<s>
Emergency	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
simulation	O
video	O
games	O
by	O
German	O
developer	O
Sixteen	O
Tons	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
Ralph	O
Stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
emergency	B-Application
services	O
—	O
namely	O
police	O
,	O
fire	O
,	O
emergency	B-Application
medical	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
technical	O
services	O
—	O
and	O
command	O
operations	O
to	O
handle	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
emergencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
:	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
for	I-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
TopWare	O
Interactive	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
for	I-Application
Life	I-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Take-Two	O
would	O
also	O
publish	O
Emergency	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
Life	I-Application
in	O
2005	O
and	O
Emergency	B-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
Global	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
for	I-Application
Life	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2010	O
,	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
has	O
controlled	O
publishing	O
operations	O
of	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
series	O
and	O
its	O
spin-offs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Missions	O
in	O
Emergency	B-Application
usually	O
start	O
off	O
with	O
a	O
short	O
cinematic	O
cutscene	O
to	O
familiarize	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
the	O
situation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
missions	O
(	O
renamed	O
events	O
)	O
take	O
on	O
a	O
different	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
all	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
and	O
spin-off	O
series	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
offline	O
and	O
in	O
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
cooperative	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
is	O
also	O
supported	O
since	O
Emergency	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
HQ	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
continuous	O
internet	O
connection	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
usual	O
for	O
multiplayer	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
HQ	O
lacks	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
instead	O
having	O
clan-like	O
rescue	O
alliances	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
communicate	O
via	O
in-game	O
chat	B-Protocol
and	O
help	O
each	O
other	O
by	O
loaning	O
units	O
for	O
their	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Emergency	B-Application
games	O
are	O
set	O
in	O
present-day	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
:	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
for	I-Application
Life	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
:	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
for	I-Application
Life	I-Application
became	O
the	O
headstone	O
of	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
series	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
world	O
for	O
the	O
modding	O
community	O
and	O
a	O
long-term	O
franchise	O
for	O
Sixteen	O
Tons	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
for	I-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
campaign	O
with	O
25	O
scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
emergency	B-Application
vehicles	O
has	O
increased	O
to	O
over	O
25	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
engine	O
and	O
visual	O
style	O
have	O
been	O
revised	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
the	O
emergency	B-Application
units	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
move	O
within	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
July	O
2003	O
,	O
a	O
deluxe	O
edition	O
of	O
Emergency	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
two	O
new	O
missions	O
and	O
voice	B-Application
control	I-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
as	O
Emergency	B-Application
3	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
this	O
installment	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
3D	O
engine	O
and	O
a	O
movable	O
camera	O
angle	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
2D	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
there	O
are	O
20	O
new	O
missions	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
two	O
new	O
game-modes	O
;	O
Endless	O
and	O
Challenge	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
handles	O
an	O
infinite	O
amount	O
of	O
everyday	O
emergency	B-Application
situations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Emergency	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
players	O
can	O
use	O
deploy	O
more	O
than	O
25	O
different	O
rescue	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
divided	O
into	O
police	O
,	O
fire	O
and	O
emergency	B-Application
medical	O
services	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
3	I-Application
introduced	O
technical	O
forces	O
,	O
geared	O
to	O
handle	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
miscellaneous	O
issues	O
formerly	O
resolved	O
by	O
other	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
3	I-Application
also	O
introduces	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
use	O
an	O
editor	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
inspired	O
a	O
growing	O
modding	O
community	O
to	O
create	O
modifications	O
based	O
on	O
different	O
cities	O
and	O
countries	O
emergency	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
as	O
911	B-Application
:	I-Application
First	I-Application
Responders	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
released	O
April	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
campaign	O
now	O
feature	O
mandatory	O
interludes	O
and	O
objectives	O
before	O
players	O
can	O
proceed	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
large-scale	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
series	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
cooperative	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
join	O
online	O
lobbies	O
where	O
the	O
host	O
decides	O
either	O
online	O
free-play	O
or	O
missions	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Emergency	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
players	O
also	O
have	O
the	O
opportunity	O
not	O
only	O
to	O
play	O
campaign	O
mode	O
but	O
also	O
in	O
a	O
free-play	O
mode	O
to	O
play	O
and	O
to	O
achieve	O
high	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
Global	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
for	I-Application
Life	I-Application
contains	O
20	O
missions	O
and	O
the	O
Endless	O
and	O
Challenge	O
free	O
play	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
use	O
over	O
25	O
emergency	B-Application
vehicles	O
plus	O
varieties	O
of	O
rescue	O
personnel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
abilities	O
of	O
the	O
TEC	O
forces	O
have	O
been	O
extended	O
since	O
their	O
addition	O
in	O
Emergency	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
fire	O
department	O
bulldozers	O
have	O
returned	O
from	O
Emergency	B-Application
2	I-Application
as	O
Tech	O
wheel	O
loaders	O
for	O
obstacle	O
removal	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
new	O
recovery	O
helicopter	O
and	O
its	O
winch	O
allows	O
engineers	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
rescue	O
people	O
in	O
unreachable	O
,	O
grounded	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Games	O
June	O
6	O
-	O
65%	O
"	O
Emergency	B-Application
4	I-Application
attracts	O
Fire	O
Department	O
3	O
past	O
-	O
but	O
just	O
barely.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
series	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Innovating	O
on	O
the	O
campaign	O
missions	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
mixes	O
both	O
campaign	O
and	O
free	O
mode	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
fluid	O
and	O
atmospheric	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
performance	O
problems	O
at	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
drastically	O
changed	O
″Emergency	O
World	O
Builder″	O
(	O
the	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
previous	O
mod	O
editor	O
)	O
,	O
several	O
mod	O
creators	O
refused	O
to	O
move	O
over	O
from	O
Emergency	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
modding	O
is	O
explored	O
in	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
the	O
expected	O
level	O
of	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
German	O
and	O
English	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
has	O
been	O
translated	O
into	O
French	O
,	O
Italian	O
and	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
graphics	O
engine	O
built	O
upon	O
OGRE	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
to	O
replace	O
its	O
predecessor	O
's	O
,	O
aimed	O
to	O
add	O
more	O
detail	O
and	O
create	O
a	O
more	O
realistic	O
atmosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
theme	O
of	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Benny	O
Oschmann	O
from	O
Dynamedion	O
,	O
a	O
German	O
music	O
composition	O
and	O
production	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
almost	O
all	O
previous	O
Emergency	B-Application
titles	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
one	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Emergency	B-Application
Police	O
)	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
current	O
patches	O
for	O
Emergency	B-Application
20	O
,	O
this	O
collection	O
offers	O
nothing	O
new	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
Police	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
graphics	O
and	O
controls	O
like	O
Emergency	B-Application
-	O
Fighters	O
for	O
Life	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
new	O
unit	O
,	O
the	O
SWAT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
than	O
Emergency	B-Application
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
Police	O
only	O
contains	O
police	O
missions	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
hostage	O
situations	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gamestar	O
rated	O
Emergency	B-Application
Police	O
with	O
48%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
2012	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
installment	O
of	O
a	O
spin-off	O
series	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Quadriga	O
Games	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
Trinigy	O
's	O
Vision	O
Engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
2013	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
spin-off	O
series	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Quadriga	O
Games	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
Emergency	B-Application
2012	O
and	O
will	O
add	O
four	O
new	O
campaign	O
missions	O
focusing	O
on	O
volcanic	O
disasters	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
freeplay	O
map	O
and	O
new	O
missions	O
to	O
owners	O
of	O
Emergency	B-Application
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
controversial	O
it	O
was	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
20XX	O
games	O
were	O
not	O
primarily	O
aimed	O
at	O
die-hard	O
Emergency	B-Application
fans	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
to	O
draw	O
new	O
players	O
into	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
graphics	O
engine	O
to	O
its	O
peak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
2014	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
and	O
final	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
spin-off	O
series	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Quadriga	O
Games	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
second	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
Emergency	B-Application
2012	O
focusing	O
on	O
meteor	O
disasters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Emergency	B-Application
2013	O
it	O
features	O
4	O
new	O
campaign	O
missions	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
larger	O
freeplay	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
3	O
new	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
2014	O
was	O
released	O
15	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
containing	O
several	O
new	O
vehicles	O
,	O
5	O
new	O
missions	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
medieval	O
mission	O
featuring	O
plague	O
doctors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
new	O
mechanics	O
are	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
police	O
officers	O
are	O
equipped	O
with	O
pistols	O
unlike	O
the	O
original	O
Emergency	B-Application
5	I-Application
version	O
,	O
which	O
limited	O
this	O
firearm	O
to	O
be	O
exclusively	O
for	O
SWAT	O
operatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
2017	O
is	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Emergency	B-Application
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
2016	O
campaign	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
campaign	O
,	O
again	O
starting	O
in	O
the	O
Middle	O
Ages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
20	O
is	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
Emergency	B-Application
2017	O
and	O
additionally	O
recreates	O
10	O
missions	O
from	O
the	O
early	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
celebrate	O
20	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
an	O
Emergency	B-Application
port	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
named	O
Emergency	B-Application
DS	B-Device
was	O
published	O
by	O
Rondomedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
five	O
scenarios	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
four	O
missions	O
–	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
known	O
from	O
earlier	O
Emergency	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
DS	B-Device
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
German	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Award	O
(	O
DCP	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
"	O
Best	O
Mobile	B-Application
Game	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Emergency	B-Application
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
18	O
different	O
units	O
of	O
firefighters	O
,	O
ambulance	O
,	O
police	O
and	O
technical	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
13	O
different	O
catastrophe	O
scenarios	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
for	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iOS	I-Operating_System
and	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Golem.de	O
the	O
iPad-Version	O
of	O
Emergency	B-Application
is	O
recommendable	O
,	O
not	O
only	O
for	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
pc	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
for	O
iPad	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
German	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
HQ	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Free-to-play-Spin-Off	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Pocket	O
PC-magazine	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
HQ	O
is	O
a	O
successful	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Emergency	B-Application
game	O
principle	O
:	O
“	O
In	O
conclusion	O
:	O
a	O
strong	O
classic	O
re-issued	O
for	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
market	I-Application
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
has	O
become	O
the	O
best	O
known	O
title	O
by	O
Sixteen	O
Tons	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
HQ	O
alone	O
has	O
more	O
than	O
1,000,000	O
downloads	O
in	O
the	O
Playstore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emergency	B-Application
DS	B-Device
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
2012	O
and	O
Emergency	B-Application
iPad	O
have	O
been	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
German	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
has	O
an	O
active	O
modding	O
community	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Emergency	B-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
″not	O
for	O
everyone	O
,	O
"	O
critics	O
praise	O
the	O
unusual	O
setting	O
and	O
love	O
for	O
detail	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Feuerwehr-Magazin	O
,	O
a	O
German	O
magazine	O
for	O
firefighters	O
,	O
Emergency	B-Application
is	O
still	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
firefighting	O
games	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
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