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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not only the cheapest but the best game I have ever played, 14 Dec 2003
By A Customer
I bought this game about 6 months ago. It only cost £3 in a special deal, otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered. Boy am I glad I did! When I read the back of the case in the shop I thought it would be amusing for just the first few days, but I haven't played on anything else since. Basically you have to run hospitals, there are lots of levels and the challenges get greater as you get higher. You have to hire staff, build rooms, make waiting areas and cure as many people as you can. The first few hospitals only have about 5 illnesses to treat, but as you progress there are more illnesses so you have to build more rooms and purchase more buildings. Subsequently, you have to watch the amount of money you are earning. There are also emergencies, where several people with the same disease arrive by helicopter, and epidemics, where some of the patients catch other illnesses. If you can deal with these you get large bonuses, but if people die, you reputation will go down. The illnesses some of the patients have are hilarious - bloaty head, when your head swells to twice its normal size, - radiation, when you glow bright green and slack tongue, when your 4 ft long tongue (reminds me of Dudley in Harry Potter!) is cut off with a guillotine!
You also have operating theatres where illnesses such as Broken Heart and Spare Ribs are cured, and the pychiatrists room, where disorders such as Kings Complex (the patient turns up looking like Elvis!) and TV Personalities are cured.
To progress further you can introduce a Research Lab, where researchers find cures or improve drugs, and a Training Room, where consultants can lecture Junior Drs to help them get to a better standard, or give them the skills of surgeon, researcher or pychiatrist.
All in all, for £3, this game is great. The makers haven't forgotten anything - you can even alter the radiator temperature - and the illnesses had me giggling for ages! If there are any downsides, they would be that the music can get very annoying, and the graphics aren't brilliant, but hey, who cares. This is the best game I've ever played because it has it all - I would give it 11/10!!
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