Crazy Machines 2 | 
| From: Viva Media
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 297
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Genre: Childrens Puzzles and Logic Software Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 838639004089
Model: 00408
UPC: 838639004089
EAN: 0838639004089
ASIN: B0016A7B8C
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Hundreds of all new levels to complete; new parts, new pieces, new contraptions | | • | Incredible 3d graphics with brand new effects | | • | Multiple solutions-play these challenging puzzles again and again | | • | Swap ideas with other members of the online community | | • | Trick out your own contraptions in free-style mode |
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Product Description
Kick your brain into high gear with incredible mind bending puzzles. Tinker with wrecking balls, lightening rods, lasers, pulleys, springs, gears and more to create the chain reaction you need. Unlock a new 3D world of addictive fun that the entire family will enjoy. Go on tour with the crazy professor and put your skills to the test with challenges from around the globe. Travel from the bazaars of Egypt to the white sands of the Caribbean, then blast off into space for an out of this world gaming experience. Check out the crazy machines community online. Post machines you've created and download those made by others. Compete for trophies and high ratings. Create the Ultimate Machine. Get ready for superb puzzle action as you build wacky contraptions to solve tricky brainteasers.
All new Rube Goldberg-style puzzles Over 200 elements to create and destroy World tour, online, and free-style modes All new parts--amazing lightning machines and laser beams Hall of fame - win a trophy for your contraption Fun for the whole family AGEIA PhysX hardware support Windows Vista / XP
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Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "rube goldberg-style" contraptions ever! All new elements, plus an amazing 3d physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects. A New Dimension of Fun
Kick your brain into high gear with incredible mind bending puzzles. Tinker with wrecking balls, lightening rods, lasers, pulleys, springs, gears and more to create the chain reaction you need! Unlock a new 3D world of addictive fun that the entire family will enjoy! - Hundreds of all new levels to complete
- New parts, new pieces, and new contraptions
- Multiple solutions, play these challenging puzzles again and again
- Swap ideas with other members of the online community
- Trick out your own contraptions in free-style mode
 Create your wackiest contraptions ever! |  Tinker with wrecking balls, lightening rods, lasers, pulleys, springs, gears and more to create the chain reaction you need. |  Kick your brain into high gear with incredible mind bending puzzles. |  Compete for tropies and high ratings. | Go on tour with the crazy professor and put your skills to the test with challenges from around the globe. Travel, from the bazaars of Egypt to the white sands of the Caribbean, then blast off into space for an out of this world gaming experience. Check out the crazy machines community online! Post machines you've created and download those made by others. Compete for trophies and high ratings. - All new "rube goldberg-style" puzzles
- Over 200 elements to create and destroy
- World tour, online, and free-style modes
- All new parts--amazing lightning machines and laser beams
- Hall of fame win a trophy for your contraption
- Fun for the whole family
- Join the online community
- Incredible 3d graphics with brand new effects
- AGEIA PhysX hardware support
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 44
 Great game, but make sure you have the computer specs! November 4, 2009
Gamer Guy (New York, NY)
I have Crazy Machines 1 and 1.5. Loved both games and they ran great! When I bought CM 2 however, I placed it in my computer to installed the game, the cogs kept spinning and it wouldn't start. I e-mailed Viva Media's customer/tech support and they explained to me that the problem was my computer. The system requirements for CM 2 are more demanding than CM 1 or 1.5 and I did not have the proper video/graphics card to play it. A couple of weeks later, I bought a new graphics card that met the requirements of the game and all is well now! I can play it without any problems!
A word of advice to all: Make sure that your PC can actually play the game before buying the product. Otherwise, you'll just be upset and disappointed when you can't play the game and judging by the reviews that I've read on here, it sounds like that was the case for some :-(
Other than that, great game! I can't figure it out by myself tho. I have to ask my wife and son for help for most of the puzzles :-D
Not compatible with Windows 7 October 25, 2009
W. Gibbs (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great game, but the publisher offers no tech support. Zero. Zip. Nada.
Be aware that Windows 7 refuses to install the game. The installer halts because it attempts to install a device driver (a copy protection scheme), which Windows 7 sees as dangerous (and probably for good reason). Another example of software publisher paranoia making their products worthless.
 Missing critical file August 20, 2009
C. Gonzalez (Scottsbluff, NE)
This game would download to my computer and others, but would not play as there is a missing file from the disk itself. By the time this game was opened as a gift, my time had lapsed to get a refund, so it was a complete waste of money. Too bad, as I was looking forwarding to playing it with my family.
 fun and educational July 18, 2009
a home owner
my 3 yr old is on summer break. My 80 year old dad is watching him while I work. I was looking for something they can play together. My dad likes puzzles and I believe my son would enjoy watching those machines move.
I was right. They both like the game. My dad would explain to my son what needs to be done and my son would do the mouse moving and clicking.
My only complain is that you need to have the software CD in the CD driver while playing it. So you can't have 2 people playing on different machines at the same time. also, the manual is not very clear. It took my dad a while to fingure out the controls
Review of the demo: not bad, but needs improvement July 8, 2009
J. Morris (Englewood, CO United States)
I'm assuming the demo is just the full version with fewer puzzles? If this is not the case please let me know so I can revise my review.
THE GOOD
1. This is still a fun game compared to older versions of Rube-Goldberg games. Newer physics modelling has made the game more challenging.
2. The graphics are very pretty.
THE BAD
1. The tutorial section doesn't give the user a complete picture of how different components are used. After the tutorial, the 2nd puzzle introduced new elements which I had no idea how to use! It makes for a frustrating experience if you don't know, for example, that the crossbow trigger only moves in one direction.
2. None of the shortcut keys work. I can't get a reminder of the puzzle goals, change the background, or get help.
3. Unlike the screenshots, I am unable to change my view of the experiment. I can zoom in & out and pan around, but I can't change the angle. So in this respect the game is just a 2-D experience which taxes my CPU & GPU unnecessarily.
4. The game's main improvement (the physics) can also be it's downfall. It sometimes makes an otherwise fun game TOO challenging, and tax your computer's resources too much. This should still be a game, not simply a physics demonstration.
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