‘Nurse, the joypad!’: the eight greatest medical video games
Summary
This article reviews eight notable medical-themed video games created over the last 40 years. These games range from early interactive surgery simulations to hospital management and psychological thriller games.Key Facts
- Microsurgeon (1982) puts players inside a patient's bloodstream to fight diseases, inspired by the movie Fantastic Voyage.
- Life & Death (1988) is a realistic surgery simulator that requires diagnosing patients and conducting operations.
- Sanitarium (1998) is a psychological thriller set in an abandoned asylum featuring playable hallucinations.
- Emergency Call Ambulance (1999) is an arcade game where players rush ill passengers to the hospital without crashing.
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005) uses touchscreen controls for surgery in a futuristic hospital setting.
- Surgeon Simulator (2013) features intentionally difficult controls to simulate chaotic surgeries humorously.
- Project Hospital (2018) focuses on managing a hospital and patient care.
- These games showcase different approaches to medical gameplay, from realism to humor and story-driven experiences.
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