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LGR - SimHealth - DOS PC Game Review

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Unlike Bullfrog's Theme Hospital, SimHealth is not a fondly-remembered, fun and lighthearted game. No, SimHealth is a Maxis simulation that is forgotten, bland and rather serious. But that hasn't stopped me from taking an odd interest in the title...

Watch the higher-quality version here:
http://blip.tv/file/4897998

For much more information on SimHealth, see my research on the title here:
http://wp.me/p1kIju-3q

20 Comments

@Redem10 11 years ago

They should have been a disaster option, I mean I want to see if my healthcare system can withstand an ebola outbreak

@therealdavidcage4761 10 years ago

The gaming equivalent of Shredded Wheat.

@Schalkespaniel 11 years ago

As an economics and politics nerd I would have loved this as a kid, especially during the 1992 election when I was 10; however I just know that somewhere out there some kid's parents just randomly picked a Maxis game out of the catalogue and it was a very sad, sobre Christmas that year.

@icecreamsamwich 10 years ago

because everybody wants to be a politician when they get in a car crash!

@parker_aug2 9 years ago

Even the box art looks boring... looks like office software.

@007bistromath 11 years ago

"You're probably going to go into the red anyways, and as long as you have the chips and keep getting re-elected, just keep passing legislation and hope the populace endures."

Unintentional social commentary. :|

@TheCephalon 9 years ago

That is probabaly the most boring box I have ever seen for a video game. It looks like a documentary

@ThePiones 11 years ago

where the hell are these games nowadays

@Jolis_Parsec 7 years ago

And to think I actually wanted to play this when I was a child...

Thankfully my parents knew better and got me SimCopter instead since I would have never experienced the joys of turning into a dog and running at speeds faster than Sonic the Hedgehog after chugging a couple cans of Monster energy drinks otherwise. 😆

@magicstix0r 10 years ago

It's like CSPAN, the game.

@ianism3 5 years ago

that PC Gamer quote on the box though: "If you're confused - or dead certain - about how the US should solve its heath care crisis, you'll have a blast with this program."
notice how they refrain from calling it a game? lmao

@k-leb4671 10 years ago (edited)

Alright guys, let's open the next Awesome Games Done Quick with a speed-run of SimHealth!

@jackmcslay 11 years ago

So wait... An economics simulator focused at healthcare that ends on 2008? screw 9/11 foreshadowing, this is the wicked shit right here!

@yurinenduzi 8 years ago

We'll never had another developer like Maxis, their titles were perfect at the time.

@giselletorres4156 4 years ago

Oh goodness imagine if they remade this game during the pandemic.

@elaxter 10 years ago

There needs to be more games like this, except make them more enjoyable of course.

@Daniel28021991 10 years ago

Lol the wrack is on fire for 16 years.

@seththebeatmxchine 2 years ago

Even 12 years ago this dude's production value was there! We love you Clint! I just realized I need to go and watch this year's Christmas episodes, I'm pretty much mindless idiot that only lives in the recommended section these days. Thanks so much for all your hard work.

@meatbyproducts 9 years ago

I had the "silver" version. It was given to me... man was it boring.

@mustachesally4134 3 months ago

So, back in the 90s, they made this in the 90s to have young adults and kids learn and see about how the healthcare system works so that it also teaches them a career in healthcare - and also see how it crumbles but see how it stills hangs on