Emergency Rescue: Firefighters

by Atari

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00004T004
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 2 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 19, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,689 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but could be much better, April 25, 2000

By 

John G (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emergency Rescue: Firefighters (CD-ROM)

If you were looking for large improvements over Emergency: Fighters for Life, you won't get it. There is no pre-incident scenario, so you always have the same fire engine and ambulance at every scene. I would have liked to have had a few stations with different apparatus that you could choose. Then when playing, there are several problems. The firefighters can't multitask, so you have to constantly tell each of them what to do. Then they get tangled up in eachother, walls and other objects. So, you think they are doing something, when in fact, they are just running around in circles. Then, you can't bring hoselines into a building, you have to use backpacks. That's a bit ridiculous. If they wanted to make the game more realistic, they could have had a drop in hydrant pressure for multiple hose lines or something. Airpacks instead of water backpacks would have been more realistic. The graphics are good and the game does have an element of fun to it. But from a firefighters point of view, the game is disapointing.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total waste for anyone under 13, October 18, 2000

By 

Aaron Sturtevant (US Army Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emergency Rescue: Firefighters (CD-ROM)

I managed to beat the game on all three dificulty levels in the span of a couple of hours. I felt like it was the biggest waste of my money on a sim that I have made in years. Many of the functions such as shovelers are a total waste of time as the fire will either be put out or spread before they are of use on the one mission they can be used on. Moving the firefighters inside of a building is a nightmare and it is almost impossible at times to finish a mission as you can not get to the person to rescue. Hose teams can only be used out doors and there are hardly any fires outdoors. Indoors you have fire extinguishers. Not realistic might be engaging to an 11 year old or less other wise save up for something better.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Trouble getting started, June 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Emergency Rescue: Firefighters (CD-ROM)

I found this game very neat, but after a long run of trial and error. It took me hours to install, too many link, etc. In all, a good game.