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Game: Incredible MachineConsole: Macintosh
Cheat:
Hidden objects (v3.0)
Change the system date to one of the following to find an extra object in the Workshop (at the end of the parts).February 14th : Cupid (or angel)
March 17th : Leprechaun (for Saint Patrick Day)
October 31th : Bat
December 25th :Santa light
Level skip:
Press V during game play to jump to the next level.Level Password
2 SIERRA
3 DYNAMIX
4 MACHINE
5 DISK
6 SHUTTLE
7 SATURN
8 KING
9 DRAGON
10 ANTS
11 BASEBALL
12 BEAR
13 FISH
14 DALE
15 CHESTERTON
16 SIZE
17 IRELAND
18 WORD
19 BRIEF
20 HOT DOG
21 COUNTDOWN
22 PSALMS
23 TANK
24 NIGHT
25 GAMES
26 WESTERN
27 LOG HOME
28 GRAPHICS
29 KNUTH
30 DONALD
31 COMPACT DISC
32 SHAVER LAKE
33 RHEUMATISM
34 HARPSICORD
35 MARKET
36 DESK
37 MYRTLE
38 QUATERNION
39 AQUARIUM
40 SHOE
41 FLOWER
42 STONE
43 CLARE
44 KERRY
45 FLANGE
46 SEASON
47 TRIBOLOGY
48 ABRASIVE
49 DEFORMATION
50 ELASTIC
51 ASHESION
52 SPECTRA
53 INDUCTION
54 POLARIZATION
55 OVERJOY
56 DISCURSIVE
57 CROSS
58 CHOCOLATE
59 PLATO
60 WELLSPRING
61 HYDROPLANE
62 PALM
63 SOMBRERO
64 JOIST
65 ASTRONAUT
66 MARIONETTE
67 OSMIUM
68 ASSURANCE
69 CALCULATOR
70 SUPERIOR
71 PHILHARMONIC
72 ANGULAR
73 ZIPPER
74 UMPIRE
75 RECOVER
76 SHADOW
77 IONIZE
78 QUAKE
79 OCTOBER
80 BILATERAL
81 LYRIC
82 NEEDLE
83 THEORY
84 LOBSTER
85 SAMURAI
86 SPLICE
87 GULF
Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal
Release Date: 28 August, 2001
Description:
This fantastic program will have your brain working as hard as a mandrill on a conveyer belt with bananas dangling in front of it. Don't worry, we'll explain. The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions gives players dozens of tools that perform an action: balls that bounce, cats that chase (and don't bounce), pulleys, ropes, generators, and yes, mandrill baboons on conveyer belts, bananas a-dangle in front of them. Then players are given a problem to solve with all of this crazy energy. Here's an example: in one puzzle called "Wood is Good," players must get three balls into a box, make wooden toast, and wood-smoke a hunk of gouda cheese for a mouse. Among the tools available to accomplish this task are a bike pump and an antigravity pad. And this is one of the easy puzzles.
There are 250 gizmos to build here, some designed for single players and some designed for head-to-head puzzling competition. There is also a field where players can design their own Rube Goldberg Machine from scratch. The vast amount of projects and their complexity make this a program with staying power. Mercifully, there is a tutorial that takes rookies and right-brainers in hand. Players can choose four levels of difficulty: easy, which is quite challenging; to expert, which is insane. Mitigating the challenge factor is a function that turns the cursor into a question mark, and allows players to inspect gadget elements and get in-depth information about what each object and surface does.
This game does a great job graphically. The well-rendered objects all perform as they ought, and form never hinders function. A thoughtful extra is a place where mad scientists can mess with their invention's appearance and background music: nice final touches for folks who want to take their custom-built games online to challenge others who are addicted to The Incredible Machine. This program's biggest strength is that it manages to put a humorous and creative spin on physics and engineering. They're not just giving you levers and weights to work with, they're giving you bottle rockets and alligators. A final wonderful point: there is no "right way" to build your contraption. If you scrabble something together that achieves the goal, it's right, no matter if you used the antigravity pad on the cat or on the bowling ball. No age rating given; we recommend ages 8 and up. --Anne Erickson