Crazy Machines 1.5 | 
| From: Viva Media
List Price: $19.99
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Seller: fountainsquarebooks
Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 535
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Genre: Puzzle Games
ESRB: Everyone
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
Model: 00330
UPC: 838639003303
EAN: 0838639003303
ASIN: B000NID64Q
Release Date: May 10, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Get ready for explosive action and building fun with this brain-teazing puzzle game | | • | Create zany "Rube Goldberg" devices using 100 awesome and wacky parts | | • | Go crazy with over 200 brand-new gizmo-twistin' levels | | • | Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds, and more | | • | Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 36
 O.K. will work May 4, 2009
S. Marble (Arkansas)
The game will keep kids intertained for hours.
adult too. fairly good buy.
Hangs up briefly April 18, 2009
Old Guy
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fun to play but brief hangs are annoying. Once I had to reboot. Mostly just wait a few seconds.
 Enticing; interactive; gem of a puzzle game !! March 4, 2009
P. Roy (San Diego, CA)
Crazy Machines 1.5, Windows Vista
= Game Objective ==
Crazy machine has 100+ levels. Each level offers the player a palette of items such as cannons, balls, battery, light-bulb, timer-switch, steam-engine, dynamite, levers, fuse-wire, gears, dynamo, drive-belts, planks, toy-robots, electric-wires and host of other objects. These objects are to be arranged/manipulated by the player on the game board.
Each level presents an objective to be met - example, turn a sequence of levers to flick a timer switch which will activate a magnet which in turn will draw a ball to the target hole ...
Basically, in each level, construct a Rube-Goldberg machine in 2D animation. Note that the objects and their dynamics/characteristics are always governed by basic principles of physics.
Alike any puzzle type game, the levels get progressively harder.
== Review ===
- This is an extremely enticing interactive game. My 7 year old son & I (Dad) play this routinely, and we are ever so eager to take on the next level. These puzzles nurture several aspects of young minds:
o It challenges their analytical thinking, however this is applicable no matter what the players age is, be it 6 or 75.
o It is a basic science education for kids: such as, how to connect up a circuit, how to couple gears to get a desired speed ratio/direction etc.
Most importantly, it is challenging yet entertaining at the same time, i.e. a level might even take 15mins or longer without any breakthrough, but it will never give one a dead-end feeling which would have otherwise discouraged one to the extent of giving up !
- The graphics are 2D w/ shadow effect, not so high end, but more than adequate for the purpose.
- We both adore the background music & sound effects. Quite dramatic !
- One in our top5 father-son activities.
== Wish List ===
- User has no control over which level to play - the levels are progressive, rightfully resumes from where one left off. Would be nice to have limited control as opposed to none.
- How about letting one player create a puzzle/level so that another player can solve it ?
- Too bad this CDROM, ver 1.5 is Windows only, my son's new computer is a MAC !
lots of fun for the family February 16, 2009
kevinlg (Hatfield PA)
Very happy with game and purchase.Game was received very quickly after ordering and it is a blast for young and old/kids and parents all our children from 3 to 8 years like to watch and play
Great Game October 19, 2008
George S. Webster
THis game is awesome. Great graphics. Amazon shipped it fast and in great condition.
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