I'm looking for an old Mac game that I played as a kid.  It was a
puzzle/logic game.  Basically, you had certain tools on the screen you
could use to complete a task, like turn on a light.  You would have to
set-up all the crazy tools, like a trampoline, a bow and arrow, a
match, etc., so that once you dropped your ball, all those items would
be triggered sequentially to turn on the light at the end.  Does
anyone know what this game is called and where I can get a copy for
Mac 10.4? ($10)

Hi scully_fr!

I believe the game you recall is The Incredible Machine.

?The Incredible Machine is a series of computer games originally
designed by Jeff Tunnell, developed by now-defunct Jeff Tunnell
Productions and published by Dynamix; later titles had different
designers and were published by Sierra Entertainment. The general
objective of the games is to create a series of Rube Goldberg devices:
arrange a given collection of objects in a needlessly complex fashion
so as to perform some simple task (for example, "put the ball into a
box" or "light a candle"). Available objects ranged from simple ropes
and pulleys to electrical generators, bowling balls and even cats and
mice. The levels usually have some fixed objects that cannot be moved
by the player, and so the only way to solve the puzzle is carefully
arrange the given objects around the fixed items.?


The series featured the following games:

The Incredible Machine (1993) 
The Even More Incredible Machine (1993) 
The Incredible Machine 2 (1994) 
The Incredible Machine 3 (1995) 
Return of The Incredible Machine: Contraptions (2000) 
The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions (2001)

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-incredible-machine


According to the Mac Game Database, the following versions are available for Mac.
   
Return Of The Incredible Machine: Contraptions 
The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions 


Source: Mac Game Database
http://www.gamedb.com/ssps/0/11/search/?PHPSESSID=17f1f222bf6da753634461e63b15f6da&search_name=1&search_description=1&search_category=1&search_keywords=The+Incredible+Machine


Purchase them at the following links:


The Incredible Machine Even More Contraptions 
Platform: Win9X/WinMe/Win2K/WinXP/Mac 
Packaging: Jewel Case 
Publisher: Sierra
http://www.cdaccess.com/html/quick/morecontdj.htm


The Incredible Machine - Even More Contraptions
Publisher: Sierra On-Line
Runs Under: WIN / MAC
Our Price: $17.95
http://www.rmlearning.com/28905.htm

The Return of the Incredible Machine for PC and Mac
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80333&item=5783762850&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW


Search terms used: 
The Incredible Machine

I hope this is helpful. 


Best Regards,
Bobbie7

Thanks so much!  This was very helpful!!!

Thank you for the five star rating and generous tip!
--Bobbie7

I have three of these games...