilous journey of pioneers in an immersive way. Expanded while simple decision-making parameters enable a high level of strategy and offer an easy pick-and-play strategy & adventure game for a large audience. 8 skill-based mini-games: hunting, fishing, river crossing, rafting, wagon repairing, telegraphing, berry picking, and gold panning.

The outcomes will affect the supplies and health of your party. Random events (disease, bandits, hitchhikers, weather, etc) faced by real pioneers increase the challenge. Side-missions add more excitement to your journey, affecting your westward trek.