DOS Shareware (partial game)

1. The Incredible Machine Game Online
2. Free Incredible Machine Game Online
3. Play Game Maker Games
4. Play The Incredible Machine Game Online

The Incredible Machine Description The general goal of the games is to create a series of Rube Goldberg devices: arrange a given collection of objects in a needlessly complex fashion so as to perform some simple task (e.g., 'put the ball into a box' or 'start a mixer & turn on a fan'). The Incredible Machine 2 was created by Jeff Tunnell and released in 1994 for DOS and the following year for Windows and Macintosh. It's the sequel to The Incredible Machine and it adds new levels, new parts, a redesigned interface and much better graphics, sounds and music. It is considered the best game of the series.

Machine of puzzles. Superb, brilliant and incredibly addictive. The Incredible Machine may be old, quite old, but it still endures modern age games. The Incredible Machine (TIM from now on) dates back from 1993, another master piece from Sierra. TIM is, simply put, a puzzle game. You are given a goal and some tools. The Incredible Machine Description Available objects ranged from simple ropes and pulleys to electrical generators, bowling balls, and even cats and mice to humans, most of which had specific interactions with or reactions to other objects (for example, mice will run towards nearby cheese).

The Incredible Machine Game Online

Developed by Jeff Tunnell Productions
Published by Sierra On-Line
Genre: Puzzle
Executable compression: LZEXE
User rating: 9.0 (1 vote)

A cult classic, The Incredible Machine is a challenging puzzle game in which the player must complete 'Rube Goldberg' machines: needlessly complex systems for doing simple things. The goal of a level may be something like getting a basketball into a basket, but the goal must be achieved by placing hamster wheels attached to pulleys in order to release balloons, or tying a rope to a teeter totter that will lower when a ball lands on it, thus opening a set of blinds to allow a monkey on a bicycle to see a banana. The incredibly imaginative components of the various incredible machines made the game an instant hit with puzzle fans, teachers, and parents. An extended version of the game, called The Even More Incredible Machine, doubled the number of levels to over 160 and added a number of new parts. The game uses an odd 640×448 resolution, which is slightly too large to allow 256 colors, so there was no obvious reason not to use 640×480. There are over 80 levels in this game, with only 8 playable in the shareware version.

Free Incredible Machine Game Online

Added by DOSGuy

Graphics modes

Downloads

Play Game Maker Games

The Incredible Machine Demo (332,561 bytes)

7 October 1992

DOS

Play online

Availability

Play The Incredible Machine Game Online

PushButton Labs no longer sells this game.

It can be downloaded in a Windows-compatible format from GOG for $9.99.

Cunning and stimulating puzzler

The classic series returns in this third entry which retains the usual cunning and devilish physics-based puzzles. However, while the game is certainly a lot of fun and provides plenty of entertainment, veterans of the second game in the series beware, as this is basically the same thing, just with an improved interface. For those who have never experienced the joys of the series though, this is a neat and inventive game that deserves to be played. The game's premise is simple enough: using random collections of objects like electrical generators, bowling balls and cats, the player must create a machine which fulfils a specific task. The game makes extensive use of real-world physics like gravity and pressure and so it requires a great deal of thought and cunning to use the objects in the best possible way to create the most efficient machine. Of course, part of the fun here is not simply creating the simplest machine, but the most bizarre, imaginative and downright bonkers device you can possibly imagine and it is here that the game really comes into its own. It is immensely satisfying using your ingenuity and seeing your creations come to glorious life and the game provides a lot of replay value as you can return to it again and again to see what else you can come up with. Graphically, the game is straightforward but effective, with bright, appealing colours and simple sprites, while the interface makes it highly accessible and easy to get to grips with. If you enjoy games like Crazy Machines or Lemmings, then this is one for you.