The Yukon Trail (W16)

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The Yukon Trail
Yukon Trail - W16 - USA.jpg
Platform: Windows 16
Year: 1994
Developer: MECC
Buy: Amazon

The Yukon Trail follows the same recipe seen in The Oregon Trail, but instead of pioneering to Oregon, you trek up the Pacific coast of Canada, through Alaska, and into Yukon Territory to mine for gold. The setting is the late 1800s during the Klondike Gold Rush and you begin in Seattle, WA. The game is a relatively slow moving simulation/puzzle hybrid with a few action elements thrown in. There are several factors involved in making it to Yukon Territory safely and finding gold including, planning, knowledge of history, and, of course, luck. The game uses a simple point-and-click interface for all of the menus and exploration; even the action elements can be totally controlled with the mouse. This makes the game simple to learn, but too basic for experience gamers. Because the game was designed with 16-bit Windows in mind, it forces a 640x480 resolution at 16 colors (or 256 colors if you had a SVGA card). Like other history games, The Yukon Trail incorporates several facts about the location and time period involved.

Screenshots

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Title screen.

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You start your journey in Seattle.

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Interviewing potential partners.

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Learning about the trail to the Yukon.


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Music

The Yukon Trail uses several old fashioned ragtime songs with heavy use of piano, harmonica, and banjo. None of the original artists were credited in the game since their music is now in the public domain, but the MIDI tags contained partial titles for some of the songs. Since the music in the game actually dates near the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, it is perfectly suited to the game.

Recording

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Title

Composer

Arranger

Length

Size

Listen

01 First Journal Entry Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 2:49 1.3 MB
02 Mandy's Broadway Stroll Thomas Broady Jim Donofrio 2:09 994 KB
03 Sailing - All's Well Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:01 437 KB
04 Sailing - Concerned Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 0:58 416 KB
05 Sailing - Bleak Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 0:59 437 KB
06 The Mississippi Rag William Krell Jim Donofrio 1:41 741 KB
07 Eli Green's Cakewalk David Reed, Sadie Koninsky Jim Donofrio 1:53 826 KB
08 Harlem Rag Two Step Tom Turpin Jim Donofrio 1:41 768 KB
09 At a Georgia Camp Meeting Kerry Mills Jim Donofrio 1:38 732 KB
10 Hiking - All's Well Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 0:53 403 KB
11 Hiking - Concerned Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:14 587 KB
12 Hiking - Bleak Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:02 463 KB
13 Camptown Races Stephen Foster Jim Donofrio 1:31 705 KB
14 Dog Race Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:05 492 KB
15 The Pride of Bucktown Robert Roberts Jim Donofrio 1:25 589 KB
16 The Glendy Burk Stephen Foster Jim Donofrio 1:51 872 KB
17 Raft - All's Well Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:04 481 KB
18 Raft - Concerned Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:07 486 KB
19 Raft - Bleak Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:11 515 KB
20 My Ragtime Baby Fred Stone Jim Donofrio 2:02 914 KB
21 There Is a Tavern In Town Anonymous Jim Donofrio 1:34 685 KB
22 Mining Jim Donofrio Jim Donofrio 1:26 662 KB

Credits

(Source)

Game Rip

Format

Download

Size

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The music from The Yukon Trail is located in the root install path. It's in type 1 MIDI format. It was recorded using Winamp 5. The track order comes from the ripped order. Most of the titles come from the original song names except: the Title song, the three Sailing songs, the three Hiking songs, the Dog Race song, the three Rafting songs, and the Mining song. These might be classics like the rest of the tunes, or they may be songs composed by Jim Donofrio.

Releases

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Yukon Trail - W16 - USA.jpg
Title: The Yukon Trail
Platform: Windows 16
Released: 1994-??-??
Publisher: MECC

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