The Incredible Machine

Genre:

Puzzle

Year:

1993

Developer:

Dynamix

Publisher:

Sierra On-Line

Perspective:

3rd-person

Theme:

Puzzle elements

Releases:

DOS (1993)

Also known as:

TIM

I must admit that this game is keeping up with its name, it is really crazy and you're gonna be building Incredible machines. This is the first game in the series of TIM (The Incredible Machine), in which the goal is to build a series of devices in order to complete a given task. You have to understand this game first to be able to succeed and it's not as easy as it seems. Your mission is to meet the specific target. My first mission that I met was bursting balloons. I got a couple hamster running around in circles in their cages, a few balls, scissors and fan. Effective by folding it all I had to burst balloons. Difficult mission was using rockets ignite at about ten candles, and get the ball in the basket... Only a limited number of items (ropes, candles, mechanical devices, etc.) are available for each task. The game also includes a "freeform" mode with the possibility to build virtually anything at any gravity and then launch the creation.