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The Incredible Machine (aka TIM) is a series of computer games that were originally designed and coded by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnell, the now-defunct Jeff Tunnell Productions, and published by Dynamix; the 1993 through 1995 versions had the same development team, but the later 2000-2001 titles had different designers. All versions were published by Sierra Entertainment. The entire series and intellectual property was acquired by Jeff Tunnell founded PushButton Labs in October 2009












INHOUD:
1. The Incredible Machine (PC-DOS)
2. The Incredible Machine - Even More! (PC-DOS)
3. The Incredible Machine 2 (PC-DOS)
4. The Incredible Machine 3 (PC-WIN)
5. The Incredible Toon Machine (PC-DOS)
6. The Return of the Incredible Machine - Contraptions (PC-WIN)
7. The Return of the Incredible Machine - Even More Contraptions! (PC-WIN)

EXTRA:
8. Crazy Machines (PC-WIN)
9. Crazy Machines - New Challenges (Standalone) (PC-WIN)
10. Crazy Machines II (PC-WIN)
11. Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity (PC-WIN)
12. Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity (NintendoDS)
13. Armadillo Run (PC-WIN)
14. Crayon Physics Deluxe (PC-WIN)
15. The Incredible Machine Mobile (JAVA)

APPS:
X. Daemon406-x86
X. DOSBox0.74-win32-installer

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, most of which had specific interactions with or reactions to other objects (for example, mice will run towards nearby cheese). 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. There is also a "freeform" option that allows the user to "play" with all the objects with no set goal or to also build their own puzzles with goals for other players to attempt to solve.

Notably, the games simulated not only the physical interactions between objects, but also ambient effects like varying air pressure and gravity. The engine does not use a random number generator in its simulation of physics, assuring that the results for any given "machine" are reproducible.