The game includes voiceover work from Joey Lauren Adams and Steve Park, who respectively portray a nurse and a radiology technician. The medical conditions encountered by the player become more severe with each ranking. There are five rankings: medical student, intern, resident, attending physician, and chief of staff. By successfully treating patients, the player earns points that increase their ranking in hospital position. During patient exams, the player is given a time limit. The player engages in various tasks to diagnose each patient, such as taking X-rays and CT scans, and performing stool tests. The game includes over 40 different medical tools. The patients can be brought through four areas of the hospital for diagnosis: an exam room, an X-ray room, a laboratory, and a treatment center. The game includes 100 patients whose cases are divided into five levels of difficulty. In the game, the player controls a medical student who works in the emergency ward at Legacy Memorial Hospital. The game was released in January 1999, for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. Neville concluded that people who enjoy pretending to be doctors are "best advised to watch television's ER, because this Emergency Room makes you want to pull the plug." The Miami Herald stated that the game offers "a realistic experience in a hospital ER without the threat of a malpractice suit." Emergency Room 2 (1999) Įmergency Room 2 was developed and published by Legacy Interactive Inc. Ken Neville of Entertainment Weekly gave the game a "C−" and criticized its simplicity, noting the player's inability to question patients to determine their ailments. Ariella Lehrer, a cognitive psychologist and the eventual founder and chief executive officer of Legacy Interactive Inc.
The player is guided by the hospital staff, which provides advice on medical decisions. The game features 400 medical cases with various levels of severity. Procedures used to make a diagnosis include checking patients' blood pressure and pulse, and multiple-choice options are presented to the player throughout the game. Set in an emergency room at Legacy Memorial Hospital, the player takes control of a rookie medical student who reviews patients' charts and performs various procedures to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries. Video games Emergency Room (1995) Įmergency Room was developed and published by Legacy Software, and was released for DOS in 1995. 1.8 Emergency Room: Heroic Measures (2010).1.7 Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues (2009).1.4 Emergency Room: Life or Death (2000).1.3 Emergency Room: Disaster Strikes (1999).
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