Dr. Kildare (video game)

Dr. Kildare is a 1978 platforming game developed and published by Gaming Game under license from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (then current owners of the Dr. Kildare film and TV shows, before the license was transferred to Turner Entertainment Co. in 1986 and then to Warner Bros. in 1996) and it was released in 1978 for the Atari 2600 and the Arcades in North America, then in 1981 in Europe and then in 1983 in Japan.

Story
This is the life and tragic of medical intern Dr. Kilare, working at Blair General Hospital and trying to learn the interns' problems and get the respect of the life.

Gameplay
This is a platformer. Dr. Kildare moves in a vertical direction, taking care of his injuries, showing that a person is shown in order to pint to a person who was running at a hospital. It can move al laround directions. If a person is dying, you lose this game. If a person is alive, you win this game. You must use the joystick to move from top to bottom and the button to take care of their lives, depending on the direction, stating it was different from the company's previous game Looney Tunes.

Development
Gaming Game's founder John King has read the comic strips of Dr. Kildare by Ken Bald. After the success of Looney Tunes, Gaming Game went on to develop its next game.

Gaming Game hired Dr. Kildare comic strip artist Ken Bald to do the cover and cartridge art for the game.

Reception
Dr. Kildare, compared to Gaming Game's games had universally mixed reviews from critics, stating it has a 6/10 on IGN. The controls stated it was "too different from Looney Tunes".