SimHealth: The National Health Care Simulation is a computer simulation game created by Thinking Tools and released by Maxis in 1994 as part of the promotion of US President Bill Clinton 's plan for US health care reform [1] . The game is developed only for the DOS operating system. The player must control and develop the US healthcare system.
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| Developers | Thinking tools |
| Publisher | Maxis |
| Date of issue | 1994 |
| Genre | life simulator |
| Creators | |
| Game designer | John hills |
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| Platforms | Dos |
| Game mode | single user |
| Carrier | CD |
| Control | keyboard and mouse |
Content
Gameplay
The game begins by highlighting the US President’s health care reform plan. The player’s health care system, which is in a state of crisis, falls under the player’s control, the player can introduce the proposed reforms or try to implement his ideas. The healthcare simulator is close to maximum realism, which makes the game extremely difficult, given that minor miscalculations can lead to the collapse of healthcare. The scene is a finished city that looks like Washington .
Criticism
Entertainment Weekly magazine critic Benjamin Svetka praised C- for the game, noting that the game was incredibly complex and boring. In a few hours of playing SimHealth, a player must do something that even Hillary Clinton could not do - to create an ideal healthcare system [2] . Barry Brenesal from the American magazine pointed out that the game itself is very serious, but at first glance it seems to be similar to SimCity 2000 [3] .
Notes
- ↑ SimHealth (DOS) . Date of treatment November 9, 2014. Archived November 9, 2014.
- ↑ SimEarth Review | News Reviews and News | Ew.com
- ↑ SimHealth. (Maxis) (Software Review) (Games) (Evaluation) (link not available) . Date of treatment November 9, 2014. Archived March 28, 2015.
Links
- SimHealth at GameFAQs