Serious Game Classification

Rescue Heroes: Hurricane Havoc Knowledge Adventure (U.S.A.), Knowledge Adventure (U.S.A.), 2001  

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Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Advergame)

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Marketing & Communication message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Advertising

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

Similar games


Rescue Heroes: Hurricane Havoc Rescue Heroes: Hurricane Havoc trains the player to help the Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes in their rescue operations by simulating post-tropical storm rescue and recovery missions in the city of Metro Bay. After being introduced to the team and briefed on the nature of hurricanes, the player can select among 5 training missions:Save The Pets: This is a 2-part mission with Billy Blazes. The first part involves aiming the fire truck's water cannon at the various windows of a tall building to extinguish fires. The second part is to enter the pet hospital in the doused building and send all of the animals down a chute to their rescue.

Roadblock Buster: Jake Justice trains you to ride a powerful motorcycle equipped with a device that destroys roadblocks. Ride around the maze of city streets, clearing debris that landed due to the hurricane.

Building Breakthrough: Pair up with Jack Hammer who trains you to use his jackhammer. Start at the top floor of a 5-story art and natural history museum, excavate down to the various floors and then use a grappling arm to remove the exhibits up, away from the rising waters.

Flood Runner: Assume the role of either Gil Gripper or his porpoise side kick to ride through the waters of town, avoid obstacles, and rescue people.

Helicopter Heroics: Assist Wendy Waters in her helicopter, dumping water of fires and lowering the harness to rescue people.At the completion of each training mission, the player receives a printable badge.

Additionally, Hurricane Havoc provides a "Gear Up" activity which allows the player to customize their own Rescue Hero's outfit and print it out. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Macintosh - PC (Windows)

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