LGR - The Incredible Machine - DOS PC Game Review

Where else but The Incredible Machine can you solve physics puzzles using bowling balls, guns, cats, monkeys on stationary bikes, and tiny people? Incredible!
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[@violenceisfun991]

That Sean Connery line isn't gonna age well 😂

[@djdomain]

Sean Connery didn't die of old age, there just can only be one highlander.

[@Bauhauskiddo]

This was one of my favourite games as a kid. Oh man, so much nostalgia.

[@LGR]

It's from a later CD-ROM version of The Incredible Machine, but hey, they were both made with Sierra's involvement so it's possible resources were shared!

[@Rakshasa1986]

January 1st, 1993. Can't wait for my extra levels.

[@KasranFox]

There's a game out now called Contraption Maker, started and developed by the same people who made the original Incredible Machine. It's an _official_ spiritual successor, not just a knockoff, so if you liked TIM then you might want to check out Contraption Maker.

[@HebaruSan]

I played CM and recognized it immediately. Glad to hear it is in fact the same folks!

[@funnylookingfoetus]

I appreciate your comment. I immediately checked it out on Steam and bought it :) . Always loved this game

[@holiciomes]

Totally agree with @Blue. Never heard of the game, but it was so great to hear about it. Just watched Markiplier play the game and it looks really nice. Thank you for letting us know about CM! :)

[@georgetazberik6834]

Thank you for the lead.

[@lysander789]

I just came here from PBS Game Show. They used part of your review for their Incredible Machine video on their channel.

[@ToastyTime]

I love the HELL out of this game, I played it like CRAZY when I was young!

[@__Mr.White__]

Exactly

[@matthiewg12]

Rip toasty I just heard the news about what happened. Rest easy brother

[@LGR]

Thank you very much, glad you're enjoying!

[@ciscofrost11]

I had so much fun playing this when i was a kid.

[@avagueblur]

RIP Sean Connery :(

[@georgetazberik6834]

This is the kind of 90s game I would play today, sure a modern remaster would look prettier but the fundamentals of a game like this hold up over time.

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

The TIM makers did a new game, called "Contraption Maker". Then there is also another clone, "Crazy Machines" series.

[@Majinant]

Remember playing this at primary school in the 90's. So much fun!

[@yerunski]

Thank you Clint for yet another trip down memory lane. I recall that when you play this game on Valentine's day, the red balloons turn into... HEARTS! :-)

[@DiagonalCoff33]

This game was awesome, the music the graphics, the logic! I just sunk hours and hours into this on my dads pc along with simon the sorcerer, those were some good times.

[@ThatWolfWithShades]

I had the demo for The Incredible Machine 3.0. Loved it.

[@spectacularbear]

the "steel drums" track from return of the incredible machine contraptions is still stuck in my head to this day

[@adammason4314]

I know I'm 10 years late on a video about a 30 year old game but... I'm 39 and some of those puzzles are seared into my mind to this day. The four balloons and the gun baseball/tennis ball, still remember it.

[@TheElliotjd]

I'm really glad I discovered your videos. They're so fun and informative, unlike many other review shows. I especially like your computer reviews for how you actually discuss the specific hardware and its implications rather than taking the easy route other c reviewers take, printing reviews like "it's fast enough fir 'hard corp' games and looks pretty." Just wanted you to know how much i appreciate your videos :D

[@smokeyhyena]

I remember that from 1st to 3rd grade, this was pretty much the only thing one could play on a computer, and it's weird to hear how others enjoyed it as their owned games.

[@ActuallySanFrancisco]

dunno how i didn't find this review til now - this series needs way more love on youtube. i had the cd-rom version back in the day and played it to death. such a classic game!

[@kmichael9787]

I loved playing this game when I was little, I mainly made murder machines for the little men, it was like the Sims but before the Sims

[@UberMan5000]

I remember one of the later Windows versions that introduced Professor T.I.M. The game was fun as hell, even though I was never any good at it.

[@josephlucas502]

I freakin loved that game when I was young.

[@WebflingerJoe]

Dang dude I remember this game. It was so interesting when I was 7 or 8. It's where I learned about pulleys, weights and physics, and nitro glycerine lmao. Was wicked.

[@gurufabbes1]

Thank you LGR. This game was from my childhood and one of those that I had the most fun playing. I forgot about it for years and never heard anyone mention it since. And here you are, with an entire video on it! Great work, your channel is awesome and I'm glad that I subscribed.

[@WillThat]

My uncle had a game like this on his old Mac (pre color macs) that I always played when visiting him and my aunt. Good times.

[@LGR]

There's a link to a working version in the description above, or you can just use DOSBox to get it working.

[@NmLs42]

Man, finally you did that game! The Incredible Machine 2 is my absolute favourite from the childhood!

[@BabusGameRoom]

Spent a lot of time with the 3DO port as a kid! It had an awesome soundtrack.

[@CalcProgrammer1]

This game was the best. I played this as a kid all the time on my old Pentium machine (too young for DOS, our first PC was Win95). Then I got the Incredible Toon Machine which IMO was even more fun. I need to dig out the old PC (still have it and its monitor in original boxes, and a few years ago managed to find someone else who had one to image the factory OS for me).

[@harleyharlequin6174]

Yay physic/ logic puzzles. I discovered my enjoyment of them when I got Physic Cats for my iPod touch a few years back.

[@Lunchpacked180]

the gun puzzle is actually quite easy, first put the bowling balls and/or seesaws so they activate instantly, then just place the guns right up to the tennis balls.

[@tompinks_]

Thanks for covering this one Clint, gave me so many frustrations as a child and still does from time to time. But I love it. You made no mention of the Incredible music this and its sequels have, though...

[@CTHULUTAUR]

i used to play this game so much..man what a nostalgia trip that was. thanks

[@c64cosmin]

Loved that song at the end. Almost all my custom contraptions had that song set.

[@yungbenis3685]

I miss this game, I use to play this with my grandmother when i was young.

[@kamikazezombie5967]

Aw man, I loved this game when I was younger. I'd always go into sandbox and make pinball machines.. oh the fun.

[@treehann]

I’d make pinball machines that tortured helpless Mels by bouncing them all over the place for eternity 😈

[@grsy764]

I remember playing this game in Elementary and Middle School. Best part of school

[@gurufabbes1]

Your channel deserves more views, which I'm sure you'll get. I'll be spreading it with word of mouth.

[@stereoblur]

You have no idea how AWESOME you just made my day! This is a game that I've played a very very very long time ago and I just couldn't remember it's name... I tried searching for it dozens of times but never found anything, since English isn't my native language. You have a huge hug from Bosnia!

[@saranna00]

This game and another one called Dr. Brain were my childhood! I'm pretty sure we ran them on Windows, though.

[@zhanefulp]

"Know what never gets old? Sean Connery. Holy crap, that holy grail actually worked." Sean's ghost would like to have a word with you, Clint.

[@easycompzeelandold2521]

Ohhh my God! Clint you just solved my life long quest on finding this game name which I forgot since I was 8, so in my case 20 years!

[@guardiane]

"I like better...because it's not worse." BWAH XD

[@Sakari_369]

Seeing that Dynamix (and Sierra IIRC) floppy brings back memories. They used to use those same floppy designs for many of their games, like Rise Of The Dragon. Good memories on the old Compaq 386 SX 25 MHz, 4MB RAM, 40 MB HDD.

[@LucaW.]

It was such a perfect game. The concept is immediately appealing, and you're right, it is timeless. Anyone who's seen Rube Goldberg machines or similar are pretty much enchanted and fascinated by them, at least to some degree, so a game around the concept is awesome.

[@Trainguyrom]

Man, I played this game for hours on end, and I was only 4! I had forgotten just how dated the graphics and sound were, but the engine worked like a charm. Awesome game!

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

I played this in computer class at school, then I bought TIM 2 and man that was AWESOME!! Played it again a few years ago on DOS Box, same good feelings

[@BallyTheDog]

This is what Bad Rats and Amazing Alex tried to be.

[@DoktorHausMods]

FYI, the original producer of this series is spearheading what is essentially a reboot, called "Contraption Maker". It's on Steam now in early access, fully functional with workshop support.

[@charlesmaclellan8124]

I remember that gun level. I just remember doing the mode where you could do what you wanted. Damn this takes me back. My back hurts.

[@ugn669]

I really wish they'd remake this game and use today's technology. It was such a great game to play back then, and it still is a great game, but it could be so much more today.

[@everfire6002]

That reverse shot of tossing the floppy was pretty smooth. 10/10

[@nkorslund]

Man that music at the end brought back so many memories :)

[@mechabit]

Subscribed as you reunited me with an old favorite game I had forgot the name of. :)

[@vadim6385]

This game is responsible for raising a generation of engineers

[@Rakiarmas]

Man this is great game. I did play this game series many times in my childhood. It is one of my favorite puzzle games ever & I'm not a very huge fan of puzzle games. What really makes me like this game is the music. I freaking love the soundtrack of this game. It sounds so old school PC game that I want to cry for joy.

[@hungryhippo247]

Ohh yes!! Since the day I subbed to you LGR I've been waiting for you to review at least one of the Incredible machine games. :D

[@warhero82]

Honestly, one of my favorite PC titles ever, that music brings back the best of memories!

[@arrongumbrell539]

I remember playing this on the family computer when I was a kid :)

[@EvIlducky5]

Holy crap I remember playing this in my computer lab in 3rd Grade!

[@darksepheroth4627]

I used to play this in my middle school shop class. I would love a modern version.

[@pretzelthedude]

So many memories here. Granted, it was also one of the few games I remember at the time that didn't try a console port (except 3DO for some odd reason), even at the height of it's popularity.

[@W3Rn1ckz]

I remember playing an HD variant as a part of a complimation of games caled "Hoyle Puzzle and Board collection" or something like that.

[@zhanefulp]

I know that they made a lot of game shows based on something, but NOT THIS??? I would go *ABSOLUTELY BALLISTIC* if someone made it happen! That would DEFINITELY be the binge of all time!

[@RachelMcCarn]

I remember playing this in elementary school when we were learning about levers, pulleys, wheels and axels, etc.. simple machines.

[@InputArchive]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="266">4:26</a> That crocodile and mouse sums up LGR for me. Great review as always.

[@bluegizmo1983]

This game was so much fun back in the day! I remember trying to replay it many years later on a much newer PC than what was available when the game released, and because of how that game was coded, it ran at like 25X speed on the newer computer and was unplayable 😂

[@jfdd43]

I LOVED THIS GAME!

[@evilkinggumby]

OMG I had a shareware version of this with like a dozen puzzles and LOVED it. ALways wanted to play more but it was forgotten. off to GOG.. you know, GOG should hire you to do LGR reviews of their inventory. They'd sell everything with you at the helm showing it off. :) Go talk to their peeps! NOW! HURRY! Get to the GOG!

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

I had the sequel, Return of the Incredible Machine. That was a pretty cool game.

[@stereoblur]

Thanks for the suggestion! Have a nice day!

[@CeleronNutcase]

The redbook ost!! Fantastic! Thanks for reviewing this lgr.

[@yamigekusu]

The third game in the series was AMAZING. Played the hell out of it

[@TheGMOGamer]

From <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="267">4:27</a> to the end, you hit the feelings I have about this game on the spot. Great Review dude!

[@shinlee3921]

I had this from my old dos as a kid and wanted to play but my computer was gone. Thanks for reminding me of the name of it!

[@robin888official]

Sweet memories! :-)

[@Thornskade]

I have one of the sequels. I'd spend my time creating my own puzzle mission/story mode where you're one cop character that needed to be protected and set off explosions, guns or crocodiles to blast away, shoot or have the other miniature bad guys eaten. Good times.

[@densegames7185]

I loved this game back in the day! On one day playing the game the balloons from the selection were suddenly indestructible heart balloons, and I didn't know why. I just had to use them in as many custom "Machines" as possible, and I think I made a "Machine" where the idea was that all kinds of things tried to destroy that balloon of loooove, but didn't succeed, and ultimately the ball ascended off the screen. :)

[@densegames7185]

Now, thinking about it, I made an assumption as to why it was like that, and a second of googling confirmed the assumption: it was a valentine's day feature. :D

[@Poki3]

I love this game. Played the hell out of it when i was a kid.

[@atlas7309]

As a kid I played “Crazy machines” which is basically the predecessor to this game

[@aedanclarke]

This is my second time watching the video when I noticed that you used the Force to bring the floppy to your hand. I always knew you had some sort of deep power, young Basinger. I look forward to observing your other Force-enabled abilities.

[@fornavnefternavn208]

This game had me and my friends spend SO many hours creating all sorts of weird shit ;:) such a GEM!!

[@Niekibear]

The nostalgia! I played the heck out of this game back in the day.

[@xliquidflames]

This was my 5th period class freshman year of high school. It was supposed to be a computer lab where we learn programming, hardware, networking, and even video editing (1996 video editing so camcorders and VHS tapes), but the teacher was lazy and let us just play Incredible Machine all class every day. It was this game and Shockwave.com's bowling game we spent all our time doing in that class. I still got a B in the class somehow.

[@marwarlp]

I looooved this Game as a Kid! And I still do ;)

[@mcbpete]

BTW for those, like me and my brother, that loved this game, there's a new version from the team that created the original Incredible Machine called Contraption Maker coming out this summer on Steam

[@johnlucas6869]

My mom dad sister and I were all addicted to this game

[@16mmDJ]

jeez, for some reason that reverse floppy throw freaked me out for a second

[@kinmanyuen]

ahhhh, i just played it on my new vintage 286 clone a month ago. Sweet memories, great bgm.

[@ckjuicyj82]

Oh my goodness.....I remember playing the incredible machine 2 way back in high school. Great game. Your humor never fails! i was already laughing out loud in the first 30 seconds.

[@ArtemyMusha]

I mostly know this series for the sequel, but I am so nostalgic for this series right now! I would get the GoG version were it not for the fact that it doesn't list Windows 7 support last time I checked.

[@ptvrussian2]

Reminds me of elementary school, we would play this game on the old clear plastic Mac computers with the circular mouse

[@joeyparkhill8751]

R.I.P. Sean Connery

[@sleepykan]

Great video as usual!

[@StevenAlpert]

OMG I nearly fainted when I heard the intro music, Lionel Traintown, but yea, i know sierra re-used it at least a dozen times.

[@jasonmetcalfe4695]

I still struggle to complete a few of these!! Still one of my favourite games though and it serves as an awesome distraction from the daily grind

[@M1BIGIEMAC]

I had the second in the series when I was young. I was always trying to remember what it was called but I figured it out today because I remembered this collection I had that featured three versions of 3D Ultra Pinball plus more goodies. The other goodies? A demo of 3D Ultra Golf and The Incredible Machine 2. Finally figured it out!

[@M1BIGIEMAC]

And it's fitting that you have a review of this as your channel is what made me think of all my old PC games. Awesome coincidence!

[@TheSqeeek]

I think this was the first game I ever played without help from my parents... And now I feel old.

[@yostoyou]

One of the most important games in my childhood :D