Emergency Call Ambulance
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Emergency Call Ambulance is an arcade game released in 1999 by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

. It is a single-player game, and the controls are made up of a steering wheel
Steering wheel
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, gearshift, and gas and brake pedals. The game has been noted for being exceptionally hard. There are two forms of gameplay: Automatic Transmission
Automatic transmission
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 and Manual Transmission
Manual transmission
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.

Gameplay

In the game, you take the role of a Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 Paramedic
Paramedic
A paramedic is a healthcare professional that works in emergency medical situations. Paramedics provide advanced levels of care for medical emergencies and trauma. The majority of paramedics are based in the field in ambulances, emergency response vehicles, or in specialist mobile units such as...

, trying to save several people, and take them to the nearby hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

, driving in your ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...

. The first victim is a ten-year-old child named Jack. His families station wagon was in a collision with a tanker truck. The second victim is a 35-year-old Chicago Police officer
Police officer
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 named Edward, who has been shot by a gang (who somewhat resemble Yakuza
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...

), with a rocket launcher
Shoulder-launched missile weapon
A shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile or man-portable missile is a projectile fired at a target, small enough to be carried by a single person, and fired while held on one's shoulder...

. The third victim is a 23-year-old woman named Kate. The hotel she and her partner were staying at has caught fire, and to make matters worse, she's pregnant (It is revealed in the ending that she was carrying triplets
Multiple birth
A multiple birth occurs when more than one fetus is carried to term in a single pregnancy. Different names for multiple births are used, depending on the number of offspring. Common multiples are two and three, known as twins and triplets...

). The final mission is to rescue the president
President
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 of an unspecified country (although he has a Russian
Russian language
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 name, and looks Asian). His name is Gregorio Tavaresky, and is 48. His airliner
Airliner
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 has crashed into Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
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, and you need to save him. If you beat the 4 levels, the ending of the game shows you and your partner receiving an award for your actions, and the 4 victims you saved are in the audience.

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