Packy and Marlon
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Packy and Marlon is a platform
video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
released in 1995. It was designed to improve self-care behavior in children with juvenile diabetes
. The game achieved some success with treatment groups.
s 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.
's Medical Center on 60 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.
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
released in 1995. It was designed to improve self-care behavior in children with juvenile diabetes
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose...
. The game achieved some success with treatment groups.
Gameplay
A gang of ratRat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus...
s 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
Insulin
Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....
and check their blood glucose.
At the end of the game they face the evil bosses
Boss (video games)
A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
Veets and Yebur of the Lunch Room Crew.
Health study
A six month study undertaken in 1999 on behalf of Click Health by researchers at Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
's Medical Center on 60 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.
See also
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