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Games

SimHealth

57

Community score

19 ratings

1994

Genresbusiness simulation game
PlatformsDOSMS-DOS

Category averages

Gameplay54
Fun55
Sound56
Technical59
Visuals56
Storytelling62
Category averages — Gameplay 54, Fun 55, Sound 56, Technical 59, Visuals 56, Storytelling 62Gameplay 54Fun 55Sound 56Technical 59Visuals 56Storytelling 62

Time to beat

Main story
61.5 h9 reports
Main + extras
92.5 h3 reports
Completionist
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Synopsis

SimHealth: The National Health Care Simulation is a management simulation video game developed by Thinking Tools and published by Maxis in 1994 for MS-DOS with assistance from the Markle Foundation. It is a simulation of the United States healthcare system. The game was released during congressional debates on the Clinton health care plan. Due to the complexity of the game, SimHealth was seen as being very difficult. Armed with none of the tongue-in-cheek humor that Maxis' prior games were known for, the only real link to the franchise was the SimCity 2000-inspired user interface. The game was seen as more serious than other Maxis games. Noel Fritzinger, who with Lyman Orton first conceptualized CommunityViz, says that his inspiration came from seeing SimHealth and wondering if the same concepts could be applied to real-world land-use planning.

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Details

Type
Game
Release date
January 1, 1994
Genres
business simulation game
Platforms
DOS, MS-DOS
Countries
United States