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Longplay: The Incredible Machine (1993) [MS-DOS]

Dosgamert · 344.5K views · 2015-04-03 · 2:09:15

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Overview

A two-hour complete longplay of the 1993 MS-DOS puzzle game The Incredible Machine, in which players assemble Rube Goldberg contraptions to complete simple tasks.

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Used as a nostalgic link to a beloved childhood game, and as an example of a tight failure-iteration learning loop.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2021–2024

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Game history & retro gamingChess, board games & puzzles
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vunderba · 2024-07 · Strong recommendation

Absolutely adored this game as a child. The crazy variety of musical pieces in this game are also incredibly fitting for what amounts to a gigantic Rube Goldberg simulator. [VIDEO]

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cassianoleal · 2024-10 · Reference

I initially thought this was going to be about the awesome 90s game [0]. Was a bit puzzled by the date in brackets but I was wrong in my assumption. [0] [VIDEO]

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ethbr0 · 2023-08 · Reference

Snap Circuits looks awesome! LEGO + breadboarding To date myself, for me it was the computer game The Incredible Machine , which was a Rube Goldberg physics puzzle game... in 1993 on DOS. ;) Critically, the failure-iteration loop was tight, which really impressed "if at first you don't succeed, try try again" on my younger self. [VIDEO]

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