Packy and Marlon

Packy & Marlon

Cover art
Developer(s) WaveQuest[1]
Publisher(s) Raya Systems[1]
Platform(s) SNES
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Educational, platformer
Mode(s) Single-player

Packy & Marlon is an educational platform video game developed by WaveQuest and published by Raya Systems for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was designed to improve self-care behavior in children with juvenile diabetes. The game achieved some success with treatment groups.[2] It is a part of educational video game series from Raya that includes Captain Novolin, Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon and Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus.

Gameplay

A gang of rats has invaded Camp Wa-kee, and stolen the food and medical supplies, hiding them in different areas of the Camp. As such, Packy and Marlon, two diabetic elephants, are tasked with retrieving the stolen goods and clearing out the malicious rodents, while also remembering to take their insulin and check their blood glucose. At the end of the game they face the evil bosses Veets and Yebur of the Lunch Room Crew.

Health study

A six-month study undertaken in 1997 on behalf of Click Health by researchers at Stanford University's Medical Center on 59 diabetic children ages 8 to 16 found that, after playing the game, the children were four times less likely to require urgent care visits than children who had played other games.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Packy & Marlon". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Click Health to Debut Packy & Marlon CD-ROM for Juvenile Diabetes at American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting". Business Wire. October 12, 1998.
  3. ↑ "Managing Ailments Through Video Games". The New York Times. April 6, 1999. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
  4. ↑ Brown et al. (1997). "Educational video game for juvenile diabetes: results of a controlled trial". Medical Informatics 22, 77-89.
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