LGR - The Incredible Machine - DOS PC Game Review

[@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!

[@LGR]

Thank you very much, glad you're enjoying!

[@Rakshasa1986]

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

[@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

[@ciscofrost11]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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! :-)

[@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

[@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.

[@Majinant]

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

[@NmLs42]

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

[@adesignersperspective]

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!

[@spectacularbear]

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

[@LGR]

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

[@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.

[@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...

[@warhero82]

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

[@avagueblur]

RIP Sean Connery :(

[@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 😈

[@CTHULUTAUR]

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

[@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!

[@c64cosmin]

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

[@harleyharlequin6174]

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

[@ThatWolfWithShades]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@InputArchive]

4:26 That crocodile and mouse sums up LGR for me. Great review as always.

[@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.

[@everfire6002]

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

[@jfdd43]

I LOVED THIS GAME!

[@josephlucas502]

I freakin loved that game when I was young.

[@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.

[@gurufabbes1]

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

[@BabusGameRoom]

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

[@vadim6385]

This game is responsible for raising a generation of engineers

[@robin888official]

Sweet memories! :-)

[@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

[@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.

[@mechabit]

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

[@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

[@TheGMOGamer]

From 4:27 to the end, you hit the feelings I have about this game on the spot. Great Review dude!

[@CeleronNutcase]

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

[@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).

[@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.

[@guardiane]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@johnlucas6869]

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

[@nkorslund]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Niekibear]

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

[@yungbenis3685]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@greasyy1]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@yamigekusu]

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

[@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!

[@sinephase]

Good times, and yeah timeless gameplay :D

[@abcguy1]

U can hear the excitement in his voicei mean holy shit is he hyper to review this game

[@fornavnefternavn208]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@RachelMcCarn]

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

[@darksepheroth4627]

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

[@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.

[@saranna00]

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

[@mamailo2011]

I just love this game.Your videos are awesome dude.Suscribed Just to put a few ideas into the jar: 1.- A video about GEOS.From 8 bits to New Deal ensamble. 2.- A slowness video.C64 diks load, a BBS 2800 typing,a DOS Chess postal game,etc. 3.- Best game tunes from a a PC speaker 4.- Storage evolution, frrom incredible 170k floppy to USB drives. 5.- User ports. Can be a parody like "The lonely computer" meets .... or sidekicks. Keep up the good work dude, I keep clicking

[@joeyparkhill8751]

R.I.P. Sean Connery

[@BallyTheDog]

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

[@stereoblur]

Thanks for the suggestion! Have a nice day!

[@TheRetroViking]

I spent soooo many hours on this game in my younger days. There was 1 puzzle that had both me and my friend stuck for weeks .... Eventually my cousin came to visit on my last day of school. I left him early in the morning and came back 3 hours later to realized he had figured it out and had done a few more puzzles afterward ..... that bast@rd ... lol ;)

[@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.

[@arjenmiddelb]

I just had a nostalgia-gasm!

[@waisinet]

0:09 that didn't age well

[@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.

[@ButtercheeseYay]

Oh my, I actually played this game as a wee child :'D Thank you for bringing back good memories ~

[@TheSqeeek]

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

[@Zaeryn22]

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.

[@marwarlp]

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

[@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.

[@EvIlducky5]

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

[@starscreem777]

This was one of the first games I ever played. This and SimAnt, both of which I ordered from the Scholastic reading catalog. A great game for a budding mind.

[@LGR]

I plan on it someday, yes.

[@Poki3]

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

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

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

[@TheSmileyCraft]

Played this in my tech class 2 years ago. Good memories :)

[@arrongumbrell539]

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

[@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

[@ArtemyMusha]

Ah, ok then. By the way, it's appropriate you chose now to make this video, because it was only a few days ago when I found out that some of the same developers are working on a successor called "Contraption Maker"

[@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 😂

[@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!

[@yostoyou]

One of the most important games in my childhood :D

[@MerryberryMusic]

Aaah I remember this game! It was totally awesome and I loved it :D