Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions

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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

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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.

As described in The Incredible Machine 3#Game data, the location of saved games is controlled by %windir%\sierra.ini. The section name used for Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions is [Contraptions] instead of [TimWin], but the keyname is still InstallPath.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings

Default "windowed" mode (see the fix)

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		800x600 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		After disabling full screen mode, the game runs in a centered 800x600 window against tiling background. To run in a true window see: Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed

Edit configuration file^{[citation needed]}

Edit the file <path-to-game>\CONTRAPTIONS.INI
Look for the following section and change it accordingly:

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

The window cannot be resized

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Sound menu includes a Jukebox.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90 MHz	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 MB	250 MB

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.5.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 120 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 MB

Notes

↑ ^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).

References

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Note 1]

Developers

	Dynamix
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Disney Interactive
Release dates
Windows	2000
Mac OS (Classic)	2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Relaxed, Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Flip screen
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Puzzle
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Contemporary
Series	The Incredible Machine