Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game

Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game

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Editorial Reviews

Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, use the catapult, explode it, or fly it... From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brainteasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun!!

Customer Reviews

Challenging and fun

Reviewed by Scott T, 2010-02-19

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

Reviewed by M. Khus-zarate, 2009-09-13

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.

Crazy Machines

Reviewed by Patricia M. Miller, 2009-06-21

My 10 year old grandson enjoys this CD very much. I would buy from you again

Great for all ages

Reviewed by Monoxylon, 2009-06-04

This game works just fine on Vista and OSX.5
It is fun and engaging.
I've played this with kids as young as 6 and up, and they are mesmerized.
I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because the instructions it comes with are horrible, and it took me a while to figure out how to access already-solved puzzles/experiments. The game design itself could have been improved upon with a better interface and by the addition of named accounts.

Awesome!

Reviewed by Patricia M. Conway, 2009-06-02

Purchased for my grandchildren. Had to try it myself first and found it to be a real brain cell builder. The children (ages 8-10) loved it and quickly became addicted to it. So glad I bought it!