http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: The Incredible Machine: Sunday's game replacement en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:33:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-65101 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:46:31 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 65101@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Good Old Games have just released the complete set of Incredible Machines games with graphic enhancements included. The pack includes the three games that have been posted in this synopsis, plus <strong>The Incredible Machine 3</strong> and <strong>Return of the Incredible Machines Contraptions</strong> plus the original besides having a face lift has new puzzles added. The pack costs $9.99 and can be seen <a href="http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_incredible_machine_mega_pack"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p> <p><center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/The%20Incredible%20Machine/7_Incr_More20Contrap.jpg"></center></p> <p><center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/The%20Incredible%20Machine/incredible-machine.jpg"></center></p> <p><center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/The%20Incredible%20Machine/incrmac3.jpg"></center></p> <p><center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/The%20Incredible%20Machine/theincrediblemachine.jpg"></center></p> <p>WR </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46963 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:50:31 +0000 midori 46963@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes it DOES help, Stephen... thanks so much for directing me to Wizzard's instructs, which I'm sure are impeccability written. Heading there now, and hope you have a good sleep. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46959 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:15:26 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 46959@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Midori,</p> <p>I totally forgot my promise, and I now find it's again that time of night. However what I can tell you is that Wizzard posted an excellent short tutorial in one of week 9 or 10's free games for the weekday postings that told you how to incorporate Norton Commander into DOSBox, so that all you'd need to do with any DOS game is drop it into the folder that you specify when first configuring the set up. It's really easy to do and all you need is Norton Commander and DOSBox, both of which are free (Wizzard has provided links to the latest versions, plus a text editor as you will need to edit some instructions (honestly, it's easy) and some DOS games.</p> <p>I had countless problems with DOSBox before setting it up as per Wizzards instructions. Some games played then didn't play and others I could never get to play. Now all play and it's easy to get them working. So search out his post. If you can't find it I'll find it myself if you ask, or better still ask Wizzard to post the info as a separate post.</p> <p>I hope this helps.</p> <p>Regards</p> <p>Stephen </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46937 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:24:06 +0000 goodgotd 46937@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>y'all oughta cheat and pump up the volume on the error beep like I do. for me the keyboard tattoo hurts less than my neck! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46934 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:52:00 +0000 BuBBy 46934@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <blockquote><p>I've nodded and jerked awake with my fingers poised precisely on the keyboard many times. By the fifth time, I usually give in and hit the sack. </p></blockquote> <p>That is my normal bedtime. Snap awake 5 times while at the keyboard - time for sleep. (Sometimes it is the sudden noise of me lifting and dropping my mouse on my desk that wakes me up) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46927 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:54:18 +0000 midori 46927@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>No rush at all... appreciate if you can help. And I know just what you mean. I've nodded and jerked awake with my fingers poised precisely on the keyboard many times. By the fifth time, I usually give in and hit the sack. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46923 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:51:36 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 46923@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'll get back to you later today. It's way past my bed time and I need to crash before I end up with an imprint of the keyboard on my forehead (that has happend in the past)</p> <p>Regards</p> <p>Whiterabbit </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46912 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:54:01 +0000 midori 46912@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi, WR... I must be doing something wrong, that's probably really obvious to everyone else. I've downloaded the game, but could not get it to install. I get a millisecond flash of the black DOS box, then nothing. I went back and installed DOSBox, thinking that's what I was missing, but it does the same thing. If you have time to advise me, I'd sure appreciate it, good sir. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-46911 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:35:45 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 46911@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>aRenagade recently posted more information about this game via the following link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4364?replies=9#post-46910" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4364?replies=9#post-46910</a></p> <p>though it will be easier to go directly to the link he quoted:</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42706 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:21:26 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 42706@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Jempeace, I hope your health has improved and that the move next week goes smoothly. Despite the stressfulness of moving I do love moving (though it’s been 16 years since we last moved – we intend buying a bungalow when he compensation is finally paid out, so I have a move to look forwards to in the not too distant future. There’s something special about moving to somewhere new. The discovery and the adventure. I hope everything is fabulous for you in your new place. Is it in the same locale as where you live now, or are you making a big move?</p> <p>As for all those games I bought last week. Well, I’m certainly having a ball, though I’ve hardly scratched the surface with them yet. After installing Knights of the Nine; an expansion (of sorts) for Oblivion, I’ve spent most of my time playing that. 50% of the games I bought were FPS games, which have been my staple for the last few years now, though of the six FPS games I bought, the only one I’m really playing is Frontlines: Fuel of War, (I think I’m getting a little jaded with them now) which I’ve only just started playing because the first one they sent me didn’t have the serial number included, then when the replacement copy arrived yesterday, it installed then said it wasn’t the official disc. Thankfully I always download no CD/DVD patches for all DVD/CD based games now, so as to keep my game discs in mint condition (due to losing a few games to damage after playing them excessively). Anyway I got it to work yesterday and apart from some stints in Oblivion have played that exclusively. Some of the other games I’ve played a little and enjoyed are Terrorist Takedown, Sniper Art of Victory (an excellent game for those who enjoy the sniper class in any FPS game as it has a great emulation system that takes into account wind speed, your breathing etc), as well as Stalker: Clear Skies (I loved the first release Shadow of Chernobyl) , Crimes of War and Hard to be a God (an excellent RPG), though I’ve not played a few of the others yet, so have those to look forwards to. I finally got around to buying the deluxe version of Morrowind (which is the prequel to Oblivion that was released six years ago) which includes both expansion packs - Bloodmoon and Tribunal. It only cost me $15 which is less than an arcade game, yet it has a whole 3D world to discover; - actually most games that are that age will sell for a lot less usually, but Morrowind was one of those classics that’ll hang around for a ling time yet, as will Oblivion. The game play is almost the same as Oblivion, but the graphics aren’t as good, for example when out in the countryside in Oblivion, the grass looks like real grass, whereas in Morrowind, it looks rather false, but it’s still a great game. My daughter has been playing it alongside me while I’ve been playing Oblivion. She thought it was really funny taking all her characters clothes off and wandering around the world. I was quite surprised when several in game characters actually commented upon Em’s characters lack of cloths lol. I also bought a couple of games for the children, for example Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 and Sega Rally. The latter was a big disappointment though as the cars are restricted to a really tight corridor. That is, they cannot stray off the race tracks like many other race games, and the cars never get a scratch on them when you crash. Whereas previous purchases of this genre such as Crashday’s, Flat-out Ultimate Carnage and even Colin McRae’s Dirt, all have major damage possibilities to the cars as well as the ability to go off road some distance (In Crashday’s it’s actually a sandbox style game so you can travel anywhere on the map. , though neither of them have bothered with it yet as they have both been fascinated watching Oblivion; though my son is usually playing Mario Smash Bro’s or one of the other Mario titles with his friends on the Wii. Anyway, I’ve waffled on enough about games. Suffice it to say, I’m really please with all of the games I bought apart from Sega Rally. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42694 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:57:35 +0000 Andrwmorph 42694@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I remember this game from when I was around 6-7 years old! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42414 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:23:22 +0000 luke100 42414@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have always liked this series of games. I have the CD of the windows version of this which is a PAIN to get it to work but worth it. I don't think it works in vista like this one.<br /> I also have a copy of TIM 3.0. I personally think it's the best in the series. i'm not sure if it runs on vista but I do know it runs on XP.<br /> I also have TIM: Even More Contraptions!. It works on vista quite well(for me at least). It's not as fun as 3.0 but it's still fun.<br /> The Crazy Machines series is funner IMHO. TIM has some physics bugs (especially later ones) that the Crazy Machines doesn't. Unfortunately My best video card has 16 MB of memory so I can't run it right now.<br /> If you are having trouble getting this dos version of TIM to run, try emulating it in DOSBox. I had to do that on a friends computer.<br /> Thank you WhiteRabbit! I lost my copy of this(I broke my disc of TIM for dos on accident). Keep up the posts! (I wouldn't be on this site right now if it weren't for you, that whole 'DoubleGames' Thing... I almost left anyway.. glad I didn't!)<br /> -Luke </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42411 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:04:09 +0000 FranckW 42411@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You're all welcome.<br /> As soon as I find another one, I post it here.<br /> But, seriously talking, I don't expect to stumble upon such a big game as the suffering every day...<br /> Just wait and keep the eyes opened ! :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42409 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:38:37 +0000 jempeace 42409@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey WR,<br /> Been off sick about 2 months and will be moving in a week. Your a gem for keeping everyone happy with all the games! How are the ones you just bought. Couldn't get this game to work on Vista, but my sister might.</p> <p>I'm a rpg fan also and hopefully Franck has not forgot, his promise to you. The snow can get pretty deep in NY(upstate). Great way to spend day. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42404 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:17:11 +0000 SpodoCommodo 42404@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Firstly, I've only recently found this forum and already appreciate what you do Mr. Rabbit sir.</p> <p>Secondly it's been a long time since I last used DOS and I just don't know how to get The Incredible Machine to run. I've unzipped it after the download so that the .exe, .com and other files are in a folder of their own but then none want to run even when I open up a DOS box and type in the file names. (p.s. I'm using XP)</p> <p>Please help an old man with a failing/failed memory... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42378 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:34:53 +0000 Dragonlair 42378@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It doesn't work under Vista. It's not a true install but I still can play it. I just get a message that it doesn't support full-screen mode and terminates on me. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3941#post-42376 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:54:28 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 42376@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It’s almost 3am here in the UK, so it’s unlikely I’ll be up to catch the change over, so have decided to post Sunday’s game a little early (by five hours), I’m going to assume there’s no game giveaway again today (though I may be wrong); so here’s a great little puzzle game I found recently called <strong>The Incredible Machine</strong>. I was so pleased to find it because it reminded me of a similar game I bought a few years ago called <strong>Chain Reaction</strong>, which I’d really enjoyed playing. It’s a puzzle game where you have to accomplish specific tasks by using items to build a machine that will enable you to complete the mission. It’s a DOS based game that’s been updated to play in windows. I don’t know whether it plays via VISTA, but it certainly works with XP (SP2)</p> <p><strong>The Incredible Machine</strong>: (&lt;1Mb)</p> <p><strong>Quote</strong>:</p> <blockquote><p>Build and solve an array of puzzles that ranges from amusing to tantalizingly tricky. The whole family can take a crack at the 200 puzzles THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE has to offer. The super-size brain-busters range over several screens and are fully animated. Each challenge starts with a goal like getting someone home. Size up the existing environment and see if you can find a path. If not, use one of the 50+ gizmos at your disposal to build one. Plenty of combinations are possible, but few will succeed. When you're finished, switch to Make a Machine mode and build a puzzle of your own. For one player.</p> </blockquote> <p>Reference <a href="http://uk.cheats.ign.com/objects/007/007942.html" rel="nofollow">http://uk.cheats.ign.com/objects/007/007942.html</a> accessed 25th Sept 08</p> <p><strong>Download link</strong>:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gamesforyou.ic.cz/hry/incredible.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamesforyou.ic.cz/hry/incredible.html</a></p> <p>You’ll find a video of the game play with commentary on the same page as the download link.</p> <p>p.s Hopefully FranckW will be posting some links to a few RPG games soon. Assuming he has read my comments elsewhere on these forums? (I hope you don’t mind me mentioning it Franck?) </p>