History Main / DisasterReliefGame

* Creator/{{Jaleco}}'s ''The Ignition Factor'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo placed you in the role of a firefighter who must battle fires and rescue trapped people inside. You gotta race against the clock before the fires overwhelm the area or you run out of oxygen, and you gotta be prepared for different types of fires, like chemical and electric.

* ''VideoGame/BombSquad'' on UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} had the player racing against the clock to defuse circuit boards of a bomb in order to spell out the numeric code needed to shut it off. Screwing up could make the timer run faster or blow up the bomb, depending on the type of the mistake and the [[NintendoHard difficulty level]].

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* ''Videogame/BlastCorps'' has the player clearing the way for two leaking nuclear missiles on a transporter heading directly for the disposal site in a straight line so the player has to level buildings and clear other obstacles to avoid the transporter crashing and the missiles exploding.
* The ''Videogame/{{Emergency}}'' series of real time strategy games pits players against any number of disasters, requiring them to use police, fire, medical, or other kinds of emergency units to resolve the crisis.

* ''Videogame/TheBigOne'': As a mayor of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, you need to restore the city to order after a destructive earthquake, managing fire engines and work crews to restore safety and peace (and keep your popularity ratings high).
* The UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} game ''Bomb Squad'' had the player racing against the clock to defuse circuit boards of a bomb in order to spell out the numeric code needed to shut it off. Screwing up could make the timer run faster or blow up the bomb, depending on the type of the mistake and the [[NintendoHard difficulty level]].
* ''Microsurgeon'' was another game where you controlled robotic probes inside a patient to destroy emerging tumors, cholesterol deposits, bacteria invasion, and intestinal parasites. It was designed as a two player game where one player controlled the probe and the other shot medication.

A major disaster, whether natural or man-made, presents a situation at least just as tense and dangerous as combat, but instead of sentient enemies, the players are opposed by a faceless destructive force (like a fire, a disease, or even a [[HordeOfAlienLocusts flood of mindless creatures]]), which has the UsefulNotes/MurphysLaw and the RandomNumberGod on its side. The mechanics for spreading disaster often involve randomly localized outbreaks and cascading spread, where every seemingly minor event can trigger a deadly chain reaction.

A major disaster, whether natural or man-made, presents a situation at least just as tense and dangerous as combat, but instead of sentient enemies, the players are opposed by a faceless destructive force (like a fire, a disease, or even a [[HordeOfAlienLocusts flood of mindless creatures]]), which has the MurphysLaw and the RandomNumberGod on its side. The mechanics for spreading disaster often involve randomly localized outbreaks and cascading spread, where every seemingly minor event can trigger a deadly chain reaction.

* In the independently developed game named ''VideoGame/McPixel'', you need to prevent large explosions using InsaneTrollLogic. It is a HiddenObjectGame made with StylisticSuck to resemble old 8-bit and DOS games and obviously an homage/AffectionateParody on ''Series/MacGyver''.

* The player's goal in ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}'' is to help a quarantined town survive a mysterious disease. Unfortunately, the three potential player characters methods mean that they are unwilling to work together to cure the Sand Pest, all of the authority figures of the town are using the plague as an opportunity to usurp power from one another, and the town's spiritual leader and the town doctor who previously cured an outbreak are victims One and Two respectively of the outbreak. [[spoiler:By the end of the game, the plague has a four figure body count and the three solutions each involve a sacrifice of some kind]]

* The player's goal in ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}'' is to help a quarantined town survive a mysterious disease. Too bad you can't save everyone.

* Creator/{{Jaleco}}'s ''The Ignition Factor'' for the SuperNintendo placed you in the role of a firefighter who must battle fires and rescue trapped people inside. You gotta race against the clock before the fires overwhelm the area or you run out of oxygen, and you gotta be prepared for different types of fires, like chemical and electric.

* The UsefulNotes\{Intellivision}} game ''Bomb Squad'' had the player racing against the clock to defuse circuit boards of a bomb in order to spell out the numeric code needed to shut it off. Screwing up could make the timer run faster or blow up the bomb, depending on the type of the mistake and the [[NintendoHard difficulty level]].

* The {{Intellivision}} game ''Bomb Squad'' had the player racing against the clock to defuse circuit boards of a bomb in order to spell out the numeric code needed to shut it off. Screwing up could make the timer run faster or blow up the bomb, depending on the type of the mistake and the [[NintendoHard difficulty level]].