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Matchbox: Emergency Patrol

You choose a Matchbox fire engine, police car, or ambulance and freely drive around a city completing missions such as putting out a fire, arresting a bank robber, or driving someone to the hospital. You have…

24 August 2001

Matchbox: Emergency Patrol is an adventure developed by Sandbox Studios, released 24 August 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Matchbox: Emergency Patrol is

Matchbox: Emergency Patrol is an adventure game developed by Sandbox Studios and released in 2001. It was published by Mattel Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You choose a Matchbox fire engine, police car, or ambulance and freely drive around a city completing missions such as putting out a fire, arresting a bank robber, or driving someone to the hospital. You have to complete each mission for each vehicle three times to complete the game. When you have completed half of the missions for each vehicle, the police car becomes a motorcycle and the ambulance and fire truck are enhanced.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Matchbox: Emergency Patrol launched on 24 August 2001, within three weeks of Advance Wars, Devil May Cry, Luigi's Mansion and Wario Land 4.

Released around the same time: Advance Wars, Devil May Cry, Luigi's Mansion, Wario Land 4.

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When did Matchbox: Emergency Patrol come out?
Matchbox: Emergency Patrol was released on 24 August 2001 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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