Gold Rush! Classic

Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.

Gold Rush! Classic is a adventure, action and pixel graphics game developed by The Software Farm, Sunlight Games and Sierra Entertainment and published by Sunlight Games.
Released on July 25th 2014 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 404 reviews of which 290 were positive and 114 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 1.49€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.

The Steam community has classified Gold Rush! Classic into these genres:

Adventure Action Pixel Graphics Historical 1980s America Third Person Difficult Retro Singleplayer Point & Click Western 2D Anime Funny Exploration Hidden Object Hunting Classic Grand Strategy

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10
Processor: Pentium 200 MHz
Storage: 30 MB available space

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

Just finished Gold Rush. I played it back in the day (i.e. back in the 80s) and enjoyed it. This is such an 'adorable wee game'. It's a nice depiction of the era and the graphics were good for the time. The puzzles are not too hard but are challenging enough. I only won 221 points so I'll probably replay it at some point so that I can get a full win. All-in-all, very enjoyable. I love this era of Sierra games (as I have mentioned in my other reviews, once they moved away from the parsing interface and into the point-and-click controls, their games lost a lot of their appeal). Gold Rush was great. I kinda wish they had done an SCI (320x200, 16 colours) remake but, alas, no. I think with the enhanced graphics it would have added to the appeal of the game. There are sites out there that detail the differences (like this one http://forums.sierrahelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=3965) but I can't vouch for the site or anything and I'm not affiliated with it - just did a good ol' Google search and this one popped-up. Anyway, I definitely like this game with all its charming little antics. Of course, it's Sierra, so save often. One thing I will say is you are under time pressure in Brooklyn but don't miss anything out otherwise you can leave Brooklyn without some necessary items. Also, this game boasts three different ways to get to California. I booked passage through Panama Canal but there are other ways (which I have not yet played). Enjoy! :-)

Dec. 2024

10/10

Nov. 2024

If you grew up with MS-DOS it's an instant classic.

Sept. 2024

good classic

March 2024

as a dunce, i dont know much, but i do know where the gold at

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