The Incredible Machine 2
{{Short description|1994 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = The Incredible Machine 2
| image = Incredible Machine 2 cover.jpg
| alt =
| developer = Jeff Tunnell Productions
| publisher = Sierra On-Line
| series = The Incredible Machine
| engine =
| platforms = DOS, Mac OS, Windows
| released = 1994 (DOS)
1995 (Mac OS, Windows)
| genre = Puzzle
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| composer = Tim Clarke
Christopher Stevens
}}
The Incredible Machine 2 is a video game released in 1994 for DOS, and part of The Incredible Machine video game series. The Incredible Machine Version 3.0 (also marketed as Professor Tim's Incredible Machines) was released in 1995 for Mac OS and Windows containing the same levels as The Incredible Machine 2, but with an improved interface and added extra features like CD music tracks. Re-releases of the series, including the 2009 compilation The Incredible Machine Mega Pack, have included Version 3.0.
Gameplay
The Incredible Machine 2 introduced new levels, an extended assortment of parts, a new interface, significantly improved graphics, sounds, and music, and two player hotseat play. It also improved on the "freeform" mode, allowing players to create completely playable puzzles by defining not only the participating parts, but also the set of circumstances under which the puzzle will be considered "solved". In terms of gameplay, this version provided the biggest addition to the series, while subsequent updates were basically only ports of the game to newer operating systems with updated graphics/sounds and sometimes new puzzles, but no new parts.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| rev4 = PC Magazine
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|4}}{{cite journal | author=Mooney, Shane | journal=PC Magazine |date=August 1995 |title=Cause-and-Effect Brain-teasers; The Incredible Machine 2 | issue=14 | volume=14 | page=543 }}}}
Reviewing The Incredible Machine 2, Gary Meredith of PC Gamer US wrote: "In every way, TIM2 is an improvement, keeping the best parts of the original yet giving the player more options and flexibility". He summarized it as "a game that's as rewarding as it is challenging".{{cite journal | author=Meredith, Gary | journal=PC Gamer US | url=http://www.pcgamer.com:80/reviews/561.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991223095828/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/561.html | archivedate=December 23, 1999 | title=Incredible Machine 2 | date=January 1995 | url-status=dead}} The Incredible Machine 2 won Computer Gaming World{{'}}s Readers' Choice award for the best "Classics/Puzzles" game of 1995, although it was not among the editors' nominees.{{cite magazine | author=Staff |title=The Computer Gaming World 1996 Premier Awards |magazine=Computer Gaming World |issue=143 |date=June 1996 |pages=55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 67}}
Reviews
- Computer Gaming World - April 1995
- PC Player (Germany) - December 1994
- PC Games - December 1995
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/incredible-machine-2}}
{{The Incredible Machine}}
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Multiplayer hotseat games
Category:Sierra Entertainment games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games scored by Christopher Stevens
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