ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
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MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Theme Hospital is a level-based hospital management simulation where players have to start on an empty building, and then assemble rooms with all kinds of material, from desks and file cabinets for the general diagnosis to the expensive ultra-scanners and x-rays to diagnose such bizarre diseases such as Bloaty Head, Slack Songue or Alien DNA, and treat them with with even more bizarre machines like an Head Inflator or a DNA fixer. There several additional rooms, such as a staff room for your employees to rest, a toilet so that patients don't have to relieve themselves in the corridors, a research department to get the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies and a training room where consultants can teach a thing or two to rookies, making them capable doctors. The size and layout of each room can be set by the player, according to the available space. In addition to rooms, the player must provide radiators, seating for patients and drink machines.

However, rooms don't run by themselves. Most diagnostic and clinics can work with regular doctors, but others like the operating theater and the research room require specialized staff while the ward, pharmacy and the fracture clinic require an attending nurse. At the same time, the hospital can't run without handymen cruising around the hospital to water up dry plants, clean up litter and vomit (after all, people go there because they are sick) and fix machines, while receptionists direct patients to the proper rooms.

As levels advance, the player faces increasingly harder situations: VIP visits, emergencies, epidemics and earthquakes, which can either take a toll on reputation or on the bank account. On the other hand, as more and more equipment is required, additional plots of land are available for purchase in later maps.

Alternate Titles

  • "Частная клиника" -- Russian title

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User Reviews

Bullfrog getting everything right Martin Smith (64028) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
well, what can you say really? Michelle Bronze Star Contributing Member (163) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
It all started like a game... Accatone (5226) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
Whimsical Aki Zeta-5 (160) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars

The Press Says

PC Games (Germany) Mar, 1997 81 out of 100 81
PC Player (Germany) Mar, 1997 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Reset Jun, 1997 7 out of 10 70

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Purchase Steroids 1 rubi mathus
Aug 11, 2007
Theme Hospital Classic 5 Dewa Indra? Bronze Star Contributing Member (13206)
Jul 26, 2007

Trivia

Bored listening the midi tunes of Theme Hospital's jukebox? You can play your own midi files by using hospmidi.exe in your installed Hospital directory under sound\midi\--Look for more information in readme file in the same directory...


This entry was contributed by karttu (4533), Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9905) and robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6380)
 

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