Serious Game Classification

Matchbox: Emergency Patrol Lucky Chicken Games (U.S.A.), Mattel Interactive (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


Matchbox: Emergency Patrol A children's driving adventure game. Players will drive fire engines and police cars to protect the citizens of Matchbox city. The game is based in a city that has 5 distinctive parts connected by a freeway system. As the player successfully completes missions they are promoted to new ranks as firemen and police and given larger areas of the city to be responsible for. There are multiple mission types for each vehicle. There are two separate control schemes designed to make the title playable for young children while still remaining challenging for older gamers. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : GameBoy Color (GBC)

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