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Puzzle

The Incredible Machine

by Jeff Tunnell Productions, Dynamix·published by Dynamix, Sierra On-Line

1992E13
PCDOSPC-98FM Towns

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7.7/ 10

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About

The Incredible Machine is a puzzle game where the player has to assemble a Rube Goldberg-type contraption to solve a simple puzzle.

The game consists of a series of puzzles, each having a simple objective, such as "put the baseball into the basket" or "turn on the fan". To achieve this, the player is given a number of parts such as: balls, girders, rope, balloons, seesaws, cats or monkeys, and his job is to arrange and connect them on the playfield, so that, upon clicking the "start puzzle" button, the whole contraption activates and achieves the objective.

For added difficulty, some puzzles have different gravity or air pressure from that of Earth.

There is also a freeform mode where the player is given an unlimited number of parts to construct a machine of his own invention. The machines created this way can be saved to disk.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk

Color Depth

4-bit (16 colors)

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

Save Game Methods

Auto-save, Internal Storage

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 80286

Min. OS Class Required

DOS 3.0 to 3.3

Min. RAM Required

640 KB

Video Modes Supported

VGA

Video Resolutions Supported

640×400, 640×448, 640×480

Sound Devices Supported

PC Speaker, Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-I), Sound Blaster, Thunderboard

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Also known as

Pala Rancho — Japanese title

인크레더블 머신 — Korean title

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Facts

Released

1992

Platforms

PCDOSPC-98FM Towns

Age ratings

ESRBEPEGI3GRACALL

Standing

Top 94% by visits

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Side viewFixed / flip-screenPoint and select