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Now here's an original game
called life and death where you play as a doctor working in a hospital who's
specialized in abdominal problems. You'll have to check out patients who
come into the hospital with problems and try to figure out what's wrong
with them by looking at the simptons and examining them. If you diagnose
it correctly you're ok but get it wrong and the patient might nog survive
because of you!
You start the game by entering your name and going to the classroom where
you will get some basic intructions and then you are directed by the nurse
to your first patient. The first thing to do is check his or her medical
chart to see what problems the patient has suffered which might give you
some clues. You'll also have to check the patient's abdominal area and see
where it hurts to get some information about the patient's condition. Based
on both of these you will have to recommend a treatment ranging from simply
keeping the patient for observation to a fullblown operation. Make the wrong
choice and the patient might have to pay with their lives after which you
are given instructions on what you did wrong and what you should have done.
Apparently there's no penalty involved for you but remember this is this
a game. You'll have to memorize the kind of simptons to look for in other
patients to become better at diagnosing patients.
At the time of release this game was unique in it's kind as far as I know and I give credit to the developers for making such a game instead of the usual platformers or other standard games. I have never seen the manual so I don't know if it helps you identify simptons but without it you have to learn by trial and error. The ultimate goal is to complete the operating sequence which requires that you follow correct procedures like giving anesthetics BEFORE you start operating and stitching up after you are done. There was also a sequel made that focussed on the brain and that gave you the option of operating on someone who only had a simple headache, that's nasty! I doubt you'll be able to learn much from the game and it should not be viewed as realistic but if you play it I bet you'll think twice before going to a hospital so be warned before playing it. :)
Overal rating: 7/10
Erde Kaiser
Life and death was released for two different systems here are some notes:
| Amiga |
Released
in 1988.
Game has been tested but not completed with winUAE v0.9.91.
Graphics are improved from the DOS version and it has some sound effects. |
| DOS |
Released
in 1988.
Game has been tested but not completed on a DOS and Win2k PC.
Works ok under windows. There can be a weird problem starting a game
using an excisting doctor where the mouse stops working, if you start
a new one this doesn't happen though. |
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Date added |
Apr-19-2005 19:41 |
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Life and death |
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The software toolworks
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The software toolworks
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First released |
1988 |
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Misc
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Download |
Commodore Amiga, filesize: 660 Kb
MS-DOS, filesize: 443 Kb
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Manual |
No manual available
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Solve / Docs |
No solve available
No extra docs available |
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