Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions

The Incredible Machine
The Incredible Machine	1992
The Even More Incredible Machine	1993
Sid & Al's Incredible Toons	1993
The Incredible Toon Machine	1994
The Incredible Machine 2	1994
The Incredible Machine 3	1995
Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions	2000
The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions	2001

Key points

Remake of The Incredible Machine 2/The Incredible Machine 3. Includes all the original levels with re-imagined 3D parts and revamped UI, as well as 60 new puzzles and new music.

Runs at a fixed 800x600 resolution

General information

Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Included in The Incredible Machine Mega Pack, with The Even More Incredible Machine, The Incredible Machine 3, and The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\CONTRAPTIONS.INI^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saved Games\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Homemade\^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

The <path-to-game>\Saved Games\ folder stores progress, while <path-to-game>\Homemade\ user levels.

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

General settings

Default "windowed" mode (see the fix)

Edit configuration file^{[citation needed]}

[WinInfo]
ChildX=50
ChildY=50
ChildW=800
ChildH=600
MainFullScreen=0
ChildFullscreen=1
AppFullscreen=0

The window cannot be resized

Sound menu includes a Jukebox.

Digital (sampled) or MIDI (synthesized) soundtrack can be selected.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).