ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
80
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

Starts fun, then gets too hard to enjoy kvn8907 (168) 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars
"Doctor required in inflator room..." Paul Varley (13) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Very simple, but still highly addictive! Reborn_Demon (124) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
One of the best management sims out there Mike Hanson (213) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
This one is a great game. Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4476) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
Great Game Play...annoying sounds Horny-Bullant (59) 3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars

The Press Says

Playback Feb, 2006 9 out of 10 90
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Apr, 1997 90 out of 100 90
Privat Computer PC 1997 89 out of 100 89
Jeuxvideo.com Sep 17, 2009 17 out of 20 85
Coming Soon Magazine May 16, 1997 82 out of 100 82
PC Player (Germany) Apr, 1997 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Edge Apr, 1997 8 out of 10 80
JeuxVideoPC.com Aug 22, 2006 15 out of 20 75
GameSpot Apr 17, 1997 5.5 out of 10 55

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Purchase Steroids 1 rubi mathus
Aug 11, 2007
Theme Hospital Classic 5 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (13163)
Jul 26, 2007

Trivia

Also located in the introduction video was a Eurocorp agent from Bullfrog's Syndicate series who found himself at the business end of a minigun.


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9910) and robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6345)
 

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