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    Need help remebering an old game

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ILuvAsians89, Aug 5, 2008.

  1. ILuvAsians89

    ILuvAsians89 Notebook Consultant

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    I played the game roughly 12 years ago, so this would have been around 1996. I don't know if the game was new of if it were 10 yrs old when i started playing it.

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    I remember being able to put lots of random things on the screen like an editor, things from trampolines, to tredmills, to ballons, to cats, to bowling balls. Then once you're screen was all set up you could push play and see what would happen to everything. It was like a cause and effect kind of thing. You could make it so the environment had 0 gravity, or gravity like jupiter. For example you could make a downhill ramp on your screen, and at the top of the ramp have a bowling ball, then place a cat below that, a balloon under that, and a needle somewhere. Then when u push play, the bowling ball would hit the cat, make it run into the balloon, making it fly up and pop on the needle. lol the game may seem childish but I wouldnt mind playing it again. Is this ringing any bells to anyone
     
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    aespinalc Notebook Evangelist

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    im pretty sure u mean the incredible machine.. am i right?
     
  3. Ttime20

    Ttime20 Notebook Deity

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    This game totally rings a bell. We had this game and Oregon Trail II installed on our computers school when I was in elementary school. So pretty much we all blew off school work and played games :D ... however, I cannot recall the name of this game either, but I know what you are talking about. Sorry I couldn't help.
     
  4. ILuvAsians89

    ILuvAsians89 Notebook Consultant

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    WHOA!!!! IT'S THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE I REMEMBER NOW!!!! Thanks aespinlc!!! REP!!! HAHAHA
     
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    aespinalc Notebook Evangelist

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    ;) it instantly ringed a bell when u said "trampolines" haha i used to loooove that game!
     
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    ILuvAsians89 Notebook Consultant

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    Yea I remember getting out of school and playing that and Oregon Trail 2 for hours
     
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    The incredible machine ftw ;)
     
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    Nobody had the turtle you used codes to draw lines with?
     
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    completed number 2 without any tutorials! :D

    The awesomest part is when you complete a puzzle and see the pictures of how it is supposed to be really done and see what you did was totally different.

    Edit: You will need a dos emulator like dosbox to play the game.
     
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    While on a topic like this ... I just remembered a game that I played a long time ago ... when my dad would only let me watch him play Doom and I couldn't because it was too violent ;) ... it was called "The Grandest Fleet" and it was a turn based strategy game. Just wondering if anyone had played the sequel of it and if it was any good? However I couldn't use it because I didn't have dos, thanks for that dos emulator.