The Incredible Machine Mega Pack

I've played these games so many times, and I love them, love making my own puzzles even more. There really isn't much more to say than that, but the fact remains, these were designed to be 'edutainment', but evolved far beyond that, and then, faded out of popularity, into obscurity. ... Why? Game publisher/distributor politics, mainly, nothing I wanna elaborate on here; one can find articles and vids many many on the subject. ... I'll always be a fan of Sierra Online games, and of TIM games in particular.

Did anybody else's anti virus program mark timhelp.exe as a false positive? Give it a scan in VirusTotal and see what I mean. The game runs fine without the help file. Lots of fun memories.

OK, I must admit that I have not played all the games in this pack. I played TIM 1 and 2 about many years ago, and God how I managed to waste a hell of a lot of time on them. From time to time I take the games out again and try to get to higher levels. These are the kinds of games that never grow old. You don't need fancy 3D-graphics, 7.1 sound and a blu-ray disc to create a great game. You come a very long way with a good idea and a nack for creating fiendish challenges. Forget the new kind of brain challenge games, this is the original and hard as hell! Oh, and about the only reason I don't give it a five star is because I have not been able to complete any of the two games I have played yet. My mind hurts trying to come up with solutions, but it's just not good enough.

Even though I confess to not taking as much enjoyment out of this game as I did when I was a child, it is still fascinating and a great way to while away time, just to see what kind of crazy stuff you can do. Rube Goldberg would be proud indeed. Perhaps it's just me being older, but the games did not seem to carry my attention the way they did when I was younger. Oh well. They're still great! Pick it up for the nostalgia value if nothing else.

Great price for lots of fun. All pros, no cons.