Emergency (video game)
| Emergency: Fighters for Life | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer(s) | Sixteen Tons Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Director(s) | Ralph Stock |
| Producer(s) | Ralph Stock |
| Programmer(s) | Andreas Epple |
| Series | Emergency |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Emergency: Fighters for Life, also known as simply Emergency, is a tactical role-playing video game developed for Microsoft Windows in 1998. Four sequels have been released: Emergency 2, Emergency 3, Emergency 4, and Emergency 5.
Gameplay
The player receives a series of missions to complete involving the rescue of injured and endangered civilians, extinguishing fires, and arresting any violators of the law. Scenarios include: an accident at a race track, a plane crash, a flood, a traffic accident and a bomb threat, as well as scenarios based on true events such as the Ramstein air show disaster.
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 50%[3] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Computer Games Strategy Plus |    [4] |
| Computer Gaming World | [5] |
| GamePro | [6] |
| GameSpot | 4.6/10[7] |
| GameStar | 56%[8] |
| Next Generation | [9] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 45%[10] |
| PC Zone | 37%[11] |
The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3] Next Generation said, "As a whole, Emergency shows promise but has too many individual flaws to be a worthwhile purchase. The developers should be commended for an original idea, but the execution is poor. We hope they've learned from their mistakes and their next effort will be a bit more polished."[9]
References
- ^ Ocampo, Jason (June 8, 1998). "An RTS game about saving lives". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on June 27, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Emergency". WizardWorks. June 5, 1998. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ a b "Emergency: Fighters for Life for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ Royal, Anne (September 30, 1998). "Emergency! [sic]". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 29, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ Ardai, Charles (December 1998). "Emergency: Fighters for Life" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 173. Ziff Davis. p. 420. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ Hudak, Chris (1998). "Emergency: Fighters for Life Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 28, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ Poole, Stephen (September 17, 1998). "Emergency: Fighters for Life Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Emergency". GameStar (in German). Webedia. June 1998.
- ^ a b "Emergency – Fighters for Life". Next Generation. No. 48. Imagine Media. December 1998. p. 134. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Emergency: Fighters for Life". PC Gamer. Vol. 5, no. 11. Imagine Media. November 1998.
- ^ Reed, Kristan (October 1998). "Emergency". PC Zone. No. 68. Dennis Publishing. p. 106. Retrieved April 6, 2021.