Batteries Included: 0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Viva Media
EAN: 0838639004089
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: Hundreds of all new levels to complete; new parts, new pieces, new contraptions
Format: CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Viva Media
Manufacturer: Viva Media
Model: 00408
MPN: 838639004089
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Viva Media
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Studio: Viva Media

• Hundreds of all new levels to complete; new parts, new pieces, new contraptions
• Incredible 3d graphics with brand new effects
• Multiple solutions-play these challenging puzzles again and again
• Swap ideas with other members of the online community
• Trick out your own contraptions in free-style mode

Kick your brain into high gear with incredible mind bending puzzles. Tinker with wrecking balls, lightening rods, lasers, pulleys, springs, gears and more to create the chain reaction you need. Unlock a new 3D world of addictive fun that the entire family will enjoy. Go on tour with the crazy professor and put your skills to the test with challenges from around the globe. Travel from the bazaars of Egypt to the white sands of the Caribbean, then blast off into space for an out of this world gaming experience. Check out the crazy machines community online. Post machines you've created and download those made by others. Compete for trophies and high ratings. Create the Ultimate Machine. Get ready for superb puzzle action as you build wacky contraptions to solve tricky brainteasers.

All new Rube Goldberg-style puzzles Over 200 elements to create and destroy World tour, online, and free-style modes All new parts--amazing lightning machines and laser beams Hall of fame - win a trophy for your contraption Fun for the whole family AGEIA PhysX hardware support Windows Vista / XP
Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "rube goldberg-style" contraptions ever! All new elements, plus an amazing 3d physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.

A New Dimension of Fun
Kick your brain into high gear with incredible mind bending puzzles. Tinker with wrecking balls, lightening rods, lasers, pulleys, springs, gears and more to create the chain reaction you need! Unlock a new 3D world of addictive fun that the entire family will enjoy!

• Hundreds of all new levels to complete
  
  
• New parts, new pieces, and new contraptions
  
  
• Multiple solutions, play these challenging puzzles again and again
  
  
• Swap ideas with other members of the online community
  
  
• Trick out your own contraptions in free-style mode
  
  

Create your wackiest contraptions ever!

Tinker with wrecking balls, lightening rods, lasers, pulleys, springs, gears and more to create the chain reaction you need.

Kick your brain into high gear with incredible mind bending puzzles.

Compete for tropies and high ratings.

Go on tour with the crazy professor and put your skills to the test with challenges from around the globe.

Travel, from the bazaars of Egypt to the white sands of the Caribbean, then blast off into space for an out of this world gaming experience.

Check out the crazy machines community online! Post machines you've created and download those made by others. Compete for trophies and high ratings.

• All new "rube goldberg-style" puzzles
  
  
• Over 200 elements to create and destroy
  
  
• World tour, online, and free-style modes
  
  
• All new parts--amazing lightning machines and laser beams
  
  
• Hall of fame win a trophy for your contraption
  
  
• Fun for the whole family
  
  
• Join the online community
  
  
• Incredible 3d graphics with brand new effects
  
  
• AGEIA PhysX hardware support
  
  

Customer Rating:
Summary: You will have to drag your kids away....
Comment: I bought this game for my two boys (ages 6 and 8), and they love it! We do run it on a new computer using VISTA, it does not work on our laptop. I would recommed this for anyone who finds gadgets, electical wires, explosives and all things that you would rather not have young children playing with, exciting!! Very creative, and they may even learn a thing or two.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: What an amazing game
Comment: I was initially nervous when I read the negative reviews about the installation of this game but I decided to buy it anyways because it sounded like a nice brain teaser game. I bought my computer over a year ago and I have a NVIDIA GE force 8400m gs display adapter and it worked without any issues at all. I have been playing for over an hour and it hasn't crashed. So I guess just check for system requirements before buying and if your computer is capable of handling the game you will have hours and hours of educational entertainment for youngsters and adults. Very good graphics and the Spy hints are great if you get stuck. I definitely recommend going through the tutorial before attempting to play and once you start playing don't hesitate to use the Spy hint option that gives you a peak at any objects that might be placed at that specific spot you chose to spy on.
In summary, if you like the concept of the game and your computer can handle it buy it. You won't regret it. I know I am glad I did and I can't wait to share it with the rest of my family.
Hope this helps

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A bit too complicated for a 6 year old
Comment: My son really enjoyed the first Crazy Machines and seemed to figure things out after playing with it for a while. Crazy Machines 2 has more objects to choose from and so things can get pretty complicated in trying to figure out where everything is and how to use it ... at least for a 6-7 year old.
I am sure, though, if I just sit with him for a few hours that he will get going and be able to do things on his own again.
It is teaching him great concepts in electricity and physics. For the price, it is a great learning game and fun to play.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I'm crazy for this game
Comment: I'm sorry if your computer isn't up to the task of running this program. If your computer is more than 5 years old, than you need not read on. I bought this for my teenage son to introduce him to elementary physics. He played it for a couple of days before I told him that it had to do with physics (that's sad). OK, there is a lot of good stuff here but also some negatives.

Pros: The game does teach you to think. I find that my solutions rarely (if ever) are the same as the game's. For example, I solved a 15 piece problem with one piece. This game uses all kinds of physics to get to be successful -- gravity beeing the easiest to understand. It uses gears, engines, generators, steam, light to solve increasingly complex problems.

Cons: The Ragtime music is in-your-face and I had to turn it off. The "Einstein" narrator is annoying at best. The limited supply of parts forces you to think in a very narrow way. I find that frustrating because I don't think like the game designers. My solutions are so different thans theirs I wonder who's right.

All things considered, this game represents crude physics without those nasty side-effects. By that I mean there is no loss of energy regardless of how many pieces (say gears for example) are involved. Yes, I took Physics in college and have degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. If you think that this is an accurate representation of the real world, then you will be mistaken.

This game does not take into account any aspect of the chaos theory. In fact, it goes out-of-the-way to eliminate it completely. Could you really blow something up with dynamite exactly the same way 100% of the time?

Nevertheless, I like the game and would recommend it over FPS or role-playing games 10 times over.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Fun for an 8-year-old (and his dad)
Comment: So far, so good. The game promises 150 different experiments/tasks, and the first 15 were lots of fun. My son and I would talk back and forth, sharing ideas about which tools should be put in which locations. More problem solving than most games we play. It's the best family-friendly PC game I've bought in a long time.

And, for the record, I don't think the issue is necessarily that you have a NEW computer...just one that meets the specifications. I have a 3-year-old Dell with its original nVidia GeForce 6800 graphics card supporting DirectX 9.0c. I'm not saying CM2 will work on ANY 3-year-old computer, but it clearly runs on at least one....

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