Nobelprize.org games: the Nobel Prize educational games today
Nobelprize.org games are short educational games and simulations that introduce Nobel Prize-awarded work to students aged 14 to 18. The Blood Typing Game and several others are still listed in November 2026, while the Diabetic Dog Game no longer loads at its old address.
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What the Nobelprize.org games are
Nobelprize.org is the official website of the Nobel Foundation, and the company responsible for it in 2010, Nobel Web AB of Stockholm, ran an educational outreach program there. Its introductions to the prizes took the form of games, experiments and simulated environments, and they were written for the 14 to 18 age group.
Each production needs no prior knowledge. One central question gets 10 to 20 minutes of activity, with a specific prize-winning discovery serving as the springboard. In March 2010 the educational section held 41 productions, and 29 of them were interactive learning games.
The examples ranged across the prizes. A platform game covered the laser in Physics, learning games covered plastics and chirality in Chemistry, and the Medicine section let players give blood transfusions. Literature offered a game built on Lord of the Flies, Peace offered an animated map of 20th and 21st century wars, and Economics explained international trade through Ohlin's prize-winning work.
The Diabetic Dog Game
Nobel Web AB entered The Diabetic Dog Game in the main competition of the 12th Independent Games Festival, held in San Francisco on March 9 to 13, 2010. The player looks after a dog with type 1 diabetes. Blood sugar must stay neither too high nor too low, and the better the care, the more money the player earns for things to buy for the dog.
The game connects to the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded for the discovery of insulin. Insulin does not cure diabetes, but it let people with severe disease live an almost normal life as long as they kept receiving it.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Audience | Students aged 14 to 18 |
| Typical session | 10 to 20 minutes |
| Diabetic Dog Game | Old address no longer loads; not listed on the current educational overview |
| Blood Typing Game | Loads and is described as playable online |
Checked on the Nobel Prize educational pages, November 2026.
What is true today
The original Diabetic Dog Game address under www.nobelprize.org now shows a page-not-found message. The separate educational games site still loads at the insulin address, but it displays the page's unprocessed source code instead of a working game page.
The current educational overview lists games including Cell Division Supervisor, a prisoner of war camp game, an MRI game, Pavlov's dog, Vitamin B1 and Chirality. The diabetic dog is not among them. The overview says the "Blood typing game is available to play online", and the Blood Typing Game page loads with its explanation of blood groups, typing and transfusions.
Questions about the Nobel Prize games
What are the Nobelprize.org games?
They are interactive games and simulations on the Nobel Prize website that explain prize-awarded work in 10 to 20 minutes, mainly for students aged 14 to 18.
Can the Diabetic Dog Game still be played?
Not at the address it had in 2010. That address shows a not-found message, and the current educational overview does not list the game.
Which Nobel Prize game can be played now?
The Blood Typing Game loads on the Nobel Prize educational games site, and the overview page lists several others, among them Chirality, Pavlov's dog and the MRI game.