History VideoGame / Emergency

** Or the crashing of a large zeppelin called ''[[{{Irony}}Hindenburg II]]''.

** Engineers: '''Purple''' (''Emergency 3'' and later)

* EmergencyServices: All three are represented, and all three are at your command. Later games include a fourth category: engineering crews who fix things, move objects with mobile cranes and bulldozers, and build pontoon bridges.

* FiremansSafetyNet: A big airbag, really, but the jump pad is used to catch people HangingByTheFingers--or about to jump from an upper-level window.

** The [[spoiler:second-to-last]] scenario in ''Emergency'' is a cat rescue. That's it. It's a puzzle, but serves as something of a BreatherLevel.

* SetSwordsToStun: Handguns cause wounds, necessitating a response from EMS. Sniper rifles cause instant death; you only get to transport the body.

''Emergency'' is a series of real-time strategy or simulation games that places the player in the shoes of an incident commander. The task at hand is to coordinate EmergencyServices--firefighters, emergency medical services, police officers, and engineering crews--to bring a quick end to various disasters and emergencies with a minimal loss of life. All games in the series have a campaign mode with a series of scenarios requiring a response to a disaster or some other such incident. Later games also include Endless Game and Challenge modes that place the player in command of local EmergencyServices and pit the player against random emergencies ranging from injured persons and pickpockets to earthquakes and major structure fires.

* GameMod: ''Emergency 3'' and ''4'' have mod tools built in. The most notable mod be the ''[[http://losangelesmod.com/ Los Angeles Mod]]'' that replaces the default units with EmergencyServices found in the Los Angeles area, and also includes a Free-Play map based on Los Angeles.

* MagicalDefibrillator: For doctors to bring patients from the brink of death, they employ defibrillators. The window in which they can be used successfully, however, is very slim; if a doctor is not on-site, the patient will almost certainly die first.

''Emergency'' is a series of real-time strategy games that places the player in the shoes of an incident commander. The task at hand is to coordinate EmergencyServices--firefighters, emergency medical services, police officers, and engineering crews--to bring a quick end to various disasters and emergencies with a minimal loss of life. All games in the series have a campaign mode with a series of scenarios requiring a response to a disaster or some other such incident. Later games also include Endless Game and Challenge modes that place the player in command of local EmergencyServices and pit the player against random emergencies ranging from injured persons and pickpockets to earthquakes and major structure fires.

* TechnicolorToxin: Anything that poses a contamination risk--including chemical, biological, and radiological contaminanats--can be visible as a green cloud.

This is a German-developed series. ''Emergency'' through ''Emergency 4'' were developed by Sixteen Tons Entertainment, starting in 1998. The most recent entry in the series, ''Emergency 2012/2013'', was developed by Quadriga Games and released in 2010. Note that ''Emergency 4'' was published by Atari in the United States as ''[[CompletelyDifferentTitle 911: First Responders]]''.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Atari's United States release of ''Emergency 4'' was renamed ''911: First Responders.''