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The Incredible Machine

DOS - 1992
Also available on: FM Towns

Undoubtedly one of the most unique games ever produced for the PC, The Incredible Machines 1 is a dream come true for anyone who as a child likes to tinker with gadgets and toys.

It is a puzzle game par excellence and beyond: you have to use wacky gadgets and tools given for each level to accomplish objectives. Puzzles start out relaxing and get fiendish very quickly, as later levels require not only ingenuity but also precise timing. A true classic.

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Daniel 02 Sep. 2026

fact; ddddddddfthntfhvvynjhbb

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daniel 02 Sep. 2026

I soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo like it I love it

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METRO 22 Aug. 2026

Amazing game, played this a lot back in the day!

1
. 12 Dec. 2025

Can't decide if this or Supaplex is the most coziest puzzle game ever.

0
kiss_of_kill 20 Sep. 2025

To run the game, install Dosbox on your PC then drag and drop the TIM.exe onto your DOSBOX shortcut (DOSBox.exe)

4
dotti dolliplo 03 Aug. 2025

mai! Mai! That is My Childhood game !
oh the memory
i get all nostalgic and fondesd about it
oh what beautiful chilhood memory i have now.
it that is my fondest childhood game !!
and i played it many times and every day
for years o the memories so fondest.
i do not want any of the othe any more
i only wannath to playth this game and
not any other more.
o the fondestestest of the fondestest
childhood memory and it all is for download
now

4
Slim shady 24 Apr. 2025

Lenovo ideapad best game to play on top 10

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tajo 22 Mar. 2025

TIM was a wonderful game, but it doesn´t work in 64k.

can you help with this?

1
Elias 05 Mar. 2025

I had this game on CD-Rom as a kid and I had a good time playing it, just didn't really understand how to play it because I was too young.

3
Adribragadri 03 Sep. 2024

Ah, the memories! Awesome game!

1
Bossman 25 Apr. 2024

I played this as a child decades ago. Now I am old enough to fully play through it. Thanks so much! One of the best DOS games!

3
theroister77 01 Apr. 2024

I have 2 c-64's, one doesn't work, not sure which one... I've been away from them for about 30 - 35 years.... I just purchased A sd2iec with fastloader, Epyx, I believe. They will be here in a few days. I've got 2 ea. 20" monitors sitting here that will accept HDMI input & recently I've bought a Commodore to HDMI cable so while I will have to use one of the old power bricks that came with my machines a long time ago, I think I'll be able to get up & running. I also have 2 ea. 1541 disk drives but I really want to go with the SD2iec. So, while I've not used D64 files as yet, I'm really wanting to try them if I can find them to download.

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1
Danny 12 Mar. 2024

What an awesome game. I remember playing this on win95 platform

1
Eduardo Alvarenga 20 Oct. 2023

Muito legal!

-4
JC 11 Jun. 2023

I loved this game when I was a child! I still remember some of its levels. Such a genius idea for a game!

4
lmc bikers 09 May. 2023
Top comment

very good, top ten.

8
chlorine 27 Jul. 2022

my kids played this downloading for my great nephew

3
Steve 16 Jul. 2022

No lo e jugado así que no se

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NIS3R 10 Jul. 2022
Top comment

Unlike BOSS I have a brain so this game is a lot of fun! :D

14
Massacher 27 Mar. 2022

Is there a ported version of this for Windows 10? So I don't have to use DOSBox? Because the window is so small and fullscreen doesn't work. I just get a black screen.

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jg 24 Mar. 2022

YOU CAN RUN IN WIN 10 WITH A PROGRAM DOSBOX SENDME A MAIL NEK184@GMAIL.COM

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8644505 30 Oct. 2021

ITS VERY GOOD GAME

0
Frank 13 Jul. 2021

how can I run it in windows 10..?? Cant run it!

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Firstfloyd 07 May. 2021
Top comment

A timeless beautiful game to pass the time

11
Luk 31 Jan. 2021

This is such a great game to power the problem solving. I love it!!! and its just 500kb....genius

4
Wayne 09 Dec. 2020

Great DOS rom. Another hit by Sierra!

3
Testy McTestface 03 Jul. 2020

WIWI - Yes it will run in Linux - just use DosBox.

2
wiwi 21 Mar. 2020

Hiya. Does this game run on Linux? I had many older games that i tried running on faster processors that I used before and they like, this one game you fly this small racer yet and you go like 10kmphr and there it went like uber and you hit goal in 1sec lol

-8
planchetflaw 16 Dec. 2019

When the manual is more than 14x the size of the game.

2
Hal 09 Aug. 2019

Wasn't there a game like tbis, but used sticks, vines and rocks?

-3
triviaquestions4u 21 May. 2019

It's look like very difficult game, i am in searching of game like this(https://triviaquestions4u.com). the game must be similar to this.

-10
onebox40 08 Apr. 2019

Download this before GOG buys-up the copyright.

1
qweasd 18 Jan. 2019

Excellent i loved this gameand sund it now. thanks BALDY_OLD_FART for the tip on how to install

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phrozen 12 Jul. 2018

A great puzzle masterpiece by Sierra.

2
fertilogue 04 Feb. 2018

fantastic guys well done

1
pccoma 05 Sep. 2017

to get dosbox to run you haftto type "mount c c:\{the directory of the file} press enter then type c:\ enter and type the file application name not dir it just gives you info about the virtual drive you mounted

2
DosGod 15 Aug. 2017

Type "Dir" to view the files available. One of the files ending in .EXE or .COM or .BAT will start the game. It is not necessary to type the extension of the file. For example: INDY.EXE would become "indy" and then you press enter to start the game. Check for README or SETUP as well, if you are having trouble. Files ending in .TXT can be opened in windows easily, or through dosbox with "TYPE README.TXT" or whatever your file is called. In this case, you do need the extension ".TXT" just typing "type readme" wouldn't work if the full file name is "readme.txt"

0
Heavenlyberi 13 Jun. 2017

Will this run on windows 10?

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Van 17 Mar. 2017

How do you run this game? what eight lettered code do we put in to DOSbox

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KAT 13 Feb. 2017

i'm using dosbox, and this game runs without flaws.
brilliant :)

0
Moonyman213 06 Oct. 2016

For those running NT-based systems like Vista or 7, DOSBox works like a charm!
You only have to find the way around to running the install file of T.I.M.

0
Random 23 Jul. 2016

I completely forgot I played this as a kid. Quite a nice nostalgic surprise.

1
gon 28 Feb. 2016

excellent i loved this game and found it now. thanks BALDY_OLD_FART for the tip on how to install

0
HCL 15 Oct. 2015

Want this game?, get the Incredible Machine MegaPack from GOG.com for just $9.99, it comes with the DOS emulator and installs very easy.

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Groucho 1955 09 Oct. 2015

I wish it worked on Windows 7 or Mac...

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sean247 12 Sep. 2015

this game brings back memorys when i was really young was my favorite game to play at the time and also doom on windows 95 glad i can still mess around in free mode :)

2
MissOwlEyes 20 Aug. 2015

GOOD

0
Nik 31 May. 2015

Ahh the memories. Has nice bgm.

1
LVL 24 May. 2015

One off the best games

0
Rodolp 01 May. 2015

Awesome!

0
khang 13 Mar. 2015

OMG this game is the best but i like the even more incredible machine cuz it have some more stuff from the incredible machine 2.help me get the incredible machine by comment me ok,i will check

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Baldy_Old_Fart 07 Sep. 2014

READ THE HOW TO PLAY ABANDONWARES just below the "Send Comment" Button - It will send you to:
http://www.myabandonware.com/howto/
Where you will discover that DOS Games DO NOT RUN IN WINDOWS! - You MUST have a DOS Emulator such as DOSBOX - which is linked to from the page above.

0
ynot 23 Aug. 2014

me 2

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9gagger 21 Aug. 2014

Me too!

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rainbow 21 Aug. 2014

i came here because of 9gag

-3
Sky_Walker 19 Aug. 2014

The most awesome game ever!

-1
win8er 17 Aug. 2014

Doesn't work for Win8 :(

-5
watermelon50 07 Aug. 2014

nice, works for xp sp3

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Eugene 10 Jul. 2014

This game now has a modern succesor ContraptionMaker http://contraptionmaker.com/

0
chino arg 11 May. 2014

el mejor juego

0
nasos 04 May. 2014

i love this ghame

0
doll 26 Apr. 2014

fun

0
tarzan 26 Apr. 2014

souper

0
alti 18 Apr. 2014

Fantastico e pazzesco

0
Tui 04 Apr. 2014

So good

0
nervusss 01 Aug. 2013

nostalgyyyyyyyy

0
hola 02 Feb. 2013

ok goood

0
bigbluewolf 28 Sep. 2012

wow this game is a blast frum the past that i had forgotin all about ....mmmm good times (install went clean 4 me,runs good2)

0
tobias 01 Sep. 2012

como hago para descargarlo

0
poopoo 18 Jan. 2012

yea i cant instell it althou i know it from a long time ago

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byron 22 May. 2010

how do i install it :(

1
Sammy37 12 Jan. 2009

#$%^ yeh TIM, what a mad knt of a game. hot

0
Billy Mays 28 Oct. 2008

I remember we used to play this for 'educational purposes' in my 3rd grade keyboarding class. The title has escaped my mine ever since. Internet lol, lol internet.

1
JMaster 25 Mar. 2008

Wow, I cant believe this game is on here. This game came free with one of my first computers. Ive tried finding it years ago but no one has heard of it. From what i remember this game was cool.

1

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
449 KB
Game file
France French
684 KB
FM Towns version
Game file
Japan Japanese
142 MB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 7 MB English English
Misc Misc 1
Level Passwords
DOS 4 KB English English

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