Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward

Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward is a time-management game in the style of Diner Dash and Cake Mania. Players take the role of a newly graduated male or female nurse beginning work as the only nurse on call in a small ward in Maryville.

Patients must be taken to triage and diagnosis before receiving the appropriate treatment. With limited equipment and a steady flow of in-patients, players must balance treatments, prescriptions, clean-up, and patient satisfaction. Overusing or leaving a Quick Treatment bed unchanged can prevent other patients from receiving care, while too many angry patients can cost money and end the attempt.

Hospital Management

• Add new medical equipment sets to increase treatment capacity.
• Send patients without an available treatment to another center by ambulance.
• Buy items that help keep in-patients happy for longer.
• Change the color of the nurse's work uniform.

Later multi-floored levels demand careful spending and efficient organization to treat as many patients as possible. A short tutorial introduces the core hospital routines before the challenge increases.

Platform Versions

The gameplay is virtually the same across Nintendo DS, PC, and Wii, with no platform-specific mechanics. The PC and Wii versions use rendered 3D visuals, while the DS version uses pixel-art-style 2D graphics. Music, sound effects, and some treatment machines differ between the handheld and other versions. Controls use the DS stylus, Wii Remote, or mouse.

Release date: June 16, 2009. Developed by Gameinvest and published by O-Games.