Outbreak! Top 10 Video Game Pandemics

May 06, 2009 | By: Adam Swiderski

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Stop freaking out over Swine Flu. That's nothing compared to the plagues, dysentery and viruses have been infecting gamers for years.

Dysentery

Many of you young whippersnappers might not have been around to play Oregon Trail, the educational title that brought gaming to classrooms across America in 1971 (and recently re-introduced to iPhone/iPod Touch), but trust us: It was a harrowing experience. Your virtual settlers could fall prey to any number of ailments, attacks and pitfalls, but perhaps the worst was dysentery, the digestive disease that was, it seemed, inevitable on that long journey west. Sure, it won't turn you into a zombie, but anyone who experienced this game knew the icy chill that came with receiving word that one of your settlers had succumbed to it.

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triforcegirl95 at 3:59 pm on May 15th 2009

this list was funny, i even tried to gross my sister and her friend with the picture of the messed up person on image something. best list ever. i even thick we played oregon trial last year....

bookieworm814 at 12:57 pm on May 10th 2009

lol i love playing Oregon Trail in school

ismellikepikkles at 3:29 pm on May 9th 2009

lol... corrupted blood...

ahomelesshomie at 9:17 pm on May 7th 2009

i love Oregon trail, i played it in school last year!, and my older siblings played at home

hotpepperfrank at 6:02 pm on May 7th 2009

YES OKAMI IS AWESOME. IT'S SO MUCH FUN! I played Oregon Trail once, but I never made it out of town :)

robynxrockstar at 4:12 pm on May 7th 2009

t-virus ftw.

teachthetutor6 at 1:44 pm on May 7th 2009

Jedediahjl do you have any idea how LONG it takes to spell check a paragraph?

jedediahjl at 12:43 am on May 7th 2009

wow, they need to work on the language filter

jedediahjl at 12:41 am on May 7th 2009

oh my god I remember playing oregon trail in grade school. It was great. But there was another game I liked more called Dino Park Ty****. My teacher even let me pirate it!