Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game | 
| From: Viva Media
Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $11.50
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Seller: greatstuff53
Rating:  142 reviews
Sales Rank: 168
Format: CD
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X
Genre: Puzzle Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 100722
UPC: 838639002283
EAN: 0838639002283
ASIN: B000B642OI
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Build imaginative machines in this creative and addictively fun brainteaser | | • | Turn cranks, rotate gears, pull levers, and more to build unique contraptions | | • | Solve more than 200 challenging puzzles; put your machines to work | | • | Physics engine with air-pressure, electricity, gravity, and particle effects | | • | Experiment with gears, robots, explosives, and more in your own virtual lab |
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Product Description
Crazy Machines is an intersting software. The player can turn cranks rotate gears pull levers use catapults and any objects to build crazy mahines. This brain teaser will lighten up imagination with creative and adictive fun.System Requirements:MAC: 1.25 GHz G4 MAC 0sx 10.3 or higher 256 MB Ram 60 MB Free hard disk space 4xCD-Rom drive graphocs 32 MB ATI or N/Vidia graphocs card with Open GL 1.3 or higher. WIN: 800MHz CPU 128 MB Ram Direct X8 Compatible graphics card with 32MB Ram (TNT2 or comparable) DirectX8 compatible sound card 60 MB free disk space 2x CD-ROM drive Win 98/ME/2000/XP Format: WIN 98ME2000XP/MAC X10.2.810.3.5 Genre: EDUCATION Rating: NR UPC: 838639002283 Manufacturer No: 00228
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 Creative Genius!! July 27, 2010
jimtown (upmiusa)
Just the type of 'game' I was looking for after watching my grandson play Gary Gadget, also by Viva Media. This allows the freestyle building that boys with great imagination are so good at. I chose to start with the first version of Crazy Machines because it's both Mac and PC compatible, so I was able to put it on both our computers and we had fun learning and inventing at the same time.
My grandson at nine was a lot better at figuring out what to do with some of the components, but it wasn't long before I caught on and built my first working experiment. I used a crossbow to shoot and pop a rising balloon by using weights to trigger the action.
I really like the over 200 built in experiments which are great learning tools. Travis and I reinforce each other in the process. He's into chain reaction right now, so this game really keeps his attention but surprisingly, I really enjoy it too. How many kid games can you say that about!
All fun and always new!
very stimulating May 15, 2010
D. Sampson (Dillsburg, Pa. USA)
Love this game. Very stimulating. covers all areas of what I need to really enjoy this game.
Awesome! My neice loved this product! April 14, 2010
Jim Westbrook (WA, USA)
My sister originally let my neice try a similar program similar to this on a Windows 7 computer with a touch screen monitor. My neice totally enjoyed the program and wa slearning quite a bit with it. When my sister ended up losing that computer system, she asked me to search for a comparable program that will work on a non-touchscreen system and this is what I found. We have had it now for nearly a month and my neice still loves playing it and always makes sure to have homework and chores done as quickly as she can in order to play it everyday.
Challenging and fun February 19, 2010
Scott T (Manhattan, KS)
This game has my 9 yr old challenged, occasionally frustrated, but overall very entertained. The professor is annoying, but so far the rest of the game is just great. It's the sort of game that requires thinking that can spill out into the real world--on the first day she played it we ended up talking about motors, generators and energy conversion.
Works on Windows 7 64-bit after some compatibility adjustments. I forget precisely what I did, but I think I had to run the installer under XP service pack 2 compatibility.
Fun game -- for Kids & Parents Together September 13, 2009
M. Khus-zarate (USA)
My son and I have had fun playing this game together. He is 10 (I'm a bit older). Some of the puzzle/scenarios are pretty easy, while others are more challenging. The more complicated ones may offer more than one possible solution --we've had a couple of solutions that are different than the designer's "plan". I agree with previous reviews that kids can learn a little about physics, too. We discuss possible solutions together and try them out, and so the process is the real value in the game.
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