Life & Death

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title = Life & Death


developer = Jake Smith & Don Laabs (Atari ST & Amiga conversions by Simon Beal)
publisher = The Software Toolworks
distributor = The Software Toolworks
designer = Myo Thant
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released = 1988
genre = Simulation
modes = Single player
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platforms = Mac OS, DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIgs
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"Life & Death" is a computer game published in 1988 by The Software Toolworks. It is one of the few realistic medical computer games ever released. In the role of a resident abdominal surgeon at fictional hospital Toolworks General, the player must diagnose and treat a variety of maladies including kidney stones, arthritis, appendicitis, and aneuritic aorta. The last two require the player to perform surgery (see screenshot).

A sequel, "", was published in 1990. In this game, the player is a neurosurgeon.

Trivia

* The original game included a surgeon's mask and two latex gloves.
* The four "surgeons" pictured on the box cover are Software Toolworks employees, but none of whom worked on the game (Unknown, Gina Freidlander, Steve Cox, Glenn Wichman).
* The primary surgery programmer, Jake Smith, is pictured on the back of the box grasping for a brain behind surgical screen.
* The Toolworks General concept and "beeper" copy protection was primarily conceived and executed by Don Laabs (also creator of Cribbage and Gin King)

Awards

"Life & Death" was nominated for Software Publishers Association (SPA) awards in the following categories:
* Best Game
* Best Simulation
* Best Use of Technology

External links

* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/life-death Life & Death] at MobyGames