Talk:The Incredible Machine

message: I'm not sure how Wikipedia's naming guidelines go, but shouldn't the proper name for this be Incredible Machine, The?
:--Powerlord 09:16, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name? 

message: I remember this came out for the Mac; presumably system 8 and system 9. I believe there were at least 2 or 3 versions; but I have no idea whether these featured the same levels as the corresponding MS-DOS games. They were again Sierra games, but Sierra.com doesn't list any of the versions let alone the Apple ones so don't know how to correlate this with the current list... --Firien § 10:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  MacOS 

message: Hi,
I maintain a website www.tim-exchange.com designed for people to swap Contraptions puzzles. I know linking to websites that you are involved with is bad practice on Wikipedia, so I wanted to get opinions from editors on Wikipedia as to whether it would be useful to link to it or not. The reason I feel it might be relevant is because it is a replacement for an official service 'WonSwap', which was discontinued. I am not aware of any copyright reasons why it should not be allowed as the puzzle files are simply instructions on where things are placed, and cannot be run without buying the actual program (hence Copyright rests with the creators). So, I'd like to ask, should this site be linked to from this Wikipedia page?
Thanks, --Christopher 13:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  An external link 

message: There is also Professor Tim's Incredible Machine (game on Amazon) which I think must fit somewhere within this series (or is perhaps just another name for one of the games in the series) Dueledge 16:10, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: At a best guess, I'd say it was another name for The Incredible Machine 2 (TIM2)... the art inside the lightbulb in the image on Amazon is the cover art for TIM2.  TIM3 has similar artwork with some alterations that are not present in the version on the Professor Tim's Incredible Machine box.  TIM2 also marks the first appearance of Professor Tim. --Powerlord 19:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anouther game in the series? 

message: I winder if having a list of similar games is really necessary.  The last entry seems to be someone promoting a game not yet released.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.167.169.166 (talk) 17:58, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding other games 

message: Why is there a link to just some random guy's list of puzzles? If it were a site that actually encouraged people to submit their puzzles to it, that would be something. But it just appears as some guy's web site and he happens to offer a few puzzles.
My point is, is the site that important to link from Wikipedia? 168.103.137.148 (talk) 16:01, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homemade Puzzles? 

message: The article refers to the first generation of games as "the 1993 through 1995 versions" and specifies that "work did not start on The Incredible Machine until the spring of 1993." However, the list of titles has the first game coming out in 1992, which is also stated at MobyGames. Which is it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.137.90 (talk) 00:40, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  1992 or 1993? 

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thread_title: File:The Incredible Machine 3.png Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: "The Incredible Machine 3, on some releases titled Professor Tim's Incredible Machines, contained the same levels as The Incredible Machine 2, but with an improved interface. As a Windows-only title, it added extra features as well like CD music tracks."
There are two problems with that: It wasn't Windows-only, I remember quite fondly playing it on Mac OS 8 when I was wee, and even if it was Windows-only, what would that have to do with things like "extra features as well like CD music tracks"? HaniiPuppy (talk) 21:17, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows-only? 

message: I LOVED TIM, but found the original version was apparently not designed for faster computers - it used delay loops or other CPU-specific tricks, i.e. was not timer based, so when run on a newer machine, it just ran impossibly fast and was unusable
WardXmodem (talk) 01:10, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should problems be part of the article?  

message: Certainly some mention of Contraption Maker is warranted, since it's extremely similar and was designed by the same person as the original Incredible Machine. But it's still unrelated intellectual property, so I don't think it should be treated as an installment of the Incredible Machine series when it really isn't. I think it should be spun off into its own article. - furrykef (Talk at me) 23:25, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does Contraption Maker really belong here? 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  ASUKITE 16:44, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 January 2022