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Issy van der Velde

There's a free version of The Oregon Trail where you start out with dysentery and have to make it across the country without pooping your pants

A screen from a variation of the oregon trail where you start with non-lethal dysentery.

The Oregon Trail is a 1971 video game that is infamous for its difficulty and the likelihood your character will die of dysentery. Now, a browser version is out that gives you the stomach sickness right from the start, and the new challenge is managing it while out on the trail.

You Have Not Died of Dysentery is a hilarious take on the original game complete with pixel art and 8-bit music. Hygiene standards weren't very good back in the old days, so you get dysentery before you even set off on the trail. You have to stock up on clothes, food, ammo, Oxen, and toilet paper before setting off if you've got any chance of not pooping yourself to death.

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